gustavogutierrezjr@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE

LUMOS LABS - Senior Artist and Game Designer - 2017 -2019
Concepted feature ui/ux design, concepted theme design, motion design, gameplay design, designed and Codeveloped prototypes with Dev partner to pitch and test.
Ran user play test, qa play tests, created game flows, created and implemented production artwork and animation on multiple platforms.
Managed and tracked art team porting status, upgraded art outsourcing process, documented art porting process to set up other artists, researched new technologies to augment game art pipeline.
Mentored colleague in animation, lead animation and blender classes in an effort to knowledge share with the creative team.

Titles and Projects: Magic Chance, Contextual Library, Mind, Trouble Brewing Winter, Unreleased Memory Project, Hackathons

STORM8 - Game Artist > Senior Animator - 2012- 2017
Collaborated, Designed, Modeled, Textured, Rigged and Animated 2D and 3D characters, effects, and assets for a variety of games on iOS & Android using Maya, Unity and Proprietary Software.
Recorded and established pipelines with team for outsourcing.

Titles and Projects: Dragon Story, Monster Story, Bingo Mania, Cancelled Match 3 , Castle Story, Cancelled Midcore Project, Farm Story 2, Restaurant Story 2, Cancelled Match 3, Fish Frenzy Mania,  Website Banner Animations, Cancelled I/E Project, Dream City: Metropolis, Unreleased Project, Hackathons

ROCKYOU - Digital Artist - 2011 -2012
Collaborated, Designed, Illustrated, and Animated Characters, UI, Assets for Web and Flash Projects.

Titles and Projects: Hooked, Unreleased Projects

ELECTRIFIED GAMES - Junior Artist -2010 -2011
Collaborated, Designed, Illustrated, and Animated Characters, UI, Assets for Web and Flash Projects.

Titles and Projects: Pokemon TCG Online, Pokemon Trainer Challenge, Little Fighters

EDUCATION
Ex'pression College for Digital Arts - BAS Animation and Visual Effects - Nov 09

SKILLS + TRAITS
Software: Maya, Photoshop, Flash/Animate, Unity, After Effects, Zbrush, Blender, Spine, Spriter, JIRA, Confluence, CocosCreator, CocosBuilder, Aseprite
Skills: 3D Animation, Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, 2D Animation, Concept, Story board, Illustration, Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Game Design, Pipeline Management,
Traits: Works well under Pressure, Quick Study, Strong Organization Skills, Solid Understanding of Production Pipelines, Managerial Experience, Personable, Fluent in Spanish