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Designing characters, environments, and props for cool mobile games!

-Provide designs and concepts for backgrounds, characters, props, color, and lighting-Establish strong communication with clients to ensure creative goals are met-Self manage projects and organize priorities efficiently to meet all deadlines-Updated clients with work progress consistently and address notes in a timely manner-Deliver all assignments.

Daly City, CA

-Worked with in-house supervisor on a set of character and level designs for the Spyro Reignited Trilogy video game and maintained the art style consistent with the client’s art direction-Co-Art Directed Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (Season II), creating background keys, colorscripts, & lighting guides all compiled in "episodic workbooks" for our.

Daly City, CA

- Contributed a variety of work including, design, cleanup, rigging, & layout on various projects- Provided visual development for unannounced projects- Art Directed Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (Season I), heading the background and character lighting departments, as well as contributed some character and vehicle designs- Clients include: Disney.

Daly City, CA

- Provided work in Character/Background Layout, Character Rigging and Turnarounds, and Clean-up for characters, backgrounds, and props- Clients include Disney Publishing, Facebook, Nickelodeon, Storm 8, and VTech Toys

Daly City, CA

-Coordinated with Art Lead to develop character assets for mobile games under specific styles & deadlines-Received feedback from Art Lead(s)/Director(s), and made any revisions promptly and positively-Obtained a greater understanding of the animation and gaming industry

San Jose State University

-Managed the WorkAbility IV’s database and records of 80+ active registered clients -Served as liaison between registered WAIV Clients and WAIV Program Employer Specialists -Administered WorkAbility IV’s Production Reports and Statistics-Generated monthly reports for Staff at Department of Rehabilitation-Collaborated with Center staff to assist the SJSU.

Point Richmond, CA

-Contributed in creating an interactive storybook iPad Application targeted for young children-Provided ideations for secondary animation and animated using Adobe Flash -Assisted in converting final designs into vector art in Flash-Revised rough animations

San Jose, CA

-Closely collaborated with a crew of 30+ to fully produce an animated short film meant for all audiences. -Assisted in gathering reference, and traditionally animated several shots-Short has been widely received and screened in several film festivals; in addition to earning many honors including Gold Medal in the Moving Image category in the Society of.

Fremont, CA

-Supervised and assisted students become familiar with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator-Managed high quality-printing for student portfolios-Assisted in administering student files for class archives-Tracked inventory of class supplies and equipment

Bfa Animation/Illustration

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Fine Arts