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Freelance Illustrator • Professor of Animation
Elisa Lau
Jersey City, NJ
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About
With over 15 years of experience as a Digital Artist, I have thrived as a professional artist at successful media and game companies. My artistic skillset allowed me to be a jack-of-all-trades while being
unique, versatile, and also technical. I strive to perform efficiently in a fast-paced environment and create high-quality work while concurrently partaking in multiple projects. I am always looking forward to new challenges, for I believe it will continuously help me grow professionally and personally. I have creative experience producing art for media, mobile games, interactive sites, and print studios. -
Education
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Continuing Education Continuing EducationSchool of Visual Arts2013 - 2013From Fantasy to Reality: Background design
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M.A. Design & CraftNew Jersey City University2005 - 2007
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BS Media Arts & AnimationArt Institute of Philadelphia2000 - 2003
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Experience
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AdjunctBloomfield CollegeJun 2021 - Present (3 years 6 months)
• Lecturer for the Creative Arts and Technology Division.
• Teaching animation field courses with approximately 15 students per class.
• Facilitating classroom discussions, assessing students’ performances, providing constructive feedback and guidance to understanding course materials.
• Work collaboratively with the Institution to guarantee the most suitable plans in preparing students to succeed in the creative arts field. -
Illustrator - Sole Proprietorship1998 - Present (26 years)• Design and illustrate graphics for mobile games, interactive sites, emoji packs, and marketing collateral, such as signage, pamphlets, program booklets, and invitations.
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DesignerNew York, NYFeb 2015 - Sep 2017 (2 years 7 months)Developed digital advertising concepts and designs for over 300+ global brands through social media content: Emoji/stickers, phone themes, photo frames and filters, animated GIF and other products
Strategized and delivered content that amplified brand campaigns and user engagement across various social platforms: Focus on iMessage, Facebook, LINE, Samsung Theme, Kakao Talk, and others
Developed mobile themes for Samsung Themes, CocoPPa Launcher and Cheetah Mobile -
Action Art Director/Senior Game ArtistLas Vegas, NVMay 2013 - Nov 2014 (1 year 6 months)Oversaw the visual development, workflow and deliverables of various projects
Managed both in-house and remote artist teams and collaborated with game designer for UI/UX design
Developed in-game graphics from research, concepts, production and launch
Created animation sequence various emitters for in-game using Unity 4.2 and Adobe Animate
Assisted as support artist to other teams including background concepts and graphic edits -
Computer Graphic ArtistZyngaMar 2012 - Oct 2012 (7 months)2D artist for social Facebook games and Android/IOS mobile games – vector and painted assets for backgrounds, characters, animated sprites and props.
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Illustrator/Game ArtistOMGPOPNov 2010 - Oct 2012 (1 year 11 months)Created art assets for facebook and Android/iOS games - vector and painted work including, background, character, items and icons.
Provided character and background concepts for future projects.
Project: Draw Something, Puppy World, Cupcake Corner, Omgpop.com -
IllustratorGround Up StudiosMar 2009 - Oct 2012 (3 years 7 months)Collaborated with studio members to produce custom illustrations and artwork for various projects.
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DesignerFantage.comNov 2009 - Nov 2010 (1 year)Assisted team with in game brainstorming and concept arts. Designed and created pixel art of items for member avatars such as regular clothing, costumes, accessories, board, hair styles, and moodies. Other tasks included pixel animations for various NPCs within the site. Vectored tems for shop catalogues, layout weekly playpages, designed elements for the IdFone such as wallpaper, sticker pages, and stickers.
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Graphic ArtistThe Jersey JournalFeb 2009 - Nov 2009 (9 months)Ads and editorial page layouts
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Assistant DesignerAyazakura SpiritualAug 2007 - Oct 2008 (1 year 2 months)Assisted Designer with concept, wax mold and crafting products for sales and photo shoots.
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Freelance Web DesignerVisual MercenaryAug 2006 - Jun 2007 (10 months)Web content assets.
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Graduate AssistantNew Jersey City University - Health Science Department2007 - 2007Front desk work including filing, answering phone calls and scheduling appointments.
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Awards
Honors (December 2003); Best of Quarter Award (Spring 2003); Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges (2003); Presidential Scholarship: (2003); Best of Quarter Award (Summer 2002); National Dean's List: (2002); Dean's List: (2000~2004), 4.0 GPA award (2000)
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Affiliations
IDGA (NJ/NY), SDCF (HKG)
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@pinkimoon, member since 2004
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