Resume

Ian Bourgault

2D & 3D Animator and Background Artist

Charlottetown, Canada

Summary

For over 15 years, I have been involved in creating art for the television/mobile/web industry. I love expanding my technical expertise and facing new challenges!

I have been an artist and animator for a variety of projects ranging from small independent creators to commercial IP properties like Disney, Lucasfilm and Fox.
I'm motivated by being part of a team, I believe that collaboration and knowledge sharing is instrumental to building successful products.

My main areas of expertise are:
• Articulate about the creative process
• Passionate about the quality of the final product released
• Art & Visual Design from ideation to concept to final asset in 2D and 3D

Bonus: I am fluent in both English and French!

Skills

Software proficiency

After Effects

Maya

Photoshop

Unity

Animate

Productions

- Video Game
  Pogo
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist / 2D Game Artist / Marketing Artist
- Company
  Pogo (EA)
- Mobile Game
  the Simpsons : Tapped Out
- Year
  2012
- Role
  Building / Character Artist
- Company
  Electronic Arts Mobile
- Mobile Game
  Trade Nations
- Year
  2010
- Role
  Building / Character Artist
- Company
  Bight Games

Experience

Game Artist at Electronic Arts
Charlottetown, Canada
February 2010 - November 2020
2D Game Artist - Marketing Artist (Pogo Games)

• Created assets for various marketing campaigns

• Set style for seasonal marketing campaigns

• Created narrative and art for collectible assets

• Helped establish a unified style and coherence within the various properties

• Successfully onboarded artists onto the project

Game Artist

Occupied various positions on unreleased AAA mobile title Star Wars: Rise to Power

• Concept Artist for environments, buildings and UI

• Character art and revisions to unify the visual style

• 3D Modeling and animation of building assets and props

• Applied 3D texture art to assets

Programs used:

• Adobe Photoshop

• Maya

• Unity

2D Artist - Outsource Supervisor/Coordinator

Worked at various tasks on EA's the Simpsons: Tapped Out mobile game:

• 2D Artist (characters, skins, buildings, props, environments, etc.) from the concept stage to final implementation in game

• 2D Animator on buildings and characters

• Created promotional in-game art

• Supervised external partners Buildings and Props team. Making sure that the assets fit the stylistic and technical requirements of the property

• Onboarded new artists onto the project

• Successfully transferred knowledge to successor

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