Alexandra Depasse Email & Phone Number

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

-Manages and leads a team of illustrators within the art department for a children's education company-Creates characters, environments, illustrations, storyboards, and other concepts for diverse worlds-Reviews quality of illustration work within the team

-Original character designer for UG, mascot of HomeVestors of America, Inc. (“We Buy Ugly Houses”®) in 2003, and currently illustrating UG for apparel and print materials-Created concept art and designs for projected TV series Gordo and Bleu, directed by Lorie Jackson-Illustrated characters and graphics for children’s music album and website for Dancing with Miss Melodee-Illustrated cover and interior illustrations for middle grade children’s book, Branden’s Ghosts, for author Linda Hill-Illustrated poster for children’s game app Koda Quest, commissioned by the Riney agency for CooltheEarth.org-Created diagrams and technical illustrations to be used for mechanical equipment instructional materials while working for The Creative Group agency in Dallas, TX-Illustrated several digital pieces including children’s book illustrations and portraits for clients both local and online for professional and private purposes

Sarasota, Florida

-Creating advertisements, posters, marketing emails, and newsletters for yoga classes, workshops, and retreats

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for creating photorealistic textures maps for 3D flight simulation training programs, tasks included digitally painting and editing satellite imagery, water displacement mapping, infrared mapping, and photographic color correction

-Created and rigged models with full sets of facial blendshapes for animation projects -Animated realistic man for medical product introductory and instructional videos, approved by client -Drew storyboards and illustrations for concept presentations in collaboration with internal multimedia team-Worked on character illustrations and animations for an iPad app fighting game-Textured, lit, and rendered laptops and tablets for HP sales and marketing campaigns-Created a character and animated dialogue for Grauman's Chinese Theater pitch

Creating 3D animations, models, and cloth for various client projects. Offered full time position after internship.

-Helped with in house commercial projects with character design and graphic design -Gained experience in Softimage XSI in modeling, texturing, and animation -Took care of studio needs such as framing and matting art

Mfa, Illustration

Bfa, Computer Animation