Experience

• Senior FX Artist at The Pokémon Company International

  Bellevue, United States of America

  July 2021 - Present

• Lead Digital Artist, Senior VFX Artist at Wizards of the Coast

  Renton, United States of America

  March 2017 - June 2021

  Lead Digital Artist for Magic: The Gathering Arena
  
  Managed art team of 4-6 individuals and contract art teams.
  
  Created style guides and pipeline documentation for internal and external use.
  
  Collaborated with engineers and tech artists to solve game design challenges.
  
  Developed and directed concepts for VFX, characters, environments and cosmetic items.
  
  As Senior VFX Artist:
  
  Oversaw initiative to revamp game visuals for alpha release.
  
  Created concepts and storyboards for animations, UI/UX and VFX.
  
  Developed hundreds of real-time VFX and custom shaders.

• Senior Artist at Disney Interactive

  Bellevue, United States of America

  May 2010 - December 2016

  Established the visual style for character animations and VFX in the Marvel Avengers: Alliance series.
  
  Led the concept creation, implementation and optimization of VFX. Organized a panel to teach Unity VFX systems to the studio.
  
  Learned 3D animation and modeling techniques from the art team, and created character animations and 3D VFX for various projects.
  
  Created animation storyboards and provided direction to contract artists on keyframes.
  
  Mentored artists to take over my role on MAA1 art team.
  
  Created pipeline and style guides for game environment illustrations.
  
  Adapted the established visual style to create character illustrations and marketing images. Also assisted with camera layout, graphics/illustration, concept art and turnarounds, and icons.

• Artist at Microsoft through Filter

  Redmond, United States of America

  May 2009 - May 2010

  Created concepts, graphics, UI and animation for original Zune HD games and apps. Being the sole artist for numerous apps meant I created all of the visual content for many of these games. Collaborated with the team to develop original game and app concepts.

• Game Artist at MumboJumbo

  Dallas, United States of America

  October 2007 - May 2009

  Developed original look and style for characters and cinematics.
  
  Created storyboards, cinematic assets, gameplay assets, UI and more.
  
  Collaborated with contract artists to create environments, cinematic animations and puzzles.
  
  Produced preliminary story and design, concept art, storyboards and cinematics, UI concepts, logo and package concepts.
  
  Built VFX in proprietary tools for prototypes.

• Game Artist at Octopi

  Tucson, United States of America

  September 2005 - October 2007

  Created CCG-style illustrations, concept art, pixel art sprites and animations, VFX, isometric map painting and polish, website design, banners, icons and promo images.
  
  Collaborated with art team and freelancers to match established style.
  
  Developed designs for new units and factions.