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Digital artist with a varied background spanning illustration, UI, 3D modelling, motion design and animation. With a strong eye for visual hierarchy, detail, and brand consistency, I bring both creative and technical insight to designing visuals.\n\nI’m passionate about creating and ensuring they meet brand, identity, and artistic style standards across diverse visual outputs.…

Mia Tawhiao-Lomas

Illustrator, Character Designer, Game Designer, +7

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Digital artist with a varied background spanning illustration, UI, 3D modelling, motion design and animation. With a strong eye for visual hierarchy, detail, and brand consistency, I bring both creative and technical insight to designing visuals.\n\nI’m passionate about creating and ensuring they meet brand, identity, and artistic style standards across diverse visual outputs.…

Available to hire

Digital artist with a varied background spanning illustration, UI, 3D modelling, motion design and animation. With a strong eye for visual hierarchy, detail, and brand consistency, I bring both creative and technical insight to designing visuals.\n\nI’m passionate about creating and ensuring they meet brand, identity, and artistic style standards across diverse visual outputs.

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English

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Māori

Fluent

Work Experience

Designer & Game Artist at BIGA

June 1, 2024 - July 1, 2025

Motion design animations and video edits for social media and promotional content. Graphic design tiles, banners and icons for social media content and marketing. Game artist pipeline creating 3D models, texturing, implementation into engine and animation. Creating UI mock-ups for games, websites and mobile apps. Utilising game engines for level design and basic visual effects. Provided visual QA and evaluation for design consistency and brand alignment, including AI-generated design elements.

3D Artist Intern at American School in Japan

January 1, 2024 - March 1, 2024

3D modelled the ELC mascot's head, poly-painted and posed facial expressions for Google Chat emojis. Created low-poly model of the ELC mascot's head in preparation for an AR Instagram model. Modeled classroom furniture and sourced models online to layout a visualization of future potential classrooms in Twinmotion. Designed a summarized report card for high school students themed around space.

3D & UI Artist at Borderline Studios

July 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023

Created 2D UI assets in Illustrator, implemented into Unreal Engine 5, and created materials. Built high-poly sculpts in ZBrush, retopologised to low-poly in Maya, and textured in Substance Painter for props and the player character. Designed and modeled two enemy types and a companion robot. Created motion graphics within After Effects for level transitions and loading screens. Assisted in level design and level building in Unreal Engine 5.

Graphic Designer at Kayhan Audio

January 1, 2019 - October 1, 2019

Customer service face-to-face, online and over the phone. Creating designs for online and print materials. Photography, and shopping centres. Managing products online and e-commerce website on WordPress. Social media management on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter.

Illustrator & Translator at Cultural Hub

April 1, 2019 - October 1, 2019

Translating scripts from English into Te Reo Māori for a children's app. Creating illustrations for puzzles aimed at tamariki/children.

Freelance Translator at Private Organisation

March 1, 2020 - Present

Translating various international digital products from English to Te Reo Māori. Working remotely and navigating online platforms to complete jobs. Keeping up with translation guidelines by regularly revising and communicating with higher-ups.