Blue Bliss Resume
[email protected] www.houseofbliss.com
Animation, Design, Concepting, E-learning, Web design, Video, Motion graphics, Illustration, Photography
As an illustrator, Blue Bliss has created advertising, book and editorial illustrations. As a muralist, she has painted scenery for Dallas Opera, SeaWorld, Marine World, and carnivals. As a fine artist, she has executed many portrait commissions, paintings, and digital landscapes. She was an assistant lead animator on the feature film “A Scanner Darkly”, and has concepted and created animations for television and for Johns Hopkins University. She has worked on many projects as a graphic designer and a motion graphics designer, for such clients as MTV, The History Channel, Ericsson, Mattel, Frito-Lay, Charles Schwab, and NASA. Most recently, she wrote, directed and shot the short film “Guru Bagel”, combining live action and animation, and is developing a multimedia performance piece, “The Raven-Winged Hours”. Blue also plays the fiddle and guitar. She resides in Brooklyn NY.
Summary of Qualifications
Blue Bliss is highly focused with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Her wide range of project experience makes her very versatile with the ability to concept, design and execute graphics in many styles. Her years of successful experience as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines include animations; illustration, hand-drawn and computer graphics; art and animation for video, TV and film; large format digital graphics; corporate training and elearning graphics; painted and printed murals; theme park graphics; and portraiture. Proficient in Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects, among others, she also has strong hand-drawing and painting abilities.
She was an assistant lead animator and team leader on the Richard Linklater feature film “A Scanner Darkly”, also creating illustrations for the movie posters and publicity stills. Since moving to NYC in 2006 she has been freelancing for numerous agencies and companies, primarily as a designer and animator.
Clients
NASA, Bell Helicopter, MTV, The History Channel, Nabisco, Frito-Lay, Hasbro Toys, Hotel Del Coronado, Lennox, Nokia, Ericsson, Nortel, L. A. County Fair, Leisure and Recreation Concepts, Texas Instruments, Mattel Toys, Nickelodeon, Radica Games, National Semiconductor, Nikko Toys, Graco, Inet, EDS, Wet’N’Wild, AOL, SeaWorld, Marine World, Richard Linklater, Warner Brothers, MovieMaker Magazine, Res Magazine, Detour Film Productions, Animation Collective, New York Magazine, LALGBT Center, RMG Connect, A&E Networks, SuperNova, Scholastic Inc., Heartbeat Digital, Meredith Publishing
Experience
Currently
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION, ANIMATION, VIDEO
Also currently developing a play with music, “The Raven-Winged Hours”
2008 - 2015
GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ANIMATOR for Johns Hopkins University
Animation, illustration, concepting, graphic design for university training programs
2006-2007 NYC
Freelance Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash banner ads, microsite design, PowerPoint graphics, animation, illustration, concepting, character and background design
Clients include Animation Collective, Richard Linklater, RMG Connect, A&E Networks, SuperNova, Scholastic Inc., Heartbeat Digital
Projects for HSBC, GlaxoSmithKline, AOL, Nick@Nite, Biography Channel, A&E, History Channel, iTunes
2004-2006 Austin, TX
ASSISTANT LEAD ANIMATOR & TEAM LEADER on the movie “A SCANNER DARKLY”
Detour Film Productions, Richard Linklater, Warner Independent Films.
Also illustrations for the movie posters, and publicity stills. Illustrations for magazine covers and spreads in Movie Maker Magazine, Res Magazine, Time Out NY, and CG World Japan
2000-2004 Dallas, TX
Freelance FLASH, Photoshop, Illustrator, LIGHTWAVE and AFTER EFFECTS
Ads, brochures, logo design, website design, video and broadcast graphics, 2D and 3D animation, illustration, concepting, graphic design, e-learning, interactive CDs, large format graphics, murals
Clients includeD NASA, Bell Helicopter, Bonanza Steak House, Frito-Lay, Hasbro Toys, Lennox, Nokia, Ericsson, Nortel, L. A. County Fair, Leisure and Recreation Concepts, Texas Instruments, Mattel Toys, Nickelodeon, Radica Games, National Semiconductor, Nikko Toys, Graco, Inet, EDS
1997-2000 San Diego, CA
Freelance MURALS, sCENIC ART, environmental graphics, trade show displays
Clients includeD SeaWorld, Marine World, Wet’N’Wild, Lasertron, LA County Fair, Sebastiani Winery, Hotel Del Coronado
Education
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Majored in Drawing, Painting and Glass Blowing; Minor in Art History