2D Artist / Animator / Digital Illustrator based in New Brunswick, Canada, with 8 years experience in the games industry. I’ve collaborated with game teams to create memorable characters and collectable creatures players love. I’ve built sustainable game art workflows from concept, production to final animation for 100+ game assets using Photoshop and Spine2D. I also enjoy creating animated rewards for seasonal in-game events! I love narrative and character driven games, visual novels, folklore, vintage campy horror, medieval history and Victorian antiques (not haunted). Occasionally I design illustrations as a freelance artist for fantasy, sci-fi and horror publications.

Katelyn Pellow

2D Artist / Animator / Digital Illustrator based in New Brunswick, Canada, with 8 years experience in the games industry. I’ve collaborated with game teams to create memorable characters and collectable creatures players love. I’ve built sustainable game art workflows from concept, production to final animation for 100+ game assets using Photoshop and Spine2D. I also enjoy creating animated rewards for seasonal in-game events! I love narrative and character driven games, visual novels, folklore, vintage campy horror, medieval history and Victorian antiques (not haunted). Occasionally I design illustrations as a freelance artist for fantasy, sci-fi and horror publications.

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2D Artist / Animator / Digital Illustrator based in New Brunswick, Canada, with 8 years experience in the games industry.

I’ve collaborated with game teams to create memorable characters and collectable creatures players love. I’ve built sustainable game art workflows from concept, production to final animation for 100+ game assets using Photoshop and Spine2D. I also enjoy creating animated rewards for seasonal in-game events!

I love narrative and character driven games, visual novels, folklore, vintage campy horror, medieval history and Victorian antiques (not haunted). Occasionally I design illustrations as a freelance artist for fantasy, sci-fi and horror publications.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Illustrator at Augur Magazine Literary Society
May 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025
❖Designed a full page illustration that connected with gothic horror and scifi themes for a short story submission. ❖ Researched and collected reference based on brief to incorporate and focus on mood/emotional tone for final piece using colour, style and appeal ❖ Worked with Art Director and client author to submit concept sketches for approval and final edits based on feedback ❖ Formatted final illustration to ensure quality and digital/print standards.
Senior Game Artist / 2D Animator at Prodigy Education
August 17, 2018 - January 14, 2026
❖ Animated and rigged 55+ unique collectible pet creatures with an additional 30+ creature skins using Photoshop and Spine2D, for web browser and mobile. Maintaining style consistency, appeal and expressive characters for Grades K-8. ❖ Produced 25+ limited event themed Bosses, shop npcs, UX/UI, fx and props to support story from game design, immersive narrative depth, expand on character details, and personality to create a cohesive and engaging game experience. ❖ Led the live-operations squad art asset planning and brainstorms for high value in-game seasonal events targeting new and returning user engagement. Developed the content cycles for LiveOps events to reduce event cost and increase value. This cut production time and scope of events by 60%. ❖ Worked with Developers to troubleshoot and remove visual bugs and optimize art/ animation exports for low-end devices to maximize user reach and memory usage on mobile and in-browser apps. ❖ Onboarding of new artists/animators, creation of creature/character style guidelines and workflows, providing art/animation feedback to both in-house and large outsourced art/animation teams through development.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Animation 09/2014 - 05/2018 at Sheridan College
September 1, 2014 - May 1, 2018
Certificate in Visual Art Fundamentals at Sheridan College
September 1, 2013 - May 1, 2014
Graduated with Honours

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Industry Experience

Education, Gaming, Other, Media & Entertainment