Maura Wright F/T or 1099

Austin, Texas
Animator / 2D Artist at Freelance


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Summary

Education

Bachelors Degree in at Savannah College of Art and Design

Experience

Animator at Big City Publishing, LLC

Sep 2010 - Present
Job Duties: Character Design - Advanced, Animation (Traditional) - Advanced, 2D Art / Graphic Design - Advanced, Animation (Character) - Intermediate, Conceptual Design - Intermediate, Pipeline / Scheduling / Asset Mgmt - Junior Software: Photoshop - Advanced, Flash - Junior Summary:Following the directions of the lead artist, I create animations used in the award-winning program "Drawing With Mark" and other marketing projects. Along with this and doing some illustrations for various projects outside of the television format, I also re-animate previous scenes to fit within HD aspect ratio to be compatible with future hi-def broadcasts.

Lead Artist / Creative Director at Lantana Games

Jun 2009 - Nov 2010
Job Duties: Animation (Character) - Advanced, Character Design - Advanced, Animation (Traditional) - Advanced, 2D Art / Graphic Design - Advanced, Sprites / Pixels / Icons - Intermediate, Conceptual Design - Intermediate Software: Photoshop - Advanced, Flash - Junior, - Junior Summary:Created animations and focused the art style for this upcoming stealth/platform game for all ages. A historical backdrop to the game heightens the immersion, letting the game play move the story while educating the player as well.

Graduate at Savannah College of Art and Design


Job Duties: Character Design - Advanced, Conceptual Design - Intermediate, 2D Art / Graphic Design - Intermediate, Sprites / Pixels / Icons - Junior, Modeling (Low Poly) - Junior Software: Photoshop - Advanced Summary:

Software and Technologies

Photoshop (Advanced), MS PowerPoint (Advanced), Adobe Creative Suite (Advanced), Adobe Photoshop (Advanced), Microsoft Word (Advanced), Illustrator (v.10 to CS5) (Advanced), Right Now (Advanced), Adobe Illustrator (Intermediate), Jira (Intermediate), Open Office (Intermediate), Flash (Junior), Corel Painter (Junior), Adobe After Effects (Junior), Adobe Flash (Junior), Cisco Router (Junior)