Resume
Kit Collver
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Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude, May 2012
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
GPA: 3.6
Major: Studio Art- Animation
Minor: Art History
Relevant Experience
Online Streaming: Livestreaming artwork processes including sketching, inking, and coloring for an audience using Twitch and Streamlabs OBS. (2019 - present)
Artist Alley: Successfully managing own tables to sell art prints, custom-made buttons, and freelance commissions at various conventions (Anime Boston, Another Anime Con, Anthro New England, etc). (2014 - present)
Online Gallery Maintenance: Maintaining multiple personal online art galleries consisting of hundreds of images (2004-present).
Storyboard and Background/Concept Artist: Developed concept art/background stills and storyboarded in-development short film
The Open Window by Patricia Galvis y Assmus (2013)
Freelance Artist: Extensive freelance commission work (2006 – present). Noteworthy examples:
Publishing and Cartooning: Primary cartoonist for Bedford High School newspaper, The Lookout (2008)
Strengths and Skills
Drawing: illustration, sequential art, creature/character and setting design, 2D drawn animation.
Painting: traditional (acrylic, oils, and watercolor) and digital.
Digital Art, Animation, and Image Editing: Adobe Photoshop 5.5-CS6, Autodesk Maya, Paint Tool SAI, FireAlpaca.
Web Design: Dreamweaver, basic HTML and CSS coding, web gallery maintenance and upkeep. Microsoft Office, including Word and Powerpoint. Printing and scanning software.
Other Experience and Transferable Skills
Barista Services: On The Vine Marketplace (2017-2019), Barnes and Noble/Starbucks Cafe (2014-2017)
Food/Customer Services, Cashiering: On the Vine Marketplace (2017-2019), Barnes and Noble Cafe (2014-2017), Bruegger's Bagels (2012-2014) and Franklin Dining Commons (2010-2012).
Flying Change Stables: Animal care, extensive volunteer work in barn maintenance and educational workshops aimed at students and children. (2004-2008)
[email protected]
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude, May 2012
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
GPA: 3.6
Major: Studio Art- Animation
Minor: Art History
- Relevant Courses: Foundations, Painting II-V, Animation (Fundamentals—Senior Seminar), Advanced Drawing Problems, Hand-building, Web Design (Dreamweaver I and II, HTML and CSS I and II, Maintaining a Website, and Adobe Photoshop).
Relevant Experience
Online Streaming: Livestreaming artwork processes including sketching, inking, and coloring for an audience using Twitch and Streamlabs OBS. (2019 - present)
Artist Alley: Successfully managing own tables to sell art prints, custom-made buttons, and freelance commissions at various conventions (Anime Boston, Another Anime Con, Anthro New England, etc). (2014 - present)
Online Gallery Maintenance: Maintaining multiple personal online art galleries consisting of hundreds of images (2004-present).
Storyboard and Background/Concept Artist: Developed concept art/background stills and storyboarded in-development short film
The Open Window by Patricia Galvis y Assmus (2013)
Freelance Artist: Extensive freelance commission work (2006 – present). Noteworthy examples:
- Commissioned for full-color cover illustration for Issue 5 of graphic novel JACK, by Dave Hopkins (2012)
- Commissioned for personal illustrated storybook Our Family, by Eve Steiner. (2011)
- Commissioned for full-color 20-page story arc to published graphic novel Heathen City Vol. 4: Joker to the Thief, by Alex Vance. (2009-2010)
- Commissioned for 2 separate indoor murals in the Morrill Science Building, UMass Amherst. (2009)
- Illustrated advertisement for Dragon’s Eye Productions’ Furcadia MMORPG. (2008)
Publishing and Cartooning: Primary cartoonist for Bedford High School newspaper, The Lookout (2008)
Strengths and Skills
Drawing: illustration, sequential art, creature/character and setting design, 2D drawn animation.
Painting: traditional (acrylic, oils, and watercolor) and digital.
Digital Art, Animation, and Image Editing: Adobe Photoshop 5.5-CS6, Autodesk Maya, Paint Tool SAI, FireAlpaca.
Web Design: Dreamweaver, basic HTML and CSS coding, web gallery maintenance and upkeep. Microsoft Office, including Word and Powerpoint. Printing and scanning software.
Other Experience and Transferable Skills
Barista Services: On The Vine Marketplace (2017-2019), Barnes and Noble/Starbucks Cafe (2014-2017)
Food/Customer Services, Cashiering: On the Vine Marketplace (2017-2019), Barnes and Noble Cafe (2014-2017), Bruegger's Bagels (2012-2014) and Franklin Dining Commons (2010-2012).
Flying Change Stables: Animal care, extensive volunteer work in barn maintenance and educational workshops aimed at students and children. (2004-2008)