Concept Artist Resume

CHRISTIE SHINN
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**References are available upon request.**

WORK EXPERIENCE
Studio Work

February 2011 – Present
Eddie Yang Studio
Glendale, CA
-Business Relations: Established relationships with the goal of a long-term partnership in asset creation. Communicated to studios and companies like THQ in order to create a business model that was both cost-effective yet high-quality for that company.
-Art Reviewer: Evaluated assets and communicated changes to the artists for both quality control and in compliance with established style sheets for established THQ game titles such as: WWE: Smackdown vs. Raw and UFC.

September 2010 – Present
ITT-Tech Oxnard, CA
Adjunct Game Design Instructor
-Lectured students on the overall pipeline and theory behind game design.
-Taught students game analysis and skills on how to secure industry employment.

April 2007 – Present
Carmine Studios/Freelance Work
Graphic Design Artist
-Designed logos, flyers, apparel, character concepts, and art assets for games and applications for an extensive client list.
- Designed album covers for up and coming hip-hop artists.
- Performed tutoring sessions for maintaining websites for various clients.
- Designed various characters for 3D animated features and many 2D assets for specified palettes.
- Other various graphic projects for clients which include: SpeedSDDate.com, IZ Ventures (Art Director), Benson Hopp, Gloster Biomedical, Kast and Krew, Fashart Productions, List Caddy, ArcNovo, Inc., Olive Jane, etc..

September 2009-September 2010
HABLA Underground
Resident Artist
-Helped found the program to showcase up and coming artists.
-One of the artists featured in the exhibition, “Harvest”.
-Does the PR leg work for new exhibits to maintain customers

Concept Artist

March 2009 - September 2010, Goleta, CA
Red Alert 3: Southern Rising
I am currently in production and concept art for character and creature concept for the Red Alert mod, advertised on MODDB.
SLIM Crossbowman
SLIM Elite: XI Bei
Command and Conquer spot. 17:25 Concept featured at 17:45.

March 2009- September 2010 Goleta, CA
Seven
-Work closely with the Lead Concept Artist to release the art assests for landscape, creature, and weapon concept for their Half-Life mod: Seven:Episodes.
-Participates in the brainstorm process for character image development.

December 2008-December 2009 Production Assistant Goleta, CA
Ethereal Muse
-Collaborated with the Lead Concept Artist and the Art Director with varying concepts on a product that would be consistent with the existing assets for the Xbox Live-based guitar game Encore.
-Assisted with art assets in concepts for both characters and environments in pre-production
Trailer Here.
Download demo here.

“Christie proves to be an essential team player. She would be one of the few that would give more than that 100% effort into a production. She is the type that would be the first one in and the last one out. The amounts of effort she put while on board was out of this world. If I had to, I know Christie would be one of the few to follow me into the valley of death fighting hordes of demons, even if we were outnumber 1 to 100,000.” December 19, 2008

Top qualities: Personable , On Time , Creative
Roderick "Rick" Lizardo, President and Executive Producer at Ethereal Muse Studios

“Very creative and friendly. Works well with other team members. Punctual and open to critiques.” July 12, 2008

Top qualities: Personable , On Time , Creative
Bryan Liddi, Art Director at Ethereal Muse Studios

August 2006-August 2007 Production Artist Irvine, CA
Potential Energies
- I did character concept art and environment concept art in order to set the feel and look of the game. I had to keep in mind that this was a game geared towards the younger crowd and more of an RPG feel.
- I used Photoshop and Illustrator as well as a traditional background in design in order to create a feel that the character and environment fit the playful and strange setting of the story and characters themselves. Essentially, bring the game to life. I also counseled other artists in terms of technique and critique.

Freelance

GFS Clothing DBA Sidewayz Style
June 2009 – July 2009
Apparel and logo design for a fashion line.
Sidewayz Style Logo.

Delikate Rayne
April 2009 – August 2009
Apparel design for a fashion line.

Benson Hopp
June 2009
Resdesign of a Flash header for portfolio film website.

Fashart Productions
June 2009 – July 2009
Graphic design and editing for Fashart productions products: T-shirts, comics, mugs, etc.

Kast and Krew.com
October 2008-December 2008
Character concept to put on t-shirts, stickers, decals and other marketing items.

Workout On the Go
September 2008-Present
Character concept for a new fitness media and merchandising.
BigE the Lion
George the Gorilla
Johnny the Crocodile
Marvin the Meerkat
Mary the Giraffe
Rickie the Ostrich
Shirley the Zebra
Tyrone the Tiger

ArcNovo, Inc.
June 2008 – August 2008
Character Design for a 3D animated feature called the "Price of Selfishness.
Wife voice sketch sheet.
Grandmother concept.
Husband, Wife, and Grandmother size comparison sheet.
Son model sheet.
Son facial expressions.
Son base model sheet.

General Experience

Staples, Inc.
-Filing reports, dibursing and dispersing rewards and information according to company policy, organizing meetings, employee relocation, Human Resources, using the company-wide intranet to transmit needed information to remote locations.

EDUCATION

ITT Technical Institute-Oxnard
2004-2007
-Graduated valedictorian - GPA 3.75
- Bachelor of Science Digital Entertainment and Game Design

University of California, Santa Barbara
1994-2003 Art Studio and Film Studies
-Bachelor of Arts, Film Studies.
-Bachelor of Arts, Art Studio.

HOBBIES
I like playing video games (mostly RPGs, puzzle games, and MMORPGs), comics, cooking, drawing, writing, reading, accessing a wide array of art and music, snapping strange photos, researching weaponry and martial arts, action movies and other genres of movies with odd stories, going to ranges, and traveling. However, I'm game for just about anything and am willing to give things at least one try.