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Lillian Chen

Background Painter/ Visual Development

 

A 2D artist with experience in backgrounds, illustrations, and collaborative teamwork, both in-person and remote.

 

SKILLS

DESIGN                    Environment, Character, Vehicle, Prop, Layout, Concept Art, Orthographic, Stylized art, 

                                  Color studies, Callouts, Thumbnails, Composition, Perspective, Illustration

SOFTWARE              Photoshop, Corel Painter, Paintstorm, Sketchup, Procreate, Zbrush Core Mini (Sculptris)

ORGANIZED            Maintained file organization with Google Drive, transcribed meeting notes for team

PEOPLE PERSON    Easy to talk to, customer service experience, communicative in-person & via emails

PROACTIVE             Created lists for the art team of required assets from the developer’s documents

 

 

PROJECTS & EXPERIENCE

MAY 2021 - MAY 2021 Twitch Panel Artist (commission), Oni_Kyoga, remote 

  • Painted three (3) panel artwork for Twitch V-tuber’s page, in an old Japanese town aesthetic.  


JAN 2018 - AUG 2021 Art Lead,  Background Painter, UI Artist, Recruiter, QA tester, White Box Gaming, remote

  • Designed and painted 66+ environment backgrounds, terrains, illustrations, cursors, and UI assets, ranging from stylized to realistic depending on the project.

  • Assisted with artist recruitment and interview process, and art team with icon workload on Ant Farms.

  • Created design docs for the art team on style, file naming & organization, list of assets, etc. 

  • Provided updates during weekly meetings and assigned tasks for the art team. 

  • Gave and received critiques on artwork during meetings and during the work week.

  • Designed first iterations of the Rune Master game logo, before collaborating with artists on final version.

  • Designed company and Bugology game logo for branding.

  • Created UX flow chart mock-ups for developer reference.

  • Tested and proofread Bugology and Rune Master game versions, and wrote reports with QoL suggestions.

  • Worked on Bugology, Rune Master, on Ant Farms Dynasty projects.

 

FEB 2019 - present   Senior Game Advisor, GameStop, Fountain Valley, and Westminster 

  • Worked during the COVID pandemic. 

  • Multitasked between customer service, taking in shipment, restocking, and handling phone calls.

  • Helped guests track down product(s) at other stores if we were out of stock.

  • Awarded Employee of the Week several times at Fountain Valley store location. 

 

JAN 2018 - FEB 2018   Background Painter, Illustrator, D3 (The Eerie Adventures of Kally project), remote

  • Designed and painted 22 backgrounds, in the 90s and early 2000s cartoon style, in 11 days.

  • Communicated heavily with client/developer via email on their project vision and needs.

 

AUG 2013 – MAY 2016 Visual Development Artist/Illustrator, AAU, and personal, San Francisco, and remote 

  • Environment, vehicle, and character designs in stylized and realistic, fantasy and sci-fi styles and themes.

 

JAN 2013 - DEC 2013 2D Concept & Animatic Artist, 3D Environment Design, TCNJ (Hawk Z project), Ewing, NJ

  • Designed and painted character sheets for the 3D modeler’s reference. 

  • Built 3D environment level within Unity, using terrain level builder.

  • Drew and created animatic for the game, and collaborated with the sound team member.

 

EDUCATION

2016       BFA in Visual Development, Environment Design, Academy of Art University, San Francisco 

2013       BA in Interactive Multimedia, Game Design, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

 

INTERESTS

RPGs, adventure-based games, MOBAs, music, adventure and mystery novels, comics, oil painting

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