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 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. While working as a Game Tester for 3 years, I have continued to build my experience by being apart of the development teams during the creation of the different games.
Computer Skills
Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, 3DS Max, Maya, After Effects, Flash
Traditional Skills
Graphite, Charcoal, Conte Crayon, Color Pencil
Education
The
Art Institute of Seattle
Game Art and Design - Currently Attending 4.0
G.P.A Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
The
Art Institute Online
Game Art and Design - 1 year - Transferred 4.0
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 of Arts Degree
Professional
Career Development Institute (Which
is now, Ashworth University)
Web and Graphic Design - 2 years - Graduated
3.8 G.P.A. Associates of Arts Degree
Professional Experience
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.
Owner/ Operator
Blue Line Vending
o I started the business from the ground up
and ran it for 7 years before selling it and
going back to school to do art that I am passionate
about. I handled sales, maintenance, taxes,
books, production, customer service and more.
I would outsource help when it was something
that I couldn’t do and hired contract
help at busier times of the year.