Education Emily Carr University of Art + Design – Bachelor of Fine Arts (Illustration), Vancouver BC

Sept 2017 - May 2021

Relevant Classes Completed:

- Illustration: Ideation + Sequence

- Animation 1

- Animation 2

- Storyboarding

- 2d Animation 1

- Drawing: Anatomical

- Drawing: The Human Figure

- Professional Practice/Applications

Related Work Background Layout Artist at Titmouse - October 2021 - Present

- Review animatics and sketch backgrounds to match character actions and the needs of the shot

- Add framing guides & camera moves for animation and comp to reference

- Draw multiple poses for doors and props for animation to reference

- Complete finished backgrounds (line art and flats) for background painters to paint

- Job skills involve: perspective, composition, clean line art, attention to detail, time management, & ability to work well with others

Freelance Illustrator - July 2021 - Present

- Illustrated art for a cellphone case to be included in the 2023 exhibit Cellphone: Unseen Connections at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

- Communication with the anthropology curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

Freelance Background Artist - July - Aug 2021

- Designed, sketched and painted a background for a client’s personal animation project

- Kept active communication with the client throughout the background design and paint process

-Took constructive criticism and applied changes to the final design

Freelance Illustrator - Jan - Feb 2019

- Sketched + digitally painted the art for the front and back cover of a vinyl album for musician Henri Brown

- Communication with client

- Took constructive criticism and applied changes to the final design

Skills Software

- Adobe Photoshop

- Clip Studio Paint

- Toon Boom Harmony

- Adobe After Effects

- Adobe Premiere Pro

- Adobe InDesign 

Exhibitions Virtual Graduation Exhibition – ECUAD

May 2021

Foundation Art Show – The Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons

April 2018, Vancouver BC