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Culver City, California, Us

Marvel Strike Force- Hired as the First Dedicated Key Artist- Created high fidelity Illustrations for both in-game and marketing use- Worked closely with Marvel to maintain brand fidelity and visual standard- Created Concept to polished in-game Graphics, Icons, UI elements and Misc Assets- Posed 3D Character Rigs in Maya to be used in various key art pieces.- Lit 3D Characters in Marmoset to be used in various key art pieces.- On-boarded new artists onto the team- Moderated weekly team-wide Art Review meetings- Trained team-mates in 3D posing and lighting software and best practices- Worked with Production to define and integrate new best practices onto the existing pipeline.Additionally, I arranged, executed, and participated in team and culture building events such as Monthly Ladies’ Lunches, Weekly Bread Club, various D&I initiatives, and multiple bi-annual Game Jam projects.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Marvel Strike Force- Hired as the First Dedicated Key Artist- Created high fidelity Illustrations for both in-game and marketing use- Worked closely with Marvel to maintain brand fidelity and visual standard- Created Concept to polished in-game Graphics, Icons, UI elements and Misc Assets- Posed 3D Character Rigs in Maya to be used in various key art pieces.- Lit 3D Characters in Marmoset to be used in various key art pieces.- On-boarded new artists onto the team- Moderated weekly team-wide Art Review meetings- Trained team-mates in 3D posing and lighting software and best practices- Worked with Production to define and integrate new best practices onto the existing pipeline.Additionally, I arranged, executed, and participated in team and culture building events such as Monthly Ladies’ Lunches, Weekly Bread Club, Various D&I initiatives, and various bi-annual Game Jam projects.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Psychonauts 2- Created Concept Sketches, Color Comps, Turnarounds(Orthographic Views), and Material Call-outs for various characters and incidental characters for a 3D pipeline- Board-game Enthusiast, Push-up club Regular, and Frequent Extra in 2 Player Productions Videos

Culver City, California, Us

Twist (Narrative Mobile Game, soft launched in summer of 2018)- Authored the Game’s Art Style Guide- Created Concept to Polished in-game assets for Characters, Outfits and Props- Provided Rigging support for 2D Spine Animation Rigs- Gave Direction and notes for characters and props artwork- On-boarded and trained new artists on the team

Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff- Created Concept Artwork for new characters, environments, props, and other in-game assets- Polished, Rigged, and prepared approved Characters for the 2D Animation pipeline- Worked closely with IP holders to maintain brand fidelity and visual standard- Communicated cross-departmentally as it pertains to new feature development, in-game events, and bug fixesFuturama: Worlds of Tomorrow- Designed Icons for the PvP feature of the game from the sketches and ideations to final polished in-game assetsAdditionally, I arranged, executed, and participated in team and culture building events such as Team Theme Fridays, Murder-Mystery dinner social, Chocolate Tasting Party, Holiday events and decorating the office space.

Los Angeles, California, Us

- Visual Development for new IP- Concept and Production artwork for Egg Baby- UI/UX for new Egg Baby features

Golan the Insatiable (Season 1, Season 2)Major Lazer (Season 1)Axe Cop (Season 2)- Designed episode specific new characters and incidentals- Designed special poses and character layout from the storyboards- Designed props as needed

Golan the Insatiable (Season 1)Axe Cop (Season 2)- Fixed issues addressed in Animation Director’s notes to keep consistency and quality of the animation- Rekeyed animation and lipsync where acting needs emphasis, or when there is new recorded audio

Axe Cop (Season 1)- Inbetweened rough key animation according to timing charts, followed by line clean-up and color- Animated shadows and some special effects onto cleaned up line animation

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

-Carried out the internship recruitment process from start to finish-Conducted Interviews, curated the intern candidate selections for each individual productions to choose from-Tracked and managed hundreds of art portfolios both incoming and outgoing the studio-Assisted in talent sourcing, reverse recruiting, and administrative duties-Spearheaded the Spring Intern Philantropy Project to distribute custom made art workbooks to inspire awareness about careers in the Animation Industry

San Francisco, California, Us

- Designed a slot machine theme from initial concept to final in-game assets for Zynga Slots- Concept artwork of characters, items, weapons, iconography, environments and levels for Battlestone- Designed a weapon level-up system to match characters, did UI and 3D support for Battlestone- Teamed up with a Software Engineer Intern to prototype an iOS Game from the ground up- Print graphic design work for Zynga.org, the company’s non-profit branch- One out of roughly 90 interns to have stayed for a second consecutive internship.

- Authored a Style Guide to improve cohesiveness in Geomon’s character artwork and theme- Led a team of remote artists from around the Bay Area, NY, England, and Singapore- Wireframes, visual design, and mock-ups redesigning the whole game’s user interface- UI and Art consultant for Penguin Panic: Korora Dodgeball, a party game for the iPad

Burbank, Ca, Us

- Pascal Campion sponsored me as New Talent to showcase my work alongside other rising talent in the animation industry.- Participated as a candidate for Raising the Bar recruiting.

Creating Illustrations and assets for their mobile app interface as well as promotional content.

-Designed a web interface collaboratively with other designers both locally and remotely-Worked with engineers overseas to create prototypes for CloudandYou.com