Artistic Skills
Digital art and animation, using 2D assets, pixel art, and vectors
Illustration and concept design in a variety of genres and styles
Traditional media such as colored pencil, marker, and watercolor
Collaborating with artists and art director to execute art quickly and meet deadlines
Creating concept art and graphics for a variety of PC, console, mobile and online games
Technical Skills
Expert in digital art with Adobe Photoshop
Optimization of graphics for web and mobile applications
2D animation and pixel art
Familiar with Subversion, Perforce, Jira, SharePoint and Basecamp
Familiar with Flash, Painter
Basic understanding of 3D modeling, texturing and animation in 3DS Max and Maya
Experience with proprietary tools and software
Casual Games
Game Artist at Microsoft through FILTER : May 2009 - present
Original games and apps for Zune HD - Concept art, design mockups, graphics, UI, animation, logos, icons
Created all art assets for Goo Splat, Checkers, and Shell Game... of the Future! and other unannounced games/apps
Collaborated with producer, designer, and developer to devise gameplay and art direction and to direct external developers
Created concepts and mockups for pitches and prototype games/apps
Also contributed to Weather, Facebook, Twitter, Calculator, Chess, PGR, Audiosurf
Concept Artist at MumboJumbo : Oct 2007 - May 2009
Created concept art, graphics and design for a variety of casual games
Collaborated with designer to develop story and design documents for game pitches
The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy: initial story and design, characters, storyboard and cinematics, UI mockups, logo and package concepts
Samantha Swift 1 & 2 - concept art, character design, storyboards and cinematics, level design, UI mockups, logo and package concepts
Samantha Swift 3 - concep art, intro storyboards, character design
Luxor Adventures - concept art, storyboards
Unreleased original IP title for Wii: Art lead- concepts, effects animation, storyboards, menu/UI, packaging and graphics
Also contributed to 'Build-A-Lot DS', 'Little Farm', 'Elf Bowling 7', 'Luxor: Pharoah's Challenge', 'Farm Frenzy'
Game Artist at Octopi (SOE Tucson): Sept 2005 - Oct 2007
Poxnora MMOG concept art, illustration, pixel art and animation, website design, flash banner ads
Also contributed to 'Lingo', 'PhraseFrenzy' 'SudokuJam' 'Jellypop', 'Blackjack', 'Sudoku'
Freelance Illustration
WhiteBear Studios - Illustrations for Wii game (unannounced)
Self Published -
'Roza' and
'Nymph' comics
Self Published -
'Mixed Breed' sketchbook
Contributed art to
Fantasy Artist's Figure Drawing Bible
Conceptart.org - 'Girls of Concept Art' calendar illustration
Enygma Arts - Concept art for 'Antilia' MMOG, website design; modelsheets and character concepts, storyboards (unpublished)
Platinum Studios - Illustrations and concept art for various NDA projects
Numerous other projects for individual clients
Education
BFA Digital Media, University of Georgia - 2003, Athens, GA, USA
ConceptArt.org Workshop Austin 2004
ConceptArt.org Workshop San Francisco 2005
Gnomon Workshop Live LA 2005
Gnomon Workshop Live LA 2006
Diverge Workshop Dallas 2008
Some Favorite Games
Secret of Mana, Persona 4, Lost in Blue, Harvest Moon: Rune Factory, Shadow of the Colossus,
Zack and Wiki, Civilization 2, Final Fantasy 6, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Little King's Story, Odin Sphere