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CHRISTY M. BONTRAGER
ChristyMorganB@gmail.com
ChristyMakesArt.blogspot.com


EDUCATION:   
San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Animation and Illustration BFA, 2005- 2011
Major GPA: 3.4/4.0

                       
WORK      
EXPERIENCE:  

JuiceBox Games, SanFrancisco, CA
Freelance Game Artist, 8/13- present
Duty: Concept and creation of isometric tile sets and decorations for mid core games

Zynga, San Francisco, CA
2D Artist 4/11- 6/13
Chefville Team
Duty: Food painter. Concept and paint delicious food and ingredients of all kinds.
Pirate Team
Duty: Concept work, painted decoration items, icons, and flash animation and implementation.

Supervised art outsourcing

FrontierVille Team
Duty: Creation of mission feeds, decoration items using flash animation, digital painting and
vector art.
                       
House of Chai Animation Studio
Summer 2010: "Enrique Wrecks the World"
Duty: Background Painter and Visual development
Summer 2009: "Ninja vs Guilt"
Duty: Animation and Flash clean up

Young At Art, Cupertino, CA
 Oil Painting Instructor, 12/09 - 4/11
 Duty: To provide general art instruction and to assist students of all ages with the completion of their drawing and oil painting projects.
Accomplishment: Put together a curriculum and taught my own cartooning class workshop.
Accomplishment: Offer thoughtful critique and guidance on an individual level


 By Baby, Mountain View, CA
Studio Painter, 10/08 - 2/10
Duty: Create ceramic impression keep sakes: Tasks include pouring molds, organizing order information, and hand painting keep sakes to personal request.
Accomplishments: Can Paint and Process several orders a day within time constraints.
Accomplishments: Make each unique piece appealing and at a high quality level.

Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose CA
Guest service representative, 5/08- 11/08
Duty: Greet and orientate guests and school groups, provide customer service, ticketing and cash handling duties, and concessions services.
Accomplishment: proficiency in directing large groups of guests with clear and direct commutation.



ADDITIONAL  
SKILLS: 
Proficient in Adobe PhotoShop, Flash, JIRA, Maya 2009, and traditional painting and drawing mediums.

ACTIVITIES: 
Member, Shrunken Head Man Club (San Jose State Animation and Illustration club), 2006-present

AWARDS:
San Jose State University Deans Scholar 2010

SHOWS:
MegaMan Boss Battle Tribute Show
Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco 3/2013

Beast and Beats: Fairy Tales
Public Works, San Francisco 9/2012

PROJECTS:
The Forgotten Order: online graphic novel
Updated weekly since 12/2011