Arash Salehe Shoushtari
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470-557-4470 | [email protected] ARASH SALEHE SHOUSHTARI https://human.artstation.com/ SENIOR 2D ARTIST Award-winning 2D artist with 12+ years’ experience in the animation and game industry in a variety of industries including visual development, digital painting, illustration, concept, character, and environment design, scene composition, storyboards, 2D animation, and sculpting. Solid understanding of color theory, visual harmony, human and animal anatomy, physics of motion, and capable of fitting to any visual style. Visual Development Concept Design Creature & Character Design 2D Animation Animation & Color Theory Background Design Storyboarding Digital Planning Project Management Human & Animal Anatomy Illustration & Caricature Sculpting Adobe Photoshop | Corel Painter | Clip Studio | SAI Painting Tool SketchBook Pro | ArtRage | Adobe Illustrator | Adobe After Effects | Toon Boom Harmony |TV-Point |ZBrush PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE STORYBOARD & CONCEPT ARTIST, CCA&B (ELF ON THE SHELF ANIMATION MOVIE) Feb 2019–Jul 2019 Worked for the animation Elf on the shelf to provide storyboard, concept art and key frame. FREELANCE ARTIST, 2013–Present Freelance artist providing a wide range of 2D art, visual development, illustrations, concept design, storyboard design, background, and character design. ● Taught creative art classes, designed visual assets, and organized events at Persian Cultural Center. ● Worked with students at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) to assist in completion of student’s final projects. o Provided storyboarding and visual development for a student directed animation, Chop. o Completed illustrations for graphics MFA student and provided character design and robot designs to be used in student projects. ● Created a website for creative caricatures company. ● Worked as illustrator, caricature artist, and character designer for games and animations. ART DIRECTOR, Tango Games, 2011–2012 Provided onsite and remote visual assets of mobile games. Supervised and educated artists with essential skills. ● Directed award-winning games from beginning to end; recognized for harmony in design. ● Collaborated with games designers to project manage timelines, due dates, and team of artist to ensure quality of work and completion of projects prior to deadlines. VISUAL DEVELOPER, PAG Services, 2012 Hired due to reputation and demonstration of creativity on previous projects to provide all visual aspects of amusement parks, including designing themes (story, color codes, characters), wall and floor paintings. ● Decreased pre-production time frame by educating and mentoring team members. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE 2D Key Animator–Ourand Studio, Saba Animation Center- Gagila TV Series-The secret of life tv series Character Designer / Concept Character Designer– Sooreh organization Writer/Designer Bentool Comic Strip–Jadid Magazine Concept Designer TV Game–Persiona 3D Dream company EDUCATION B.A. Graphic Design–SOOREH Art University, Tehran, Iran, 2011 Thesis: Digital Game Design for Smartphones, Project Spider Way AWARDS 1st place in Tehran Third Annual Computer Games Festival: Awarded Honor Diploma for Art Directing the “Spider Way” Game. PUBLICATIONS Featured by Corel Painter as a highlighted artist for content refresh on the year 2019. .