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I’m a character animation artist with a background in games, apps, film, and commercials. I love breathing personality and life into characters. Games I’ve worked on include Disney’s Club Penguin and many other titles. Let’s chat!
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Work Experience
Principal Artist at Everi Holdings
October 1, 2022 - PresentCharacter animation and art for casino slot games; Special Effects animation; UI art and animation; Created marketing animations for game launches; Collaborated with directors, game designers, producers and managers.
Freelance Artist at Freelance (Arrow International, Leo Learning, DoubleDown Interactive)
March 1, 2021 - PresentWork with Arrow International on game creation and marketing ads; Spine character animations, UI animations, marketing ad design and animation; Working with Leo Learning Studio in the UK creating storyboards, design, animations, and video output for their client list; Special effects, UI and animation work with Vegas gaming company DoubleDown Interactive.
Motion Graphics Designer / Marketing Artist at DoubleDown Interactive
March 1, 2014 - March 1, 2021Created digital assets for marketing campaigns and social communications; Interpreted conceptual direction from writers to create attention grabbing content; Coordinated consistency across all channels; Collaborated with directors, writers and managers to create cross channel promotions, sales, user acquisition, and retention campaigns; Created layouts and design for daily challenges and quests; In-game UI/UX design; Lighting effects, particle animations.
Game Artist / Animation, UI, FX Artist at Disney Interactive
February 1, 2012 - March 1, 2014Ported Club Penguin to mobile platform; Created new UI for mobile platform; Worked closely with developers to problem solve the challenges of porting extensive Flash based animations into atlases for mobile games that met optimization requirements.
Game Artist / Animation, UI Artist at Cricket Moon Media
September 1, 2009 - February 1, 2012Character animation for Disney Online and Nick Jr apps; Game assets and background art for online and mobile games; UI design and creation; Design / composition / layout; Worked with iOS developers for cross platform art needs; App titles include: Bubble Guppies Bad Hair Day, Daniel Tiger’s Good Morning/Good Night, Shake It Up Flash Mob, Sproutlet Stories, Dora the Explorer Dance Recital.
UI Artist / Animator at Z2 Entertainment
February 1, 2013 - September 1, 2013Created UI animations for the fighter pilot game Metalstorm Ace.
Animation Artist / Video Production / Motion Graphics at What Now? Exactly!
February 1, 2010 - October 1, 2011Character animation for explainer video shorts; Video production, sound mixing, compression, final output; Delivered a fully animated video within a one week timeframe.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Media Arts and Animation at Art Institute of Seattle
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2007Qualifications
Industry Experience
Gaming, Media & Entertainment
Experience Level
Expert
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Intermediate
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