Experience

• December 2018 - March 2020
  Invincible Storyboard Artist Revisionist / Production Designer at Skybound North
  Vancouver

  Working on the Invincible animated tv series in revising storyboards, writing action notes, and checking for overseas. Designing environments, vehicle and prop designs.

• January 2018 - June 2018
  Cinematic Storyboard Artist [Gears 5] at The Coalition | Microsoft Studios [Aquent LLC]
  Vancouver, Canada

  Made storyboards for AAA game cinematics in an animatic style so the pre-vis layout team are able to use them as reference for camera positions, character poses and placement of 3d environment assets. Utilised greybox levels from the in game engine as reference to how much space characters and props have with each other to minimize clipping and maximize the acting performance on screen. Did additional revision work, concept art, redesigning boards as per script changes and lead feedback.

• May 2015 - January 2018
  Concept Artist/Game Artist at Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver
  Vancouver, Canada

  At present shipped "Tap My Katamari" and "Tekken Mobile".

  Responsibilities as a game artist are to create 2d/3d assets for both characters and environments which also include concepts, models, textures, UI, marketing materials, rigging, animation, vfx, art asset/scene optimisation and game engine implementation - specifically with Unity.

  Worked very closely with the lead tech artist and engineers to problem-solve solutions and alternatives to ensure visual targets for in and out game assets and stringent performance requirements for various mobile devices are met.

  Collaborated with overseas team on asset creation and optimising environments while working around technical internal tools, materials and script constraints. QA tested additional internal art pipeline tools and made feature requests to improve user performance and speed up production process for other dev team members to use for art assets, effectively cutting down what would've been a 2 week task for a single person down to a couple days worth of work.

  As of recent projects I had been taking on an art lead role and also helped develop art direction with supporting documentation, visual targets and concept pitch materials while maintaining constant communication with both art and engineering teams.

• November 2013 - November 2014
  Concept Artist / "Assistant Texture Artist" - they didn't have a name for a generalist at EA Canada
  Burnaby, Canada

  Worked on Sundown: Boogie Frights. Created character models, zbrush sculpts and animations as well as 2d/3d environmental assets, VFX, initial logo and HUD icons.

• June 2013 - September 2013
  Illustrator at A Thinking Ape
  Vancouver, Canada

  Created facebook ads and in-game assets for mobile titles for Kingdoms at War and initial character art direction for Perfect Drift on the iOS, as well as other unannounced projects.

• April 2012 - September 2012
  Lead Concept Artist at Huge Monster Inc
  Toronto

  Created concepts, 2d sprites, particle effects, 2D/3D animations and UI for iOS games ["E.L.E", "Wingit!", and other unannounced titles]

• January 2012 - March 2012
  Illustrator/Digital Mattepainter at Vast Studios
  Toronto, Canada

  Digital matte paintings, GUI, puzzles, inventory assets, textures for hidden object casual games. Provided constructive feedback and alternate visual problem-solving solutions for outsourced revised artwork. Improvised new techniques to optimize production pipeline while maintaining client standards for general art direction.

• May 2010 - August 2011
  2d Artist at Bedlam Games
  Toronto, Canada

  Concept artist on Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale and did environment art/rigging/animating on World Gone Sour, as well as the story reel editing/colouring/compositing/animating of the Lost Girl Interactive Motion Comic.

• April 2007 - November 2009
  Neozoic at Red 5 Comics

  Helped refine art direction and flatted/coloured the first 8 issues of Neozoic - both interior pages and covers.

• April 2007 - November 2014
  Storyboard Artist/Production Artist [2d/3d] - freelance at 1188 Films
  Toronto, Canada

  Did storyboards and revision work for various commercials for clientele like Motts Clamato, Nike, H&M, Much Music, Hewlett Packard, Crush and National Geographic. Worked on music videos for James Morrison ft Nelly Furtado, Maylee Todd, Ron Sexsmith and The Darcys, Biggest highlight was working storyboards for the Much Music Video Awards.