RESUME

Tess Brownson's professional resume.

EXPERIENCE

Carried rough concepts through to polished illustration, set visual standards and guidelines, created 2D puppet assets ready for animation, and assisted with texturing and coloring 3D assets
Prolific 2D character, creature, and environment artist
Worked on a project to project basis, contributing to 3 mobile games in total: Dragonvale, Dragonvale World, and an Unreleased Title
Took on leadership & mentorship roles when appropriate
Collaborated with artists, designers, animators, producers, engineers, and marketing teams frequently

Designed graphics for Western-wear apparel including: Cinch, Southern Thread, and Cruel Girl.
Worked closely with a team of fashion designers, artists, and technical designers.

Illustrated and designed officially licensed gaming merchandise ready for online retail.
Created custom apparel from concept to garment.
Worked directly with other artists, producers, technical designers, and the CEO to finalize products.
Created and maintained brands for game studios and publishers including: Bethesda, Bioware, Gearbox, Crystal Dynamics, Irrational Games, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, and Popcap.

Designed characters and backgrounds for motion comics, created promotional artwork, and assisted with animation.
Worked with a team to conceptualize Disney Online’s first mobile app (Pixel’D) with a unique user interface and 8-bit characters specifically for a child audience.

Soft skills: Detail-oriented, quality-focused, creative, organized, loves to learn, researcher, self reliant, adaptable, resourceful, attentive, observant, verbal & visual communicator, comfortable giving & receiving feedback, emotionally intelligent, inspires others, team player, optimistic, trustworthy, honest, patient, collaborative, punctual

Hard skills: Digital & traditional painting, character & creature design, illustration, anatomy & figure drawing, environment & layout design, shape language, color theory, graphic design, apparel design, sculpture, and typography

Software skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk Maya, 3D Coat, Z-Brush, Corel Painter, Adobe Flash, Procreate, Microsoft Office Suite, and Google Suite

Bachelor of Arts; Media Arts & Animation

Graduated June 15, 2012

eCornell: Women in Leadership (2020)
CGMA Master Academy: Character Design For Film and Games (Spring 2018)
Hascon (2017): Volunteered to paint line for Hasbro's fan Convention at the Backflip Studios booth.
PAX: East: Bethesda Softworks Store (2013): Retail sales associate; assisted in the sales of exclusive online retail merchandise, handled money, took inventory, and helped customers for this three day convention event
The Art Directors Club of Denver Paper Fashion Show (2012): contest participant; created and modeled an original dress made entirely from paper
Portfolio Par Excellence award winner for graduate flat art portfolio and demo reel (2012)
Student-to-Student Workshop, The Art Institute of Colorado (2009), Denver: taught beginner to intermediate digital painting in Photoshop to students
Americans for the Arts National Poster Design Competition winner (2008)