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Game Illustration and Design
I had an awesome time leading the art production at Wildworks for a children’s educational game from National Geographic. We like to think the game focuses on playfully learning facts about nature and the environment, but it’s really about wearing fun hats.
And cute little houses!
Besides discovering a great team there, I discovered I love designing homes and props for the cute animals!! I mean, how great is that?
I designed many of the sets, plants, and buildings specifically for the story part of the game, the Adventures. (Say that with a cool, deep, narrator voice.)
ELECTRONIC ARTS
I worked on Risk: Factions for Facebook. It’s no longer around, but despite the funny platform it was a successfully fun and silly game made by some very talented professionals.
The awesome tank above was designed by Powerhouse animation and I took some icon designs by an awesome teammate and matched each needed icon to the style.
I did all kinds of art in this game. From style guides to prop design and from characters to UI. Some highlights were storyboarding, managing, and animating the opening cut scene with the rest of the amazing art team. We played hard with that and it was so fun to animate.
Completely different style to learn, but all the line work was really fun.
I wish I had more of the art in possession from this fun game.
Publication Illustration
Liahona, For the Strength of Youth (New Era), and The Friend magazines
Writing and illustrating for the youth magazine For the Strength of Youth (previously called the The New Era) was just fun! I was asked to pilot the graphic novel style pages and try out ideas for look and story. I also wrote several that my talented friends illustrated.
Illustration
About Rose
Rose has been an animator, writer, and illustrator in the book and game industry for twenty years and has lead teams to create fantastic projects. She loves hiking around her mountain home with her family and happiest dog ever.
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