Der-Shing Helmer Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

I am an artist who works in the areas of educational comics, science-fantasy, and young-adult graphic fiction. I mainly focus on projects that showcase science, diversity, and themes that prompt readers look at the world in a different way. I am also a firm believer in the high quality and future of independent comics, and prefer to manage my content, production and distribution outside of the arena of traditional publishing. - Creator of the award-winning, critically-acclaimed online comics The Meek and Mare Internum, the printed versions of which have collectively raised over $250,000 in backing on Kickstarter.- Creator of the intersectional comics anthology, ALLOY, the first volume of which is slated to release in April 2019- Cofounder of Ascend Comics, a new comics publishing company- Contributor to the award-winning Flight anthology (Flight 8, published by Random House/ Villard 2011), the award-winning Elements anthology by Beyond Press, the Sleep of Reason anthology by Iron Circus Comics, Great Adaptations, and others- Currently working or have worked with many clients on independent projects (selections listed below)

Mountain View, Ca

Worked on UI and 2D art for several casual games

San Francisco Bay Area

- Concepted and created in-depth visual style guides and documentation for assets, environments, saga maps and UI- Worked closely with and managed multiple teams of off-site artists to efficiently produce high quality 2D art, animation and UI- Researched and created in-game assets and environments- Organized storage and documentation for all assets- Uploaded and QA'd art assets and builds as appropriate using internal CMS and SVN- Responsible for writing in-game story dialogue and contributed to creative/ design decisions

B.A.

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