XANTARA is an epic fantasy event story in the form of a multi-media webcomic, publishing weekly. I'm responsible for writing story, creating characters, illustrating comics, developing games in GameMaker and Construct2, animating cutscenes and sprites in Photoshop and Spine, designing website using Wordpress, creating supporting and marketing materials, collaborating with musicians and voice actors.

Updating every Friday at xantara-world.com

Owning branding and design for in-game and promotional illustrations and 2D graphics. Laying out 3D environments with plants and animals. Sourcing and editing stock photos for in-game elements. Creating icons, banners, trailers, etc for new features and expansions. Playtesting and giving game design feedback for the Cell to Singularity idle game. Laying out the evolutionary tech tree of life.

Working solo with creative director. Handling a broad variety of visual assignments on a per-project basis. Past work included designing characters for an Apple Watch game in Illustrator and Photoshop, animating characters in Flash, and exporting as game-ready PNGs. Designing UI elements and graphics. Creating textures for 3D models and importing into Unity for an interactive installation. Creating trailers, editing video, motion graphics in Premiere Pro and After Effects. Assisting with game design and testing, UX.

Overseeing the design of games for the mobile market, supervising coders and designers to ensure high-quality visual style. Developing concepts for characters and environments as well as creating in-game assets and textures. Owning visual design and establishing branding guidelines. Boogie Down Games is a diverse five person indie game studio where everyone works together in their free time to make fun games.

Assisting with department branding, creating graphics and signs, organizing student information in Excel, clerical tasks

Creating Barclay the Bee, a character who represents the hotel's sustainability initiatives. Writing and illustrating several eight-page comic books for kids explaining the role of honeybees in New York. Creating other assets for use on web and in print, including a holiday card and hotel signage.

Creating and managing the student work archives, creating slideshow images for website

Majoring in Communication Design with a focus on Illustration