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Fashion Design
Vector Illustration
Research

Costume Designer. Nuanced historical and cultural approach to characters based on in-depth research. I view design as a role that balances research, illustration, and materials innovation

Biography

I am a costume designer that has worked in animated feature films, theater, live action feature films, and halloween costumes. I graduated from Academy of Art University in 2020 while simultaneously working as the Costume Design Assistant to Deborah Cook, LAIKA animation studio costume designer, on two feature films. I currently design halloween costumes as a full time job while freelance designing and constructing costumes for theater productions in my spare time. I'm skilled in millinery, corsetry, and armor construction. My approach towards costume design is based in deep dive research, full color costume renderings, and textile manipulation techniques. I love to work on productions that have an element of fantasy or satire.

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate

Technical Skills

  • Intermediate
  • Basic

Other Skills

  • Advanced
  • Intermediate

Work Experience

2021 – Present day

Assistant Apparel/Costume Designer

HalloweenCostumes.com/Fun.com (Mankato, MN)
- costume design - costume technical vector drawings - tech packs - textile design - fabric selection - graphic design

2015 – Present day

Costume Designer

Freelance Theater and Film (San Francisco, Portland, Minneapolis)
10+ productions costume research, design, illustration, construction costume arc story tracking, script breakdowns budget management overseeing stitchers and assistants

2018 – 2021

Costume Design Assistant

LAIKA (Hillsboro, OR)
- assistant designer for 2 animated feature films - costume technical drawings - costume design scheduling and coordination - research, look books, style guides - script breakdowns and tracking

Education

2013 – 2020

BFA

Academy of Art University

Costume Design

My degree took a longer time to complete because I was a part time online student while working full time in the animation industry.