PORTFOLIO: keltii.artstation.com Concept artist, character designer, and illustrator.…

Jes Kelty Francis

PORTFOLIO: keltii.artstation.com Concept artist, character designer, and illustrator.…

Available to hire

PORTFOLIO: keltii.artstation.com

Concept artist, character designer, and illustrator.

Language

English
Fluent
French
Advanced

Work Experience

Lead Concept Artist & Interim Art Lead (Contractor) at Sickware Studios
June 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Lead concept artist for characters, weapons, and environment designs; modeled singular assets and props as well as modular sets; provided feedback to junior artists and helped problem-solve issues; managed asset lists, communicated art directives to the team, and conducted interviews to expand the art team.
Pre-production Artist (Research Assistant) at Durham College’s Mixed Reality Capture Studio
October 1, 2022 - March 1, 2025
Part-time pre-production support on various projects, including character design, illustration, storyboards, and concept art for animated films and immersive dining experiences. Developed a workflow for using generative AI tools to animate still illustration frames for a product pitch trailer. Created all MRC project UI assets in Unity.
Character designer & concept artist at Crystallized Games
November 1, 2023 - August 1, 2024
Designed protagonists, villains, and primary world locations for a proposed double-A fantasy-adventure RPG. Created illustrations for marketing and documentation; dressed levels, created still scenes for menus and loading screens, and implemented basic Unreal Engine blueprints for level dressing. Responsible for the creation and implementation of UI assets and menus (Unreal Engine).
Summer Student at Laboratories Canada
May 1, 2019 - August 1, 2019
Supported the organization of information seminars, prepared communications materials and presentations, and assisted in running workshops involving multiple branches of government. Prepared briefing materials and documents for governance on the progress of Laboratories Canada. Researched and provided a report on global advanced science infrastructure to inform architectural and value planning.

Education

Advanced Diploma of Game Art at Durham College
November 16, 2024 - November 16, 2024
Bachelor of Social Science in Political Science at University of Ottawa
November 16, 2024 - November 16, 2024
Game Art Advanced Diploma at Durham College
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
BSocSc in Political Science at University of Ottawa
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2022

Qualifications

Loran Scholar 2017
November 16, 2024 - November 16, 2024
McCall MacBain International Fellow (2019)
January 11, 2030 - March 13, 2026
Loran Scholar (2017)
January 11, 2030 - March 13, 2026
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Citizenship Medal and the Premier’s Citizenship Award (Alberta, 2017/2018)
January 11, 2030 - March 13, 2026
Governor General’s Academic Medal (2017)
January 11, 2030 - March 13, 2026

Industry Experience

Gaming, Government, Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services
    uniE621 Saints of Warding - comic
    A Resident Evil 8 comic that I have been working on in my spare time. Since this is a personal project, I have been responsible for all of the art direction, storyboarding, background character design, and illustration work. Full comic: https://www.twine.net/signin illustrator comic comicartist characterdesign…
    paper Saints of Warding comic

    A Resident Evil 8 fancomic I have been working on in my free time. I did all of the art direction, planning, storyboarding, and illustrating.

    uniE621 Work Samples
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