LAURIE ANNIS MORGAN

laurie@laurieannismorgan.com

http://www.laurieannismorgan.com

Skills

• High and low poly game environment prop and terrain modeling
• Digital painting, vector illustration and image editing
• UVW unwrapping, diffuse, normal and specular map set painting
• Level design and construction, shader setup, particle effects and lighting
• Maintaining consistent visual style
• Collaboration, concept drawing and design documentation

Tools

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects Creative Suite 4
Autodesk 3D Studio Max and Mudbox 2010
Unreal Tournament 3 Editor
Pixologic Zbrush 3
Traditional Drawing and Design

Education

Game Art and Design, Bachelor of Science (January 2007 - October 2009)
Westwood College, Online

• Graduated Magna Cum Laude
• GPA 3.9/4.0
• ESA Computer and Video Game Scholarship, 2008

Experience

3D modeling and 2D digital art, Freelance (1996 – Present)  

• 3D modeling, animation and effects for games and product display using 3ds Max 2010, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects CS4.
• Digital painting, vector illustration and image editing for logos, print and web designs using Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver CS4.

• Created 2D game environments, prop tiles  and animated creature sprites according to team concept developed through collaboration using Game Maker 7.0 and Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks.
• Collaborated with team on post mortem report and earned club Developer title.

• Collaborated with 4 member team on 2D game environment concepts using Game Maker 7.0 and Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

• Led diverse team of 6 students through a 9 week course project to envision and develop new concept documentation for the old NES game Deadly Towers.
• Created environment concept artwork, new character sprites, Power Point presentation and compiled final documents.
• Organized and assigned team tasks and facilitated communication with team and instructor.