Kelly Hamilton
WA, USA
www.kelly-hamilton.com
Skills
Real-time VFX | Concept art | Animation | Storyboards | Collaboration | Creative problem solving | Style matching
Photoshop | Unity 3D | Maya | Blender | Node based shaders | Textures and materials | 3D modeling | Jira | Confluence
The Pokémon Company International
Senior FX Artist, July 2021 - Present in Bellevue WA
POKéMON TRADING CARD GAME LIVE
Wizards of the Coast (Hasbro)
Lead Digital Artist, Senior VFX artist, Apr 2017 – June 2021 in Renton, WA
Magic: the Gathering Arena (3D/Unity on PC and mobile)
Managed art team of 4-6 individuals and provided art direction to contract art teams.
Created style guides and pipeline documentation for internal and external use.
Collaborated with engineers and tech artists to solve game design and performance challenges.
Developed and directed concepts for VFX, characters, environments and cosmetic items.
As Senior VFX Artist:
Oversaw initiative to revamp game visuals for alpha release.
Created concepts and storyboards for animations, UI/UX and VFX.
Developed hundreds of real-time VFX and custom shaders.
Disney Interactive
Senior Artist, May 2010 – Dec 2016 in Bellevue, WA
Marvel Avengers Alliance 2 (3D/Unity on Mobile/Windows 10)
Marvel Avengers Alliance (2D/Flash on PC/Mobile)
Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics (3D/Flash on PC)
Fanglies (2D/Flash on PC)
Developed the visual style for character animations and VFX in the Marvel Avengers: Alliance series.
Led concept, creation, implementation and optimization of VFX. Organized a panel to teach Unity VFX systems to the studio.
Learned 3D animation and modeling techniques from the art team, and created character animations and 3D VFX for various projects.
Created animation storyboards and provided direction to other artists on animation keyframes.
Mentored artists to take over my role on MAA1 art team for animation, VFX and environment art.
Created pipeline and style guides for game environment illustrations and character animation storyboards.
Adapted the established visual style to create character illustrations and marketing images.
Created combat camera animations, cinematics, concept art, model sheets, and icons.