Grew up in Spring Texas with an interest in cartoons, comics, and movies. Graduated from Texas A&M University, College Station in the Visualization Program with an animation focus and a minor in Computer Science.
Experience
Freelance Artist - Digital Commissions
SpartanCat
06/2020
Worked to meet reqirements of various customers through iteration, and collaborated alongside dozens of artists in varying capacities to create large scale community projects
Lead Artist/Animator
BlueRichter
06/2020 – 06/2021
Spearheaded art direction and design for various indie titles, including creation of an art pipeline to deliver art efficiently
Animator/Asset Creation
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
06/2019 – 9/2020
College Station, TX
Designed, rigged and animated several characters for client with a team of artists. Made edits to several provided rigs to fit shot parameters
Desktop Publishing
Copy Corner
3/11/2019 – 5/2021
College Station, TX
Managed and created designs for customers, by adapting quickly to new programs and systems and updated designs as customer’s needs changed
Social Media Manager
2VD Club
8/2020 – 5/2021
Managed and created art assets used for club’s social media, and hosted several presentations over artistic topics
Education
Visualization/Computer-Science
Texas A&M/College Station
September 2016 – June 2021
College Station, TX
Graduate of the Visualization Program which blends the study of art and technology. Curriculum included classes that covered aspects of pre-production, production, and post-production.
Character Animation
Animation Mentor
01/07/2022 – Present
An animation program I use to improve my 3D character animation skill set. I plan to complete the program sometime in 2023.
Awards
Best Time-Based Media - Giga-Jam 2021,
TAMU SIGGRAPH
A 36 hour art jam where I created the short "Packing a Punch"
Clients
BlueRichterTexas A&M Transportation Institute
Specialties
2D/3D Character AnimationIllustration & CartooningCharacter DesignHard Surface Modeling
Skills
MayaClip Studio PaintPremiereAfter EffectsPhotoshopIndesignToonboom HarmonyUnreal EnginePythonC++JavaCollaborativeQuick learnerAdaptableFriendlyMotion BuilderUnity