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I am a 2d artist working in the video game industry professionally for the last 6 years. My specialties are character design, stylization, environment/prop design, and illustration.

Education

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California September 2003 - May 2008
Degree: BFA in Illustration (character design)

SUNY Potsdam
Potsdam, New York September 2001 - May 2003
Major: Art Studio

Professional Experience

Freelance Concept Artist/Illustrator

Oakland, CA January 2014 - Present

Clients include:  Vicarious Visions (Activision), Mattel, TapStar Games, Nimbly Games, Monsters, Stone Blade Entertainment, Banana & Co, MOLI Entertainment, MMOART

Wandake Games (Sourcebits)

San Francisco, CA April 2013 - January 2014

Full-time position as the lead game artist. Guided the production of the title to match my own personal style. Responsible for polished 2d game art, including character/prop/environment design, traditional animation, illustration, promo art, and UI design. Also responsible for directing the other artists, both 2d and 3d.

Booyah
San Francisco, CA November 2011 - March 2013
Full-time position as a game artist. Responsible for polished 2d game art, including character/prop/environment design, traditional animation, illustration, promo art, and UI design.

Telltale Games
San Rafael, CA September 2008 - November 2011
Full-time position as lead concept artist on several TTG’s games. In charge of character/prop/environment design, in-game illustrative assets, traditional animation, building concept packages for outsourcing, marketing assets and merchandise.

MOLI Kids LLC
West Palm Beach, FL May 2008 - January 2013
Freelance work in children’s book illustrations, character/prop/environment design, flash game assets and backgrounds.

Caricature and Portrait Artist
Oakland, CA August 2003 - present
Freelance work for individual clients.

Shipped Titles

Booyah
MyTown 2 (support)
MyTown 2: Getaways

Telltale Games

Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures (Ep. 1-4)

Tales of Monkey Island (Ep. 1-5)
Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (Ep. 1-5)
Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent
Back to the Future: The Game (Ep. 1-5)
Puzzle Agent 2
The Wolf Among Us (Ep. 1)

Achievements and Awards

Accepted into Academy of Art Spring Show 2008

Best in Category Award for character design

Accepted into Academy of Art Spring Show 2005, 2006, 2007

Accepted into 2008 Society of Illustrators Student Competition

John Klammer Award/The Master Class Award

Accepted into 2007 Society of Illustrators Student Competition

Skills

-Character/Environment/Prop Design

-Illustration and graphic Design

-2d texture creation

-Traditional Art (Drawing, Sketching, Painting)
-Traditional Animation

Software

Corel Painter

Corel Draw

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Flash

Portfolio http://ryandavidjones.blogspot.com/

References Available upon request.

Contact teenytinyryan[@]gmail.com