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Ryan Stark

Game Artist

Senior Game Artist / 14 yrs

San Francisco, CA

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Senior Concpet Artist

FarmVille 2 (2012)

Portfolio: www.cavaliercadaver.com

I'm currently looking for full time/salary positions. Previously I was a Senior Concept Artist at Rumble Entertainment working on both new IP and maintaining the cadence for their Kings Road game. Before Rumble I was a Senior Concept Artist and 2D animator at Zynga SF, where I created assets and content in a perpetual game development cycle. Prior to that I was a 2D Artist/Animator and "go to guy" for all things Flash at Gameloft, NY. I have been an artist/animator on the Facebook game, "FarmVille 2", as well as the mobile game "Cannon Rats." I was the Lead Artist on, "Oregon Trail: American Settlers", and I worked on the UI for, "Zombiewood," both on iOS.

Work History

Senior Concept Artist

Rumble

October 2015 - January 2016
Senior Concept Artist

Zynga

July 2012 - October 2015

I was working on Hit It Rich as an 2D animator/concept artist. Previously, I worked on FarmVille 2 as a concept artist doing pre-visual development, as well as creating assets and elements for ongoing game content.
2D Game Artist

Gameloft

January 2010 - July 2012

I had been creating Flash based games from preproduction all the way through to the final product, including design and animation. I also working on pixel based mobile games as well as doing character animation and UI design/implementation.
Character Designer

Whynauts Animation

January 2007 - January 2012

I've worked on several shorts as a character designer, and as well as storyboard artist and visual developer with the Whynauts group for the past two years.
Character Designer, Storyboard Artist

Happy Trails Animation

February 2006 - September 2007

I designed characters, created storyboards and did illustrative work for mostly commercial work.