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Heather Leary
Heather Leary
Illustrator | Character Designer
Zillah, United States

Summary

Motivated Illustrator and Character Designer looking for new professional challenges and increasing responsibility. Knowledgeable about illustration, character design, concept art, and storytelling.

Skills

IllustrationCharacter DesignStorytellingConcept Art

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
CLIP STUDIO PAINT
CLIP STUDIO PAINT
PaintTool SAI
PaintTool SAI

Productions

    • TV Production
      Cowabunga
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Visual Development
    • Company
      CTN
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Levinland Studio Advertisments
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Character Design / Character Animation
    • Company
      Levinland Studio
    • TV Production
      Spectre Squad "Enter The Squad"
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Character Design
    • Company
      Spectre Squad Animation
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Hairgeniks Advertisement
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Storyboard Artist & Character Animator
    • Company
      Hairgeniks
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Kash: The Cartoon Agent
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, and Character Animator
    • Company
      LevinLand Studios
    • Movie
      House of No Return: Short Film
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Production Supervisor, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, and Character Animator
    • Company
      Personal Project

Experience

  • Drawing Your Way to a Dream Career at WIA Mentorship Circle
    Zillah, United States of America
    May 2021 - September 2021

    I was selected to join Nico Selma's Mentorship Circle: Drawing Your Way to a Dream Career/How to be a versatile and competitive artist!

  • Cowabunga at CTN
    Zillah, United States of America
    September 2021 - November 2021

    Worked with a small team to help create Character Designs and Backgrounds for a project developed by James Lopez.

  • Illustraion & Layout Artist at Zillah High School
    Zillah , United States of America
    February 2021 - March 2021

    Putting the Zillah Softball-Fastpitch Shirt Logo with a softball image, using layering, lighting, and color techniques to create a specialized Logo.

  • Storyboard Artist & Character Animator at LevinLand Studios
    Los Angeles, United States of America
    June 2020 - July 2020

    Turning an Illustration, developed by Lon Levin, into a moving animation. I studied the character design, planned out the animation with storyboards, and used painting techniques to replicate the Illustration's brush strokes.

  • Character Design at Spectre Squad Animation
    Los Angeles , United States of America
    April 2020 - May 2020

    Assisted in Character Design and Asset Design.

  • Storyboard Artist & Character Animator at Hairgeniks
    Beverly Hills, United States of America
    February 2020 - April 2020

    Developed Storyboards for a new product being produced by Hairgenics, using computer software and hand drawing techniques to create a product advertisement. Once the boards were completed I then worked on character animation.

  • Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, and Character Animator at LevinLand Studios
    Los Angeles, United States of America
    July 2018 - November 2019

    I interned at LevinLand Studious, developing a character to promote "The Illustrators Journal." I used thumbnails to plan out Storyboards so I could create multiple animated advertisements. I continued to work there once the internship ended.