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About
I've worked in the game startup scene in silicone valley for the past 6 years. The teams are so small, that as the artist, my tasks included everything from concept art, User interface, character animation, and of course, final product marketing banners, web blasts, and animations. This includes marketing for mobile slots games and a PC MMO.
My experience dates back even further with the popularity of animated website tutorials and web banners made in Flash back in 2008. I would freelance for small social community startups who most of the time knew little about how they wanted to represent their product and relied on me to tell a story that their customers could relate to. Working in the games industry now has been much more rewarding, especially in small studios where I can witness the entire life cycle of a game's development. -
Education
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Bachelors AnimationSchool of Visual Arts1999 - 2003
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Experience
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Game UI ArtistSan Mateo, CAApr 2014 - Sep 2015 (1 year 5 months)▪ Mocking up pixel perfect user interfaces and breaking them up by scale form standards.
▪ Animating 2D flash effects for icons and character power bars.
▪ Designing Icons for characters, items, and powers using photoshop and illustrator that must read clearly in a variety of sizes. -
Game UI ArtistPalo Alto, CANov 2013 - May 2014 (6 months)▪ Designing Character icons for each other the patients, and anatomical bodies for mapping probe points in Flash.
▪ Designing logos for marketing and the in game title page
▪ Creating animated assets for each other probe types, with extensive detail to angle and shape.
▪ Making an otherwise dull test into a fun to play game. -
Game ArtistSan Jose, CAJul 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 year 1 month)▪ Concept art for all characters and art assets in photoshop.
▪ UX design research and layout.
▪ Animating promotional videos for the games to play on the game channel’s selection window.
▪ Keeping the style of each game fresh, original, and easy to play. -
Game ArtistBurlingame, CASep 2011 - Apr 2012 (7 months)▪ Concepting characters and clothing assets in Flash for an organic look that could still be vectored.
▪ Creating weapon assets in illustrator
▪ Animating character and background assets in Flash.
▪ Keeping a fun, consistent style in a fast paced environment.
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Awards
School of Visual Arts: Alumni Grant
School of Visual Arts: Character mascot for Animation Show 2003
School of Visual Arts: Thesis Pre Production Grant
Pre College Program:Full Scholarship-Summer Animation Program -
Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@AuraMoser, member since 2009
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