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Piers Reed
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Unity
Procreate

Biography

Concept artist and graduate from London South Bank University with a First Class Honours in Game Design and Development. Has acquired in-depth knowledge of traditional art fundamentals and standard industry packages such as Adobe Photoshop CC/CS6, Procreate, Unity and Maya. The developer of 'Ava'. Within days of posting to itch.io, 'Ava' had amassed 14.5k impressions and was featured by the official Itch.io twitter account. https://hellopiers.itch.io/ava

Skills

Software

  • Advanced
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Basic

Work Experience

2019 – 2021

University Advanced Game Project

London South Bank University (London)
- Developed 'Ava' for MacOS - created all in-game art and sound assets - a 2D platformer developed in Unity, inspired by metroidvania games - Amassed 14.5k impression within 5 days of posting to Itch

2020 – 2020

2D Concept Artist

Humanitarian Operations (London)
- Generated concepts for environments, props and characters - Created turnaround sheets and breakdowns for 3D artists - Spearheaded artistic stylisation through style guide development

2018 – 2018

Marketing Artist

Sam Media (London)
- Constructed multiple direct advertising campaigns, increasing display ad click-through rates by +0.5% - Collaborated with artists internationally, iterating to tight deadlines

2018 – 2018

Concept Artist

KEA Global Charrette (Copenhagen)
- Selected as a representative of LSBU to partake in a week-long charrette at KEA Global - Created concept art and matte paintings for 'Kulturpass', a humanitarian design project that placed second

Education

2017 – 2020

First Class BA (Hons)

London South Bank University

Game Design and Developmeny