Christina Faulkner

Work History

• Visual Development Artist

  Dreamworks TV

  September 2018 - December 2019

  Los Angeles, California, US
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  Freelance Designer

  Humble

  April 2018 - April 2018

  New York, New York, United States
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  Character Designer

  Starburns Industries

  September 2017 - March 2018

  Burbank, California

• Character Designer

  Oso studios

  August 2017 - September 2017

  Culver City, California

  Worked on character designs for the last couple episodes of the Cinemax series 'Tales From the Tour Bus'
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  Freelance Designer

  Hornet Inc.

  March 2017 - April 2017

  New York, New York

  Worked on background design, prop design, & character expression sheets for University of Pheonix's 'We Can Do It' spot.
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  Freelance Designer

  CHRLX

  March 2017 - March 2017

  New York City
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  Freelance Modeler/Texturer

  Buck

  March 2016 - November 2016
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  Character Designer

  ShadowMachine

  July 2015 - March 2016
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  Freelance Designer

  Mirada Studios

  June 2015 - July 2015
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  Character Designer, Animator

  ShadowMachine

  January 2015 - March 2015
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  Freelance Background Artist

  Psyop

  August 2014 - September 2014

  Set designer on Target & Toms winter spot.

• Concept Artist, 3D Modeler

  Makerbot

  November 2013 - August 2014

  As a Concept Artist, brainstormed, pitched, and created art for various Makerbot Digital Store product lines and in-house projects. As a 3D Artist, created 3D models using Maya and Zbrush for various Digital Store and in-house projects.
  ● Worked under quick deadlines to turnaround anything art-related the studio may need from original concept art, turnarounds, promotional illustrations, to production art.
  ● Adapted quickly to design and model virtually anything to be 3D printable at the highest quality on a Makerbot FDM Printer.
  ● Received and evenly distributed tasks among the concept team, briefed creative director on concept tasks in progress, and sought feedback regularly on each task.

• Freelance Illustrator/ 3D Artist

  Freelance

  August 2013 - October 2013

  Freelanced for a number of studios in the Portland area, doing everything from background art asset creation to rigging in 3DS Max.
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  Artist, Technical Director

  Moonbot Studios

  June 2012 - July 2013

  As an Artist, developed and designed characters, props, and environments for
  numerous in-house projects.
  ● Lead the art team on National Wildlife Federation’s ‘Ranger Rick Jr.
  Appventures’, established visual style of app based on internal and
  client feedback, designed all of the characters in the app, oversaw the
  creation of all other art assets, and communicated regularly with the
  in-house team, clients and directors
  ● Designed characters and modeled, UVed, textured, and lit 3D
  environment and prop assets for Sony London’s Diggs Nightcrawler
  Wonderbook Playstation game

  
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  Freelance Production Artist

  JibJab Media

  August 2011 - August 2011

  Created art, animation, and motion design for e-card.
  ● Developed seven clear and readable characters and four
  backgrounds.
  ● Animated four characters in five scenes, frame by frame in Flash,
  during a three week period.
  ● Stayed with timing of the source material while adding new gags and
  nuances to the animation.
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  Story/ Visual Development Intern

  Moonbot Studios

  June 2011 - July 2011

  Designed characters and developed story ideas for several diverse projects, created storyboards, and pitched boards to directors for use in productions.
  ● Communicated with designer and author Bill Joyce while designing
  interfaces for The Guardians website, https://theguardiansbooks.com/
  ● Adapted personal workflow based on lead feedback and efficiently
  juggled multiple assignments under tight deadlines.