I make zaney creations and puns. I am a character artist, concept artist and art director. Available for freelance.

Contact Me

Email: zanedevon@gmail.com

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Summary

• A passion for art, design, quality characters, and visual storytelling in video games
• Strong understanding of using form, composition, lighting, human anatomy, silhouette in both 3d and 2d mediums
• Precise attention to detail and high quality standards for final work
• The ability to work with and art direct team members to develop a unified art style
• A broad set of art style and design experience ranging from graphi design, low poly 3d assets with hand painted textures to high fidelity pre-rendered promotional characters.
• Ability to work in a next-gen asset pipeline creating high poly models, retopoing for animation, in addition to producing normal, specular and diffuse texture maps

Professional Experience

YETi CGI - Jr. Creative Director Aug 2011-Present
Roaming Fortress (YETi CGI) - Art Director + 3D Character Artist
Tome: Immortal Arena (Kixeye) - 3D Charcter Artist
Farmville 2 (Zynga) - 3D Artist
Backyard Monsters (Kixeye) - 3D Artist
Battle Pirates (Kixeye) - 3D Artist
D.E.E.P. (Nickelodeon) - Lead UI Designer
Hollywood Rising Star (Nickelodeon) - Lead UI Designer

Grey Matter Group
Production Artist January 2010 - August 2010
Intern August 2007 - December 2009

Education

Ferris State University August 2008-August 2012
B.A.S. Digital Animation & Game Design

Compass Film Academy January 2007-May 2007
Alumni - Break-in film course