Eddie Sharam

Work History

• Director

  Copper Octopus Animation Studio

  March 2021 - Present
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  Associate Art Director

  Jagex

  August 2018 - March 2021

  - Lead and inspire the Art Team, set tasks and coordinate departments to meet the production schedule, ensuring high quality in all areas.
  -Help create and direct the game's visual style and art style guides.
  -Management of Leads in concept, character, environment, technical art, animation, UI and VFX disciplines.
  -Establish art outsource partners and direct their work.
  -Planning, including creating and maintaining roadmaps, best practice workflows and documentation.
  -Communicate with other departments to establish art requirements, and give presentations to executive management.
  -Art team performance reviews and lead any hiring of new artists.
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  Associate Art Director

  Jagex

  August 2016 - March 2021
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  Lead Artist

  Jagex

  August 2015 - July 2018

  - Lead and inspire the Art team, set tasks and coordinate departments to meet the production schedule, ensuring high quality in all areas.
  -Create and direct the game's visual style.
  -Establish art outsource partners and direct their work.
  -Communicate with other departments to establish art requirements, and give presentations to executive management.
  -Art team performance reviews and lead any hiring of new artists.
  -Management of concept, character, environment and technical artists, animators and VFX disciplines.
  -Planning, including creating and maintaining roadmaps, workflows and documentation.
  
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  Freelance Artist

  Self Employed

  May 2011 - 2017

  -Created 2D & 3D art assets & animation for games such as The Snowman and the Snowdog, Sorcery!, Sorcery!2, Sorcery!3, Sorcery!4 and Heavens Vault.
  -Created, wrote and drew comic books for DC Comics and Heavy Metal magazine.
  -Created interactive storytelling museum exhibition artwork and videos.
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  Senior character artist

  Jagex

  October 2012 - October 2015

  Cambridge, United Kingdom

  
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  Senior character artist and art outsource manager.

  Climax Studios

  January 2012 - October 2012
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  Principal Concept Artist

  Rare Ltd.

  January 2011 - May 2011
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  Senior character artist and Principal concept artist.

  Rare Ltd.

  April 2003 - May 2011

  
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  Senior Concept Artist

  Rare Ltd.

  September 2003 - December 2010

  -Designing and illustrating a diverse range of visual ideas, characters, scenarios, architecture, moods and environments.
  -Defining game Art Direction to create a cohesive, unique and distinctive visual look.
  -Promotional artwork and setting visual targets.
  -Creating and directing game prototype pitch videos using After Effects.
  -Storyboards, animatics, concept videos, UI design and motion graphics.
  -Previsualisation videos of how assets would work in-game through use of After Effects to demonstrate to programmers and artists how a feature should hopefully work, or what it might look like.
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  Senior 3D Character Artist

  Rare Ltd.

  June 2003 - November 2008

  -3D Character Artist on "Perfect Dark Zero".
  -Hybrid Senior 3D Character Artist / Senior Concept Artist on "Kameo: Elements of Power". Held responsibility for all characters in game from Sept 2004 to game's release in November 2005.
  -Responsible for designing and overseeing the asset creation of 3 DLC character packs for Kameo released in 2005-2006. Leading and mentoring team of 7 artists.