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Matthew D’Ascenzo
Digital Marketing
Content Development

HEY, I’M MATTHEW

Biography

I was born and raised in Minnesota and have been working professionally as an illustrator, painter, and designer for a while now. My love for painting, film, animation, comics, and games is what generally motivated me to become an artist. Reading Bionicle comics as a kid made me want to draw as often as I could and my love for game pre-production came from playing FPS games competitively in high school and early college. I watched a lot of films during that time too. My goal is to be in the games or film industry doing concept art, visual development, or illustration in the next year or so! I'm just learning 3D right now too. I'm always down for a conversation so feel free to reach out on any platform. Happy to talk about art; I was in choir, played tennis for 11 years, and I hope to move and live somewhere that is not Minnesota soon too haha. Thanks for reading!

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic

Other Skills

  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate

Work Experience

2020 – Present day

Illustration/Concept Art

Freelance (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Generally doing private commission work, album covers, and some posters/graphic design for small businesses.

2020 – 2021

Illustrator/Graphic Designer

HONEST MEDIA (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Executed digital ad campaign assets and commercial package design.

Education

2016 – 2019

Bachelor's

North Central University

Marketing