Patrick Thompson
Email: patthompson008@gmail.com
Cell: 818-312-8182
Austin, TX
Skills & Attributes
- Expert in Photoshop CS6. Highly skilled in After Effects, & frequently use Illustrator. Familiar with Zbrush, Flash, Sketchup, Painter, HTML
- Extensive experience in 2D & mobile games, with a focus in environments
- Diverse range of styles, and a variety of design skills: in-game assets, UI, logos, typography, concept art, illustration, architecture, character design, creatures, anatomy, menus, sprite animation, tiling, parallax backgrounds, etc.
- Strong grasp of color theory, composition, and functional 2D game art design
- Easy rapport among teams, passionate about games, dedicated to art, & easy-going
- Mandarin Chinese(upper-intermediate oral proficiency – 考我吧!)
Experience
Cadillac Jack
(July 2014 – Present) Artist II
Provide 2D Art & Animations, taking the art from the concept phase all the way to testing & delivery. Heavy focus on concept design of graphic elements, characters, title screens, and symbols. Take 2D art and animate it to fit the games’ needs.
PK Illustration Studios
(2011 – Present) Owner & 2D Game Artist
Contract with studios & clients to create 2D game art, concept art, & illustrations.
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Recent Select Games & Clients |
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Fatum Ludus “NDA” (12/13 – Current) |
2D Level Artist, Art Director. Design of game’s style, texture sheets for application to 3D building models, parallax backgrounds, props, modular building assets for random level generation |
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2 Play Studios “Bloody Trapland” (11/13) |
Designed content for Steam’s Trading Card system (cards, characters, emoticons, & backgrounds) |
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Collision Studios “NDA” (9/13 – 11/13) |
Character Artist: 2D assets, bodies, clothing, vector art, concepts, assets mix-n-match ready |
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Marozu Games “Flip the Aliens” (7/2013) |
2D Game Artist: backgrounds, tiles, characters, sprites, concepts, UI, menus |
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Graveyard Gameworks “CyCom” (9/13-current) |
2D Game Artist: characters, weapons, vehicles, all assets ready for animation, modern war style |
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Rabid Dog Studios “NDA” (7/13-current) |
2D Environment & Concept Artist: parallax backgrounds, concept art, logos, steampunk style |
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Mattias Fagerlund “Machinist Fabrique” (7/13-current) |
2D Game Artist: machine assets (ready for animation), backgrounds, UI, comic panels |
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Blue Tea Games “NDA” (5/13-6/13) |
Character Artist: upgradable character art assets |
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Ecstatic LLC “Fireball Flurry” (4/2013) |
2D Game Artist: created UI assets, menus, screens, sprite animations, splash screen, logo, etc. |
| HeavyCat Studios “A Valley Without Wind 2” (1/2013 – 4/2013) | Staff Artist (Part-time/telecommute)Worked with producers and other artists to create 2D game art, 2D building/enviro art, banners, etc. |
| Legend Studios “Asteria” pc game (12/2012-3/2013) | 2D BG Artist & Pixel Environment Artist: created all pixel tile sets, vert & horiz tiling/parallaxing backgrounds |
| Giant Goblin Games“Storm the Castle” (2013) | Illustrations for fantasy card game.Required high speed to stay within budget |
| Impossible Leaf Games“A Blob Well Done” (2013) | PC game. Characters, levels, sprites, pixel art, cartoony stlyes, UI, etc. |
| Hydrogen Whiskey Studios “NDA” (12/2012) | Concept Art (sci-fi, industrial design) |
| Twelve Games “NDA” mobile game (2012-2013) | 2D Environment Artist: all enviro assets – ground tiles, trees, atmo, extendable bridge tiles, parallaxing backgrounds, etc. |
| 24KT Studios (2012) “Storage Warfare: Gambler’s Paradise” “Storage Warfare: Jersey Beach” “Storage Warfare: Holiday Rush” | 2D Game Artist: items, props, BG, characters, menues, UI, logos, etc. Specializing in creating assets at high speed/low cost |
| Blyts “Greedy Spiders II: Xmas Ed.” (2012) “Greedy Spiders II” (2012) “Greedy Spiders: Xmas Ed.” (2011) | 2D Level Artist: created parallaxing BGs, and ‘overpatterns’ (gameplay/UI elements), icon, feature illustration, etc. |
Buckland International Education Group (2009-2011; China)
Assistant Director
Responsibilities: graphic design, illustration, textbook writing, foreign teacher administration. Created billboard ads, logos, brochures. Illustrated & authored the “Non-Stop Talking” EFL textbook series, used throughout China in over 100 public and private schools. Trained and led over 100 teachers annually in how to teach English to Chinese students
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