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I can illustrate in different styles including, but not limited to, anime, semi-realism, realism, and pixel art. I enjoy character development for game design, but can also turn my hand to world building (backgrounds) and weapon and prop concept art as required. I am adept at plot writing and world building for the fantasy genre, and administer a long-running online roleplayer server as well as frequently participation in game jams doing design, programming, and sprite work, etc.
I am a current member of the Hutt Art Society and a social painting group, as well as the president of the Victoria University of Wellington Drawing Club for three years from 2021 - 2024.
Professionally, I have created freelance artwork for the Hutt City Council, the Independent Research Association of
New Zealand, and numerous private clients around the world. I am frequently commissioned by online roleplayers to
create images of their characters - specialising in strong female characters, and have done art work for the Mianite Minecraft series.
I represented New Zealand in the U19 Junior Women's Archery Team, winning bronze at Oceania in New Caledonia - come the zombie apocalypse I have the skills to assist your nascent civilisation.
I studied Japanese throughout high school and first year university, and studied abroad in Japan on a Hutt Valley High School (HVHS) exchange. I speak, read, and write Japanese to a reasonable level (I can hold a conversation with a native Japanese speaker - but don't ask me to translate Japanese academic texts), and maintain contact with Japanese friends. I have translated Japanese song lyrics to English and uploaded the translations to wikia (formerly YouTube's Community CC).
Victoria University of Wellington
Master of Design Innovation (2023) - with Merit
Postgraduate courses included:
My thesis - Worldbuilding in Online Roleplay (achieved with merit) includes an interactive world for you to explore.
BSc in Computer Graphics (2021)
Third year courses included:
Software
Unreal Engine (4,5)
CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX
Maya
Blender
3D Coat
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premier Pro
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Animate
RPG Maker MV
Aseprite
Github
Visual Studio/Code
Intellij
Programming Languages
Java
C
C++
Processing
UE Blueprint
Other
Story boarding and writing
Game and Community Management
Conversational Japanese
Thomas-Riley, Caitlin (2023). Worldbuilding in Online Roleplay. Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. Thesis. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.24137616