Credited Titles
Supreme
Commander-PC / Gears
of War-PC / Destroy
All Humans-Path of the Furon-XBox 360
Printable
Version
Introduction
I have been a freelance concept artist and Illustrator for about 6 years now. I have done mostly commission work in that time along with personal projects while continuing to develop my skills through the Art Institute of Seattle. When I was a Game Tester for 3 years, I building my experience by being apart of the development teams during the creation of the different games. I am currently taking a break from work in order to concentrate my efforts on school and my portfolio.
Art Skills
Traditional Art, Digital Art, Concept Design, Environment Design, Character Development. Illustrations, Print work, Photo manipulation, Portraits, etc; depending on client needs.
Computer Skills
Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, 3DS Max, Maya, After Effects, Flash, ZBrush, Mudbox
Traditional Skills
Graphite, Charcoal, Conte Crayon, Color Pencil
Education
The Art Institute of Seattle
Game Art and Design - 2 years - Currently Attending - 3.0 G.P.A - Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
ITT
Technical Institute
Multimedia and Game Design - 1 year - Transferred
- 3.8 G.P.A. - Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Bellevue
Community College
Digital Art and Animation - 1 year - Transferred
3.9 - G.P.A. - Associates Degree
Professional
Career Development Institute (Which
is now, Ashworth University)
Web and Graphic Design - 2 years - Graduated
- 3.8 G.P.A. - Associates Degree
Professional Experience
Freelance Artist
Shawn-ODonnell.com
6/05 - Present 425.773.1248 Bothell, WA.
oTraditional Art, Digital Art, Concept Design, Environment Design, Character Development. Illustrations,
Print work, Photo manipulation, Portraits, etc; depending on client needs.
QA/ Game Tester
Sandblast
Games/ Cranky Pants Games 02/08 –
5/08 QA Manager/ Patrick Reddick 425.285.2000
Kirkland, WA.
o I worked at Sandblast Games on a temporary
contract on their upcoming game Destroy
All Humans-Path of the Furon-XBox 360.
QA/ Game Tester
Excell
Data/ Microsoft
06/07 – 10/07 HR Manager/ Michele Selovor
425.974.6300 Bellevue, WA.
o I worked on a PC title Gears
of War for Microsoft Games
Studios. I was part of a team that was dedicated
to solving any problems that the game might
have. We covered a variety of task that covered
many areas of the game from performance, quality,
sound, crashes, etc. I was responsible for writing
up all bugs and issues that are found by me
in a web based tracking system that can be access
by the development team.
QA/ Game Tester
Gas
Powered Games 10/06 -11/06 HR/ Michelle
Hippe 425.522.1600 Redmond, WA.
o I was working on one of Gas Powered Games
on one of there newer titles called Supreme
Commander. I worked with people
from all the different departments to help find
any problems with the game from graphical defects,
faulty dialog or sound, playability. I was also
responsible for writing up bug reports, monitoring
game balance and usability of game interface.
QA/ Game Test Lead
Volt/
VMC
Game Labs 08/05 - 10/06 Contact/
Jacob Haslequest 425.702.9000 Redmond, WA.
o I Ran a team of testers anywhere from 10-50
people for both hardware and software for the
Xbox 360, did testing myself as well, and handled
all paperwork and layout from test cases to
timecards. Worked with different media's for
the XBox 360 console as well as tested multi-cultural
platforms.