Hello and Welcome!
About Me
I am an illustrator and concept artist seeking to pursue my career as a concept artist and animator for books, games, and movies. I am passionate about creatures, children's media, and animation. I am currently working at Kroger & Cummins Design. In my free time, I spend time building up my illustration and animation skills as well as working towards building a production studio called "The Brambles Media Group" with a group of individuals to stream art, games, music, etc. I am also striving to create an animation channel within that group called "Stickerbrush Studios" for short films and projects.
areer Objective: I strive to pursue my career as a concept artist and animator for books, games, and animated films. I am a self-motivated worker ready to assist you in artistic projects using my animation skills, software knowledge, and career experiences.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Cummins Design LLC. - North Manchester, Indiana
October 2018 - Present
-Working as a 3DS Max Trainee focusing on texturing, video editing, and 3D modeling for architectural & product renderings
Kroger- Huntington, Indiana
October 2016-Present
Front End Supervisor, Self-Checkout, and Courtesy Booth Attendant
-Processed customer orders and returns
-Ran courtesy booth for a variety of money services
-Managed the front end during busy hours
Freelance Artist- Huntington, Indiana
February 2016-Present
-Created a logo for Kevin LeCavalier's company - The Phoenix Companies LLC.
-Created a children's book cover for a local author, Jason Gallegos's book: Adventures of the Spider Monkey and Billy Goat: Vandy's Big Break that is for sale on Amazon
-Created a character design for Alan Hoffman
-I work on simple commissions such as: logos, book covers, character designs, and graphic novel book covers.
WaterFiltersOnline.com LLC - Huntington, Indiana
July 2015-October 2016
Online Product Manager, Photographer, & Photoshop Artist
-Photographed various water filter products and parts
-Utilized Adobe Photoshop to crop, optimize, and color correct photos
-Managed, navigated, and maintained Magento Web Store and inventory
Kroger- Huntington, Indiana
June 2011-August 2015
Cashier
-Assisted customers and worked as a cashier
-Cleaned and maintained store to ensure customer and food safety
Huntington University
Fall Semester 2012
Digital Media Assistant
-Created flyers for department events
-Maintained cleanliness of the digital media labs
-Organized and delivered mail
-Sent campus emails to students
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
The Phoenix Companies LLC. : Phoenix Logo Design February 2016
was asked to design a logo for a local client. I communicated with the clients via skype and in person to discuss the client's needs and venues. I sketched 5 rough sketches for a logo design, created 3 rough thumbnails utilizing Adobe Photoshop's Pen tool, and I recreated the final logo design in Adobe Illustrator using Adobe Illustrator's Pen and gradient tool.
Senior Project: The Circus is Here
August 2013-May 2014
I successfully completed a trailer for a children's Ipad app that I designed. I worked hard during the school year to ensure it was completed on time I developed the story with a writer. I created pre-production artwork. I designed and animated characters, text, and backgrounds. I built scenes within Toonboom Animate Pro. I built the app in Kid's Interactive App Maker 4.2. I pitched weekly to professors and worked with a musician to create a score for the Ipad app.
Junior Project: Flushing Tigers PSA
Spring Semester 2013
I worked on a 30 second animation with another student after my pitch was chosen. I researched articles and prepared a presentation for a public service announcement. I researched Toonboom tutorials, designed and animated the human character. I created storyboards, story reels, and layout reels. I created text animations and used Adobe Premiere for Post-Production.
Junior Project: Bullet Animation
November 2012
I worked on a 5 second animation with another student. We came up with storyboards for the given theme "Bullet". We used my theme for the animation. I touched up storyboards created by my partner. I created the rabbit character design, animation of the run cycle, the background animation, and the rifle scope animation. My partner then stylized my animation and did the rifle animation, the bullet animation, and the blood animation.
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
ADOBE SOFTWARE
- Adobe Photoshop-Proficient in
Variety of experience in manipulating images, painting textures, backgrounds, creating animations, designs, articles, merchandise, characters, and logos for various media etc.
- Adobe Premiere
Used to edit a variety of short films, credits, and clips for class presentations.
- Adobe After Effects
Used for rotoscoping, tracking, color-keying, text animations, video editing, and motion graphics.
- Adobe Illustrator
Used to create logos and vector traced images.
- Adobe Indesign
Used briefly for making covers for newsletters and articles at Heartland Career Center
ANIMATION SOFTWARE
- DragonFrame- Proficient In
Used to capture 2d and stop-motion animations for class projects
- Toonboom Animate Pro - Proficient In
Used to build, illustrate, and animate various scenes, environments, and characters for projects.
- Storyboard Pro
Used to create story reels for storyboards
FILM AND SOUND SOFTWARE
- Soundtrack Pro
Used to add sound and music to short films and projects
- Final Cut Pro
Used to edit short film projects and animations
EDUCATION
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE
HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY
Digital Media Arts: Animation
2010-2014
Graduated: May 2014
Graduating GPA: 3.259/ 4.0
RELATED COURSEWORK
Animation I, II, III (Traditional; Drawn and Stop-Motion); Storyboard and Concept; 2D Computer Animation; 2D Design (Layout and Artistic Principles Design); 3D Computer I, II (Concepts and Character Animation); Motion Graphics;Drawing I; Figure Drawing; Sculpture; Computer Concepts and Programming; Computer Information Systems
ACHIEVEMENTS
2014- "Runner-Up Award" Recipient for Senior Project, Huntington University Animation Showcase
2011 “Best Stop Motion Puppet” Recipient, Huntington University Animation Showcase
2011 “Best In Storyboarding” Recipient, Huntington University Animation Showcase
2010 “Scholastics Gold Key” Recipient, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
REFERENCES
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