About
Devoted to all things visual. In love with motion, dance and acrobatics. Fascinated by facial expressions, color theory and reflective surfaces. Daily doodler and painter.
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Currently working on the Animaze by Facerig project, on both PC and iOS.
• Creating new and exciting avatars through research and iteration, color variations, expression sheets, blueprints, and rendering where necessary
• Preparing fun props concepts through a similar process, making sure they fit with the overall style and the varied character geometries
• Building immersive 2d backgrounds by putting together and overpainting various assets. Pioneering an entire concept-to-engine pipeline for backgrounds animated in Cubism Live2d.
• Designing, producing, animating and implementing 2D faces matching the shape language of hybrid avatars.
• Conducting visual research for future avatar proposals and user testing, as well as in-development characters and props
• Finding creative visual solutions for making the best out of the tracking and real-time animation technology available.
• Assisting the 3D team when necessary by baking maps in Maya or making diffuse textures via polypaint in Zbrush, and checking everything works as intended in the proprietary engine
• Designing UI icons for all newly introduced assets, making sure they stay consistent
• Contributing to the making of tutorials, internal and external documentation.
• Exploring and experimenting as a freelance illustrator and concept artist as part of my personal and professional development.
• Past projects include a wide variety of jobs such as game art, web design, graphic design, photo retouching and others.
• Won an intern position through a contest, with my project “Witch Hut”
• Worked alongside one of the lead environment artists of AMC
• Learned to make realistic, game-ready assets, from concept to finish
• Worked as part of a team to solve technical problems such as minimizing rendering times, finding lighting solutions for various animation scenes and visual decisions.
• Conducted in-depth visual research and have been in charge of putting together concepts, mood-boards and storyboards for various pitches.
• Responsibilities included: lighting and rendering of animation scenes, 3D modeling, pre-production research, concept sketching, key visuals, storyboarding, set dressing, grooming of hair and fur.
• Collaborated with a writer in building the overarching story and setting for a satirical web comic that can be seen upon request
• Defined the comic style, designed all the characters and outlined the funny-morbid theme establishment.
• Drew all the comic strips based on the writer’s script in tight weekly deadlines.
Worked in a small team as sole artist, designed and created the majority of a mobile game’s UI, characters and maps without significant creative guidance.