Kaitlyn Watkins Animator/Illustrator/Character Designer I am a self-motivated, goal-oriented, and diligent animator, illustrator, and character designer. Whether working on academic, extracurricular, or professional projects, I apply proven critical thinking, problem- solving, and communication skills, which I hope to leverage into the animation industry. https://katiesartofanimation.com Willing to relocate @kats.art.of.animation Experience Educational History NASA VFX Launch Project | 2017 Digital Animation & Visual Effects School | Lighting Artist, Animator, Compositor 2016 - 2017 Created VFX project using: Maya, Modo, ZBrush, Nuke, Hard surface and organic modeling, Retropology, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere and UV mapping Communicated with NASA, VFX artist supervisor, and Digital sculpting, node and layer based compositing, VFX team to ensure tasks were completed in an rotoscoping, look dev/stereoscopic techniques accurate and efficient manner Camera animation, rigging, character animation, Makeup Artist | 2015 - Present facial animation Freelancer Lighting, shading, texturing Apply makeup to enhance, and/or alter the appearance of people appearing in productions. Scene breakouts, rendered passes and multi-passes Volunteer | 2015 - Present Green screen keying, color grading, matte painting SCAD Film Fest 2D/3D tracking, set extensions Breast Cancer Awareness Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Skills Summary Awards/Art Exhibits/ Accolades Won 5 Emmy Awards for NASA Class Project Creation of characters, expression sheets, and special poses Presidential recognition of artwork (Trenholm Ability to translate references into 2D or 3D art State Technical College) Proficient use of: Autodesk SketchBook, Artwork displayed at Trenholm State Procreate, Maya, Modo, Adobe Creative Suite, Technical College's Art Exhibition (Past, V-Ray rendering, ZBrush, and Nuke Present, and Future) Work independently as well as in a team Artwork displayed at The Montgomery Museum of environment to apply problem-solving skills and Fine Arts meet production deadlines Developed proficiencies in industry standard Selected as a 2020 Women in Animation Storyboard Mentee production practices, expectations, and Women In Animation (WIA) member methodologies Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Teen Muse member.