Jonathan Sabella

Work History

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  Senior Character Artist/Show Supervisor ILMxLab

  Industrial Light & Magic

  December 2016 - Present

• Freelance Character Artist

  JonathanSabella.com

  May 2009 - Present

  I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities and would love to talk with you about how I can help you develop your current projects.
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  Character/Creature Modeler

  Industrial Light & Magic

  October 2015 - January 2017
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  Organic Modeler/Texture Artist

  Luma Pictures

  August 2014 - October 2015

  

  

  

  

• The Age Of Adaline

  October 2014 - March 2015
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  Associate Character and Technical Artist

  NetherRealm Studios

  July 2013 - August 2014

  -Responsible for full character pipeline: Sculpting, Game Res Mesh, Texturing and Rigging.
  -Occasionally contributing to character concepts.
  -Responsible for reviewing outsourced characters and polishing them where possible to improve quality.
  -Developing and documenting new processes and pipelines for character art development.
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  Character Artist

  NetherRealm Studios

  July 2012 - March 2013

  Working on a contract basis, I created a wide variety of characters for several Warner Bros. titles including; 'Injustice: Gods Among Us'.
  
  Work ranged from primary cinematic characters, cinematic NPC's to in-game characters. Tasks included High Resolution Sculpting, Morph Target Sculpting, Animation Ready Retopology, Texturing and rigging. I was also involved with reviewing outsourced characters, identifying/documenting ways of improving their quality and executing those recommendations.
  
  Injustice: Gods Among Us
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMkTQSbE6Bc

  

  

• Lead Artist

  Inspirado Games

  February 2011 - October 2011

  Worked with Inspirado's inspiring development team on their meaningful gaming product: Gardenmind (www.GardenMind.com)
  
  *Nominated for 2011 Social Game of the Year at the Canadian Video Game Awards* (https://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/finalist/gardenmind/)
  
  •Flash Animation (Character/Environmental)
  •In-Game Vector and Raster Art Creation
  •Marketing Asset Creation
  •Work with the Production and Art Team on Concepting and Character Design
  •Flash Asset Game Integration
  •User Interface Design/Iconography
  •Website/Social Media Portal Design
  •3d Asset C

• Co- Founder and Chief Creative Manager

  Ninth Dimension Studios, LLC

  2009 - August 2011

  Co-Founded Ninth Dimension Studios, LLC as an independent video game development studio specializing in game design and development for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and PC platforms.
  
  •Published "The Hockey Experiment" for iPhone/iPod, PC & Mac and was integral to the development from concept to publication.
  (App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-hockey-experiment/id369225815?mt=8)
  
  •As the lead creative of the company and the only artist on the project I was responsible for all visual aspects of the game and served as the main communicatory li

• Artist

  Tap Me Games, Inc.

  May 2010 - November 2010

  •Worked on a contract basis with the fantastic production team creating/designing art and animation for their upcoming iPhone/IPod releases.
  
  •Past titles with the company include:
  -Galaxy Golf
  -Friends in Space
  
  •View a Cinematic Trailer I created for Tap Me Games, Galaxy Golf Promotion Here (Audio by David Ballard):
  https://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/video/video.php?v=686678713411