I’m Ines Tang, a Bachelor of Design student at OCAD University specializing in illustration, character design, and game asset artwork. I enjoy turning creative ideas into polished visuals—whether that’s fast-paced concepting, refining character variations, or building consistent UI icons and menus for testing in Unity. I additionally specialise in book illustration, with experience in front-to-back covers, frontispiece, and spot drawing work. When illustrating for print, I offer my skills in preparing every client document according to unique specifications, accounting for bleed, trim, crop, and paginated formatting.…

Ines Tang

I’m Ines Tang, a Bachelor of Design student at OCAD University specializing in illustration, character design, and game asset artwork. I enjoy turning creative ideas into polished visuals—whether that’s fast-paced concepting, refining character variations, or building consistent UI icons and menus for testing in Unity. I additionally specialise in book illustration, with experience in front-to-back covers, frontispiece, and spot drawing work. When illustrating for print, I offer my skills in preparing every client document according to unique specifications, accounting for bleed, trim, crop, and paginated formatting.…

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I’m Ines Tang, a Bachelor of Design student at OCAD University specializing in illustration, character design, and game asset artwork. I enjoy turning creative ideas into polished visuals—whether that’s fast-paced concepting, refining character variations, or building consistent UI icons and menus for testing in Unity. I additionally specialise in book illustration, with experience in front-to-back covers, frontispiece, and spot drawing work. When illustrating for print, I offer my skills in preparing every client document according to unique specifications, accounting for bleed, trim, crop, and paginated formatting.

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Language

English
Fluent
French
Beginner
Chinese
Beginner

Work Experience

Creative Lead and Primary Artist at Spinbot’s Core (Core, game jam team)
June 1, 2026 - Present
Created proof-of-concept pixel art artwork within 24 hours using a specified game jam theme. Iterated and fully polished variations of character designs, UI menus, and item icons over a 7-day Unity testing period. Animated essential game feel assets, including multiple idle and movement frames, then organized them into sprite sheets for export. Helped synthesize asset requirements by quickly translating setting concepts into concrete production needs, including key ores and smaller collectable items.
OCADFA Zine Illustrator at OCAD Faculty Association
October 1, 2025 - Present
Collaborated effectively to align on mutual deadline goals. Storyboarded a 26-page zine with impactful graphic imagery based on provided scripts. Synthesized true-to-lifestyle, stylized character designs for the client’s team. Produced a fully illustrated zine from start to finish, including special double-page spread panels. Formatted multi-page files in industry-standard programs for preview and later mass print production.
Merch Artist at Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group
September 30, 2024 - Present
Designed two custom patches on demand, using creative cross-platform problem solving to meet quality standards and production limitations. Communicated with external companies regarding pricing and bulk purchase options on behalf of the group. Collaborated with team members to accommodate additional changes and requests to designs. Provided ongoing updates to keep feedback smooth and support final production readiness.
Art Team Lead at Shatter Bee Game Productions
October 31, 2023 - August 30, 2024
Delegated tasks to a team of concept artists and game designers for Sacrifices of Divinity, a video game project. Scheduled monthly meetings to communicate workload expectations, review timeline goals, and assign individual roles, while stepping in to fill deficits where necessary.

Education

Bachelor of Design (in progress) at OCAD University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2027
International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB DP) at French International School of Hong Kong
January 11, 2030 - September 3, 2026

Qualifications

Award Winner for OCAD University's Excellence in Student Leadership Award
March 26, 2026 - March 26, 2026
Nominee for OCAD University's Beautiful Trouble Award
March 26, 2026 - March 26, 2026

Industry Experience

Gaming, Media & Entertainment, Education, Other, Non-Profit Organization
    OCADFA Zine: Know Your MoA!
    OCADFA's "Know Your MoA!" zine](https://www.twine.net/signin is a 30-page illustrated summary of the OCAD Faculty Association's 300+ page Memorandum of Agreement with OCAD University. This was a contract project personally offered to me as an OCAD illustration student. I designed 6 unique character turnarounds representing real-life individuals representing different OCADFA instructor levels, in addition to storyboarding and hand-drawing each page by myself. graphicdesigner illustrator…