Jake Collinge

Work History

• Concept Art & Illustration Instructor

  CGSpectrum

  April 2012 - Present

  An online training course fit for traditional artists looking to enter the Concept Art or Illustration field. CGSpectrum is dedicated to high quality education with a 5 student maximum class size, ensuring plenty of face time and feedback from your instructor.
  
  We also feature a rent-a-mentor program for individual needs such as portfolio or project critiques and personal tutoring.

• Freelance Artist

  Collinge Artwork

  September 2010 - Present

  I've been completing various jobs as a freelance artist consisting of:
  
  
  Illustration for Pitches, Book Covers and Posters
  Game Art for Mobile Platforms (characters, background, UI and effects)
  Visual Development for Games and Animation
  Painted Backgrounds/Environments
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  Designer

  Bardel Entertainment

  March 2014 - April 2015

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  At Bardel I worked on The Advenutes of Puss in Boots, currently airing on Netflix.
  
  I primarily worked at a Prop Designer, from rough drawing to final render target paintings. Additional Maya expertise contributed to Set Design tasks and turnaround prototypes.
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  Designer

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  May 2012 - January 2014

  
  I had a blast working on Rainmakers next Feature Film, Ratchet and Clank, following upon my experience within the Escape from Planet Earth production.
  
  My responsibilities included major environment/set design, vehicle design, as well as props and texture guides.
  

  
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  Designer

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  January 2011 - February 2012

  
  I worked on both DVD and Full Feature Animation for Rainmakers upcoming movie, Escape from Planet Earth.
  
  I primarily designed environments, key props and graphic work, as well as some FX designs and costumes.
  

• 3D/2D Artist

  Badda Media

  January 2010 - April 2010

  
  I worked as a Contract 2D and 3D artist to create character animation, environmental art, concept designs, and full interface for a 3D pre-rendered Flash game. I was responsible for the full games artwork under the guidance of the Art Director.
  
  Software used included Maya, Photoshop, and Flash.
  
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  Modeler

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  May 2008 - August 2008

  
  Modeling and Texturing duties covering large scale environments, vehicles and characters.
  

• 3D designer

  CGTV Games

  May 2007 - May 2008

  
  I create textured models (character and environment in a variety of styles) and other artwork for online 3D projects