Visual Development Artist

Visual Development Artist — Nova Animation Studios

Burbank, CA | January 2024 – Present

• Designed 85+ environment concepts and 40+ color keys for a major animated feature film, establishing the visual tone and style guide adopted by 12 cross-functional production teams.
• Collaborated with 3D layout and asset modeling departments to resolve technical design challenges, reducing downstream modeling revision requests by 24%.
• Created daily high-fidelity speedpaint iterations based on feedback from the Director and Art Director, maintaining a 96% on-time milestone delivery rate across 4 production phases.
• Mentored 3 junior concept artists on digital painting workflows, perspective rules, and studio layouts, increasing overall department production throughput by 20%.

Associate Visual Development Artist — Spire Entertainment

Los Angeles, CA | August 2021 – December 2023

• Produced 110+ detailed prop designs and architectural layouts for an episodic sci-fi series, resulting in zero pipeline disruptions during the 2D layout phase.
• Developed 30+ sequential color scripts for 6 key episodes, enabling the lighting and compositing departments to align color palettes and reduce rendering revisions by 15%.
• Organized and maintained the digital asset library containing 400+ background paintings and references in ShotGrid, decreasing asset retrieval time by 30% for 18 staff members.
• Contributed to weekly design brainstorming sessions with storyboarding and visual effects teams, resulting in the successful pitches of 8 key narrative-driven action sequences.

Environment design, Color scripting, Character design, Keyframe illustration, Matte painting, Digital painting, Storyboarding, 3D block-out, Lighting keys, Adobe Photoshop, Blender, Maya, ZBrush, Corel Painter, ShotGrid, Unreal Engine

Fantasy Feature Film 'Crown of Shadows'

Role: Lead Environment Designer

Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Blender, ShotGrid

Designed 4 primary fantasy environments and color scripts, reducing background concept approval cycles by 3 weeks and saving $45,000 in modeler iteration costs.

Sci-Fi Series 'Neon Horizons'

Role: Color and Lighting Key Artist

Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Maya, ZBrush

Authored 22 key lighting setups and color keys, which directly decreased post-production rendering and compositing rework tickets by 28%.

• Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design (2022)
• Epic Games Unreal Fellowship in Worldbuilding (2023)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Art mentor for underrepresented youth at the Burbank Creative Arts Center (2022-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice