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Erin W. Schleupner
erinschleupner@yahoo.com
Objective
To visualize characters, props and environments for television, film, and games, while learning and growing amongst other creative individuals.
Experience
Storm8, July 2012 - present
Senior 2-D artist, responsible for creation of game assets, providing assistance to Lead, creating visual targets and style guides for games, and aiding other artists in learning software and maintaining game's visual style.
National Science Foundation, Spring 2013
Visual Development Artist for "The Crude, The Bad, And The Ugly", directed by Dave Chai, designed characters, props, color scripts, and background paintings.
National Science Foundation, Spring 2012
Lead of Visual Development for "Green Ninja: For Goodness Rake" webisode, oversaw layout design and background painting, created color script, and maintained schedule for artists.
San Jose State University, Fall 2011
Lead of Visual Development for Annie nominated short student film "Tule Lake", directed by Michelle Ikemoto, collaborated on character design, oversaw layouts and background painting, created color script, and maintained schedule for artists.
House of Chai, Summer 2011
Visual Development Artist for award winning short film "Why Do We Put Up With Them", directed by Dave Chai, collaborated on layouts, color scripts, and background painting.
National Science Foundation, Spring 2011
Co-Lead of Animation for "Green Ninja: Footprint Renovations webisode, oversaw animation and quality checks, and maintained schedule for animators.
Cinequest, Winter 2010
Animator for Cinequest 2011 "Mavericks" trailer.
House of Chai, Summer 2010
Animator for award winning and Annie nominated short film "Enrique Wrecks the World", directed by Dave Chai.
Education
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Animation and Illustration, San Jose State University.
Awards
Semi-Finalist for Nickelodeon Artist Fellowship, 2012.
Bank of America Student of the Year for Fine Arts, 2004.
Skills
Traditional media, Illustration, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Flash CS6, Adobe InDesign CS5, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, Maya 2015, Unity 2015.
