Illustrator, Concept Artist, 2D Production Artist

Highly skilled, fast and accurate digital painter. Adapts easily to diverse project types and production pipelines, and picks up new skills quickly. Extremely experienced with Adobe products, particularly Photoshop, with working proficiency in Toon Boom and Painter.

I began freelancing professionally during highschool, and continued throughout college. Upon graduation, I stepped immediately into an internship at a local animation studio, where I spent a year as their primary concept artist, background painter and animation assistant. I found this experience invaluable, as it taught me how to integrate smoothly into a team, and how to participate efficiently as part of a production pipeline. In the process, I discovered that I love the collaborative energy of working together towards a common goal, and that there's nothing quite like watching art come alive with motion. For this reason, some of my favorite projects have been for animation or videogame studios, and I continue to seek out work in these fields. After the term of my internship had concluded, I moved west to settle into Vancouver, BC and have been freelancing full-time ever since. I have done book covers, concept art, and editorial illustration, but most of my time continues to be spent contracting as a 2D production artist.

Education
Alberta College of Art & Design 2010
Bachelor of Design: Illustration + Character Design

Awards
2013 Communication Arts 54th Illustration Annual Competition

2010 Applied Arts Magazine Student Award Winner

2005 National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Regional: Five gold keys
National: One silver key

2004 Oregon Congressional Art Competition
First Place in representing Oregon State

Employers
January 2013 - Present
GamesCafe
2D Production Artist

May 2012 - Present
Light Box Entertainment
2D Production artist

September 2011 - May 2012
Zensoft Studios
Videogame asset creator, Concept Artist

May 2010 - June 2011
Fifteen Pound Pink Productions
Background painter, concept artist, texture artist, animator

September 2010 - April 2011
Alberta College of Art & Design
Animation tech, teaching assistant

Published Works
2013- Justin T. Thurn
Cover art and design for novel "The Tale of Genji"

2012- Steven B. Williams
Cover art and design for novel "Heartsnare"

2012- Clarke McMakin
Cover art and design for novel
"The Walk"

2012- Arthur McMahon
Cover art for novel "Frostarc"

2012- Traction Creative
Illustration for "Music with Heart" poster

2010- Center for Inquiry Portland
Poster designs for Sam Harris speaking event

2009- Self published
Illustrations and design of “The Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll

2009- Center for Inquiry Portland
Poster and ticket designs for Richard Dawkins speaking event

2009- Steven-Elliot Altman
Cover art and design for “The Killswitch Review”
by Steven-Elliot Altman and Diane DeKelb-Rittenhouse

2008- Group Six Films
Character designs
Promotional concept art

2007- Elastic Press
Cover art for “Subtle Edens” collection
Cover art for “The Turing Test” by Chris Beckett
Cover art for “The Last Reef” by Gareth L Powell