Resume of Justin Hernandez
Summary
I live for character and creature design and am looking for
a position in a
creative environment with room to learn and grow. Can work
well within
boundaries while pushing them to their limit. Motivated,
working well within
a group collaborative or solo, and able to meet deadlines.
Skills
Artistic: Versed in painting, drawing, color theory, design
composition
with a good knowledge of human and animal anatomy.
Technical: Experienced in Adobe Photoshop CS2, Painter 9,
Adobe Illustrator,
Google Sketch Up.
Education
BFA in Traditional Illustration from Academy of Art
University of San Francisco.
Professional Experience
October 2007 to current- Freelance concept work and
marketing illustration
for Mechanical Butterfly Studios for an unannounced next
gen game.
Duties included character and environment concepts,
marketing illustrations,
simple 2D animation, storyboarding, and
character/environment texturing.
February 2008 - Graphic design and logo for Recycle
Bookstore's windows.
January 2006 to May 2007 : Project Octopus: Lead character
designer
on senior collaborative Project Octopus, a first person
shooter
adventure/ horror in the style of H.P. Lovecraft-work
included
creature and character, environmental design and the game
poster illustration.
-Worked with a team of artists in a collaborative process
under art direction
-2007: Project Octopus awarded Best Games in the Academy of
Art
University's annual Epidemic Film Festival and featured in
the
Academy of Art University Spring Show
2006: Academy of Art University Spring Show-Illustration
Lovecraft was
featured in the juried art show
References available upon request.
gryphonjackal AT yahoo DOT com