Skills and Abilities
Digital Imaging
- 10 years of experience with open-source CGI suite Blender
- 3D modeling for rendered and real-time applications
- 4+ years of experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Dreamweaver
- Extensive knowledge of open-source imaging alternatives
- Varied experience including still renders, animation, vector graphics , and games
Web Design
- 10 years of experience building and maintaining web pages
- Building HTML/CSS page templates
- Advanced WordPress usage
Graphic Design
- Typesetting for print (primarily InDesign)
- Logo design, including original letterforms
Game Development
- Directed team production of a small video game project
- Created art assets and wrote story scripts in team
- Solo game projects created from scratch
Photography
- Documentary, portrait, and art photography
- Extensive experience in the digital workflow
- Knowledge of studio equipment
Writing
- Fiction for comics, video games, and prose
- Non-fiction including blogging, tutorials, and expositional
Computer Systems
- Languages including HTML, CSS, Python, and BASH
- Desktop use of Linux/UNIX and Windows
Work Experience
Animation and Graphics Artist, Kaplowe Studios, Woodbridge, CT, February 2012-present
Photographer, Lifetouch, Cranston, RI August 2011-November 2011
Modeling Contractor, Kongsberg Maritime Simulation, Mystic, CT, January 2011-present
Intern, XVIVO Scientific Animation, Rocky Hill, CT, May 2011-June 2011
Artist, Lead Writer, and Production Director, BIOGames, Internet-based, January 2009-October 2010
Staff Artist and Fiction Panelist, Long River Review, Storrs, CT, January 2010-May 2010
Intern, Barbara McClintock and David Johnson, Windham, CT, August 2009-February 2010
Illustrator/Designer, Freelance work, July 2005-present
Education
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major: Illustration, December 2010, summa cum laude
Concentration in Creative Writing
Cumulative GPA: 3.885
Honors and Awards
- Solo photography show at The Cage Gallery, Storrs, CT, 2010
- UConn School of Fine Arts Dean’s Purchase Award, 2010
- The Gloriana Gill Art Award in Photography, 2010
- The Edward R. and Frances Schrieber Collins Literary Prize, 2010
- The Raab Prize in Writing for Children, 2009