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Hello!

I'm Catherine! I'm an artist living in Huntington, Indiana. I graduated from Huntington University with a BS in Digital Media Animation. I do illustration and design work for various projects.  I love working on projects with creatures and animals and I love children's and fantasy media. I have been working as a freelance artist for 7 years. I have worked on logos,  creature character designs, book covers, storyboards, and children's illustrations.  In my free time, I have been furthering my artistic skills through the School of Visual Storytelling.  

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RESUME 

 

Hardworking and highly passionate about illustration, character design, and the creative processes involved in animation. Ready to help team achieve company goals. 

​EDUCATION 

School of Visual Storytelling - January 2023 - Present 

Https://www.svslearn.com/

  • Prop Design

  • Character Design

  • Environment Design

Aaron Blaise Art and Animation Courses - Creatureartteacher.com - Completed December 2022: 2D Animation and Digital Illustration

  • Fundamentals of Animation

  • Scene Approach Course

  • Drawing Human Anatomy

  • The Art of the Storyboard

  • Digital Painting in Photoshop 

Huntington University - Huntington, IN

Bachelor of Science : Digital Media Animation 

Graduated May 2014

RELEVANT  EXPERIENCE 

Self-Employed Freelance Artist - Huntington, IN  February 2016- Present

  • Drew 40+ illustrations, concepts, and more in Adobe Photoshop for children's joke books in the publishing process - October 2021-December 2022

  • Utilized animal drawing skills to draw multiple creative animal characters for a client - August 2020

  • Created concept designs, sketches, and story reel to develop characters and scenes for 3 minute animated short "Fresh Snow" -The Brambles -  August-December 2019 

  • Created logo of cat mascot using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator for local foster home for cats - August 2019

  • Contributed to creative process through original ideas and inspiration while designing four characters and children's book cover for "The Adventures of the Spider Monkey and Billy Goat : Vandy's Big Break - May 2017 

  • Handled all client communications to build professional and long lasting business relationships while designing logos for the Phoenix Companies, LLC - Huntington. IN - February 2016

Graphic Artist Manager and Photographer – July 2015- October 2016

WaterFilterStore.com , Huntington, IN 

  • Photographed variety of different water filter products, parts, and faucets

  • Prepared, cropped, and optimized photos in Adobe Photoshop 

  • Managed Amazon and Magento Online Web Store 

SOFTWARE

  • Adobe Photoshop 

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe Premiere

  • Adobe After Effects 

  • Adobe Indesign

  • Knowledge of Windows and Mac Operating Systems

  • Toonboom Animate Pro 

  • Microsoft Office

  • Dragon Frame 

  • Clip Studio 1.5 

SKILLS

-Digital Illustration

-Children's Illustration

-Creature Design 

-Character Design 

-Storyboarding

 

References Available Upon Request

Contact

I am available for design or illustration freelance depending on my schedule. If you are interested in hiring me, please shoot me an email. 

260-388-8200

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