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Nicole Aouad
Nicole Aouad
Game Artist
Montreal, Canada

Summary

A visual artist, born and raised in the beautiful city of Montreal.
Loves art, video games and cats.
Earned 3 degrees: Fine Arts, Film Animation and 3D Animation/Game Design.

Bringing joy and insight through video games is what I aspire to and continue to hone my skills for.
As James Paul Gee in Good Video Games+Good Learning said : "good video games are food for the soul. Of course, the hope is that this food will empower the soul to find agency and meaning in other aspects of life."

Skills

2D Animation3D Animation3D ModelingAnatomyCharacter AnimationCharacter DesignCharacter ModelingConcept ArtDigital SculptingDrawingIllustrationPaintingProp DesignProp ModelingSculptingTexturingTexture BakingUV Mapping

Software proficiency

3ds Max
3ds Max
Photoshop
Photoshop
Premiere
Premiere
ZBrush
ZBrush
Unity
Unity
After Effects
After Effects
Illustrator
Illustrator
Maya
Maya
xNormal
xNormal
PaintTool SAI
PaintTool SAI
Blender
Blender

Reel

Experience

  • 2D / 3D Artist and Animator at Affordance Studio at Affordance Studio
    Montreal, Canada
    November 2017 - May 2018

    - Designed, modeled and textured 23 3D models in time for Jousting Time’s Pax East Debut.

    - Designed, lined, colored and cut out for animation 21 2D characters that complied with an established style.

    - Created backgrounds, UI elements and animation for 2D and 3D games.

  • Senior QA Tester at VMC Game Labs
    Montreal, Canada
    May 2016 - June 2017

    - Led by example and motivated 5 team members.

    - Nominated for consistently high level of quantity and quality of work, as well as excellence in problem-solving and teamwork.

    - Created and executed thousands of test cases to prevent game defects.

    - Prepared daily status reports to ensure clients were correctly and timely informed.