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Dominique Vassie

United Kingdom

Digital Painting
Drawing

Artist, illustrator and designer with two degrees in biology. I have primarily worked freelance in exhibition design and anatomy illustration but am now looking for studio art roles.

Biography

Hello! I'm an artist from Yorkshire, UK with a passion for art and science and I specialise in animal anatomy, creature design and environment illustration. I have a degree and a Masters in biology, with particular interests in insect, invertebrate and deep ocean biology, all things that commonly seep into my art. Having recently completed my Masters, I have decided that pursuing a career in art for animation and games is what I want to do. Transfering my multi-disciplinary background into a studio position in the industry is my aim as I would love to spend time in a collaborative environment with other artists in which to grow. With over 9 years experience doing freelance art and design work for a variety of clients, I am very familiar with problem-solving, idea-generation and softwares such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Procreate. I also often work in traditional media such as pencil, ink, gouache and oil paints.

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Mastery
  • Mastery

Work Experience

2021 – Present day

Magazine Editor and Illustrator

Royal Entomological Society
I volunteer on the Outreach Committee and edit and illustrate their annual youth magazine on insect biology called INSTAR.

2021 – 2021

Designer and illustrator (Freelance)

School of International Futures (Remote)

Commissioned to design and illustrate visual artefacts based on the outputs of a workshop on technological futures at the Paris Peace Forum 2021.

2021 – 2021

Designer and evolutionary biologist (Freelance)

Marshmallow Laser Feast (London (remote))

Used my biological and artistic expertise to gather reference and produce concept illustrations for the visual output of an upcoming international exhibition.

2019 – 2021

Designer and evolutionary biologist (Freelance)

Superflux (London (both studio and remote))

Used my biological and artistic expertise to help design the visitor experience for an upcoming international exhibition which was rooted in science with engaging storytelling.

2020 – 2020

Scientific Illustrator (Freelance)

Blue Marine Foundation

Commissioned to produce a series of illustrations highlighting the anatomy and behaviour various fish species that feature in their conservation projects.

2019 – 2020

Scientific illustrator and creature designer (Freelance)

3Dtotal.com

Commissioned to write and illustrate a 45-page chapter on animal anatomy for creature designers for the book 'Fundamentals of Creature Design'.

2019 – 2019

Assistant Language Teacher

JET Programme (Kagoshima, Japan)
Helped design and deliver English lessons in three schools spread around Kagoshima.

Education

2020 – 2021

MSc

University of Leeds

Biodiversity & Conservation

My MSc thesis partially involved researching, editing, writing and part-animating a 20-minute documentary on the behaviour of fig wasps using raw footage by Silverback Films.

2015 – 2018

BA

University of Oxford

Biological Sciences

My undergraduate thesis was written on ant cognition.