Jennifer Bogartz

Work History

• Freelance

  3D / Environment Artist / Illustrator

  January 2010 - Present

  Portland, Oregon

  I create 3D assets for games and websites as well as digital illustrations, environment designs and concept art.

• CG artist

  Self-Employed/Freelance

  January 2016 - February 2016

• 3D Artist/Generalist

  Makai Media

  January 2010 - February 2013

  Working in a team environment with game developers and a graphic artist, I was responsible for working with existing models or creating models as necessary, texturing, setting up compositions as game environments, lighting, setting up particle systems, animating game elements as necessary, rendering, and occasionally doing treatments on renders in Photoshop. I used Git for version control.

• Fine Artist

  Self-Employed Fine Artist

  March 2006 - January 2010

  I painted still lifes, portraits, studied sculpting, and improved my painting and drawing skills by doing studies of master paintings.
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  Background Layout Supervisor on The Simpsons

  Film Roman

  1999 - 2006

  I was responsible for supervising the background layout team on several episodes, acting as a liaison between the director and the other artists under my supervision, drawing backgrounds and creating background designs as needed, maintaining continuity, keeping track of all the backgrounds created per episode, and for meeting animatic and shipping deadlines.
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  Background Layout Artist on The Simpsons

  Film Roman

  1998 - 1999

  I was responsible for drawing background layouts for several episodes, making sure that BGs, overlays, and underlays worked with the character animation,, making sure that the BGs were on model, maintaining continuity with other BG artists and for meeting animatic and shipping deadlines.

• Scenic Artist/Set Painter

  Universal Studios, FOX

  January 1992 - January 1998

  I painted sets for feature films and television including Stargate, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, Babylon Five, Alien Nation, Coach, and Everybody Loves Raymond.