I'm a digital artist and animator who loves collaborating on creative projects. I enjoy turning concepts into polished visuals, leading parts of a project when needed, and learning new tools on the fly to keep things moving. Recent graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Animation, with skills in 2D/3D animation, concept art, and storytelling, with an Associate of Arts from a community college earned in May 2022. I value teamwork, rapid iteration, and delivering engaging visuals for games and short films.

Lauren V. Davis

I'm a digital artist and animator who loves collaborating on creative projects. I enjoy turning concepts into polished visuals, leading parts of a project when needed, and learning new tools on the fly to keep things moving. Recent graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Animation, with skills in 2D/3D animation, concept art, and storytelling, with an Associate of Arts from a community college earned in May 2022. I value teamwork, rapid iteration, and delivering engaging visuals for games and short films.

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I’m a digital artist and animator who loves collaborating on creative projects. I enjoy turning concepts into polished visuals, leading parts of a project when needed, and learning new tools on the fly to keep things moving.

Recent graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Animation, with skills in 2D/3D animation, concept art, and storytelling, with an Associate of Arts from a community college earned in May 2022. I value teamwork, rapid iteration, and delivering engaging visuals for games and short films.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Project Manager and Technical Director at The Punnetts
January 1, 2025 - May 1, 2025
Led project management and technical direction for a collaborative short film; organized team roles and distributed tasks, resolved technical issues, and worked with the director to answer questions. Created concept art for multiple characters; produced initial thumbnails and storyboards for several shots; animated keys, in-betweens, roughs, and clean-ups for multiple characters in shots using Maya and Toon Boom Harmony; assisted with camera movement and edited the rough cut when the director encountered technical difficulties.
Game Asset Designer / Concept Artist at Make Me Shine Again
August 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024
Collaborated on a visual novel video game: designed game assets for puzzles and inventory items, assisted shading and coloring backgrounds for the house area; designed concept art for characters and NPCs; contributed to group decision-making and rapid additions/changes to in-game visual assets; designed merchandise/stickers to advertise the game. The game won the Innovative Digital Animation Award for Best Video Game at the University of Alabama in Huntsville 2025 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit under the name Phantasm Reality.
Intern at University of Alabama
June 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022
Paid internship: worked with three other interns in a month-long program to catalog artworks into an online archive by artist Joe Minter; constructed a website to display his works using pre-existing software; designed a banner for the website.
Project Manager and Technical Director at The Punnetts - Short Film
January 1, 2025 - May 1, 2025
Collaborated with a small team to create an animated short film. Organized team roles, distributed tasks, addressed technical issues, and worked with the director to answer questions about the short. Created concept art for several characters and developed initial thumbnails and storyboards for multiple shots. Animated keys, in-betweens, roughs, and clean-up for several characters in various shots, assisted with camera movement in Maya and Toon Boom Harmony. Edited the rough cut MOV when the director encountered technical difficulties.
Collaborative Art Team Member (Visual Novel Game) at Make Me Shine Again My Love Girl (Visual Novel Video Game)
August 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024
Worked in a collaborative team to create a visual novel video game. Designed many game assets for puzzles and inventory items, assisted shading and coloring for the game's house area, and created concept art for characters and NPCs. Participated in quick-turn decision-making as a group and helped implement changes to in-game visual assets. Designed merch and stickers to promote the game.
Paid Intern at University of Alabama
June 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022
Worked with three other interns in a month-long internship to catalog artworks into an online archive by artist Joe Minter. Constructed a website to display his works using pre-existing software and designed a banner for the website.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree - Digital Animation at University of Alabama in Huntsville
January 11, 2030 - December 15, 2025
Bachelor of Fine Arts at University of Alabama in Huntsville
January 11, 2030 - December 15, 2025

Qualifications

Associate of Arts Degree
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2022
Associate of Arts
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2022

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other