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Profile:

Independent illustrator, character designer, and color stylist since 2012, working primarily in comics. Focus on working in personal art style with emphasis on exaggerated expressions and character acting. Strong ability to meet deadlines and work with others as a team.

Skills:

Comic Artist:

  • Accomplish visual storytelling and production through pencil and pen, ink, digital drawing software, and coloring techniques.

  • Implement technical knowledge of anatomy, perspective, and shot composition.

  • Manipulate character expression and action to convey emotion.

Color Stylist:

  • Assign color palettes that contribute to mood and emotion of a piece.

  • Implement technical knowledge of light and color interactions.

  • Unify character, prop, and background elements cohesively through color.

Character Designer:

  • Execute varied character designs of multiple levels of simplicity and stylizations.

  • Implement technical knowledge of anatomy, clothing, and hairstyles.

  • Implement multiple fashion styles and trends to create more believable characters.

  • Proficient at creating animation friendly designs with solid 3D forms.

 

Other Skills:

  • Meet strict deadlines consistently.

  • Work and communicate as a team to complete projects efficiently.

  • Knowledge of traditional media, watercolor, acrylic paint, marker, ink, pen, pencil.

  • Proficiency of social media platforms, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, tumblr.

  • Windows 7,8,10

  • MacOS Sierra

  • Adobe Photoshop CC, CS5, CS4

  • Adobe Illustrator CC

  • Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint

 

Education:

2018        AS Web Design, Citrus College, Glendora, CA, USA

 

Experience:

2019 Comic Interiors/Splash Art

Lionforge

Freelance Comic Interiors and Splash Art for the Dungeons & Dragons book Rolled and Told, Issue 12 and one unreleased issue.

2012-2013        Comic flatter

Independent

Flat colorist for the webcomic Vibe by Dan Ciurczak.

 

2012-current        Private Commissions

Private illustration commissions for multiple patrons.

 

2017-current        Comic Artist

Independent

Drawing, writing, and designing for an independent serialized comic, The Red Muscle, self published.

 

Related Experience:

2012        Weekly Comic Drawing Group Organizer, No Location