2D Artist | Designer | Animator
Education
Laguna College of Art and Design
Laguna Beach, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation
2009 - 2014
Skills
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Adobe Photoshop
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Adobe Illustrator
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Adobe After Effects
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Spine
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Toon Boom Harmony
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Toon Boom Storyboard Pro
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Unity
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Microsoft Office
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Google Docs
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Watercolor
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Gouache
Work Experience
Associate Game Artist
Scientific Games | Reno, NV | Dec 2019 - Present
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Assisting in creating artwork and animations for multiple digital slot games.
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Communicating between engineers, designer and any non-technical artists to package assets in the most efficient manner.
Associate Graphic Designer
SeneGence International | Foothill Ranch, CA | Sept 2019 - Nov 2019
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Assisted in creating and executing concepts from scratch while working closely with the marketing and communications team to ensure the design meets the Senegence brand standards.
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Created assets for social media and public site, such as: Web/Mobile Banners, RSS and Eblast.
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Assisted in photo editing and photography retouching.
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Worked closely with the rest of the creative team to ensure continuity of design and shared assets.
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Shared responsibility for organizing and maintaining the creative assets and file archives for the team.
2D Game Artist
Loot Kit Studios | Chicago, IL | Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
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Created and animated 2D assets (characters, background, UI, text, graphics, etc) for an upcoming mobile game.
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Worked closely with the team of Programmers and Developers to implement UI and game assets.
Illustrator
Nanopuppet | Los Angeles, CA | Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
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Designed stationery, greeting cards and Illustrations from concept to completion.
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Worked with the engineer team to create, troubleshoot, and resolve design limitations with the tech, that is constructed using muscle alloy to mimic organic motion.
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Took Initiative to present new ideas of innovation to the company.
Professional Photographers, Lighting Tips, October 2019 issue
Professional Photographers, DIY Lighting Hacks, November 2019 issue
Publications
Animation Assistant
Bang Zoom! Entertainment | Burbank, CA | March 2018 - May 2018
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Interned as an assistant in creating VFX + color correction for an upcoming 3D animated TV series.
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Maintained a clean production workflow for the animators and production team.
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Assisted production and animation departments as needed.
Caricature Artist
Disneyland Resort| Anaheim, CA | March 2017 - Jan 2018
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Constantly provided fast and friendly customer service for guest.
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Created original artwork using traditional mediums.