Cryptic Studios

Magic: Legends (Beta)

Senior Art XDev Manager

As Senior Art XDev Manager, I was essential to helping the project achieve our goals by providing collaborative, creative and strategic solutions focused on delivering consistently high fidelity artwork while considering scope, budget, and timeline. Some of my contributions included:

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• Spearheaded an external art program empowering the Magic: Legends development. Included role creation and team building, trust and relationship building, strategic partnerships, talent identification and acquisition, art testing, resource and packet building, mentoring, teamwork, project and task management, source control building, source control management, source control administration, budget management, contract management, negotiation, production, planning and scheduling, scoping, risk assessment, change management, identifying and defining best practices, processes, and pipelines fitting the needs of the project.

• Organized and supported a network of project and studio/centralized artists to facilitate external art partners. Covered art production stages from initial ideation through in game asset polish. Disciplines included concept art, UI/iconography, motion graphics, animation, character art, and environment art. 

• Coordinated with interdisciplinary project leadership to establish aesthetic and technical standards. Developed processes and guidelines to uphold them.

• Aesthetic direction; paint-overs, green/redlines, and any other feedback as needed.

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Cryptic Studio External Art Support:

• Art Direction

  • Barclay Chantel​: http://www.barclaychantel.com/

• Concept and 2D​

  • Carolina Zeleski: https://carotello.artstation.com/

  • d Phillips: https://humbleego.artstation.com/projects

  • Kelly Perry: https://www.artstation.com/kellyperry

• Character

  • Joe Jing​: https://www.thejoejing.com/

  • Mashru Mishu: https://fx81.artstation.com/

• Environment

  • Ryan Dao: https://www.artstation.com/ryandao 

• XDev​

  • Alex Muller-Robb: https://syn0dic.artstation.com/

  • Amelia March: https://ameliamarch.artstation.com/

  • Adrian Taul: https://adriantaul.artstation.com/

  • Ashleigh Stuart: https://www.artstation.com/astuart

  • Liz Waite: https://www.artstation.com/waitecreations

  • Mike Moore: https://mike_moore.artstation.com/

  • Olivia Sullivan: https://oliviasullivan.artstation.com/

  • Richard Larson: https://www.richardlarson.net/

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External Art Developers:

• Adia: https://www.adiadigital.com/

• Gameshastra: https://www.gameshastra.com/

• Virtuos: https://www.virtuosgames.com/

• Emily Chen

• Gary Laib

• Markella Stavropoulou: https://sillmarien.artstation.com/

• Melanie Cordan

• Silvio Aebischer

• Vincent Coviello: https://vcoviello.artstation.com/

• Will Coyner

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