JAMES TADLOCK

DESIGNER, ARTIST, ILLUSTRATOR

adincc@r.postjobfree.com

512-***-****

https://redhedron.artstation.com

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

CONCEPT ART - Environments, Characters, Creatures

+ Dedicate time daily to sketching, drawing, digital drawing, 3D Modeling & Painting

+ Quick turnaround of ideas and explorations to develop concepts and framework

+ Create ideas into more fleshed out consistent conceptual product presentations

+ Regularly generate original assets: textures, materials, and models ILLUSTRATION - Worlds, Stories, Games

+ Travel illustration, often with additional creative liberties

+ Storytelling through visual graphics, either from original creation or other works

+ Develop graphic branding for a range of clients and purposes

+ Collaboration on graphic novel and book illustration VISUALIZATION - Architecture, Industrial, Graphic

+ Create custom internal, external, and industrial renderings to be presented to clients or referenced in interdepartmental collaborations

+ Develop systematic diagrams to visualize project concepts and propose marketing graphics to develop client identity

+ Maintain and improve asset libraries for personal and company use ARCHITECTURE - Planning, Design, Documentation

+ Create, edit, and present drawing sets for all project phases

+ Manage and maintain Building Information Modeling Software for personal and company use across multiple projects and teams

+ Collaborate on a variety of projects: mixed use, residential (single-family), residential (multi-family), commercial, medical, education

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - Trends, Software, Styles

+ Comprehensive approach to development of space planning, design programs, artistic direction, and project generation.

WORK EXPERIENCE

VLK ARCHITECTS - Dallas, TX - Education Focused Corporate Office

* Project Designer, April 2019 - Present

+ Develop initial concepts for new projects, and evolve designs for existing projects

+ Collaborate daily with a large team based at multiple locations

+ Manage, update, and provide training on Building Information Model projects

+ Create and manage a growing library of Substance materials

+ Research and Development for space planning, design programs, and visualization

*NOTABLE PROJECTS

+ Billy Ryan High School - Construction Documentation, Visualization and Graphics Branding.

+ Waxahachie Elementary School No. 10 - Conceptual design through Construction Documentation, Visualization and Graphic Branding

+ Martin High School - Conceptual Design, Visualization

+ Nei P. Anderson Building in Ft. Worth, TX - Historic Research and Canopy Restoration Concepts

+ Assets - Creation, management, and continuously improving Revit Families, Asset Models, and Physics Based Rendering materials for firm use.

INDEPENDENT WORK - Independent Projects

* Concept Artist / Illustrator, Spring 2015 - Present

+ Daily sketching, drawing, painting, digital drawing, 3D Modeling, 3D Painting, world building, maps, character creation

+ Upcoming Comic / Graphic Novel co-creator

+ Concept art for novels and games; short story illustrations by hand and digital

+ Illustrations (drawings and models) of concepts, ideas, and travels

*NOTABLE PROJECTS

+ Custom sketchbooks made-to-order

+ Collaboration on graphic novel and book illustration

+ Statistics Textbook Cover and Header illustrations

+ Game asset creation

+ Children's book illustration

KOBLE CREATIVE - Portland, OR - Small Architecture Firm

* Architectural Illustrator, October 2016 - February 2019

+ Specialized in conceptual development, rendering, & visualization

+ Created multimedia concept packages for professional & government presentations

+ Managed and delivered drawing sets across all phases of projects

+ Researched solutions for space, materials, and sustainability

+ Created and maintained the firm’s working standards & assets library

+ Project include but not limited to: Mixed Use, Residential (Single & Multi.), Commercial, Restaurants, Master Planning, Storage, Research

*NOTABLE PROJECTS

+ Medford, OR. Neighborhood Master Planning

+ UNIQLO commercial project, Portland, OR

+ Historic Renovation and Adaptive Reuse projects

+ Historical preservation and studies

+ Client focused research.

+ Koble Firm branding and identification, document styling and production

+ Branded sketchbook distribution

FOUNDATION KNOWLDEGE

TRADITIONAL

+ Sketching

+ Drawing

+ Bookbinding

+ Sculpture

+ Printmaking

+ Photography

DIGITAL PROGRAMS - Experience: 3+ Years, 5+ Years, 10+ Years 2D

+ Adobe Photoshop

+ Adobe Illustrator

+ Adobe InDesign

+ Affinity Photo

+ Affinity Designer

+ Affinity Publisher

+ Corel Painter

+ Substance Designer

3D

+ Substance Painter

+ Z-Brush

+ 3DS Max

+ Rhino 3D

+ Grasshopper

+ Revit

ENGINES

+ Unreal Engine

+ V-Ray

+ Enscape

MISC.

+ Arc GIS

+ Bluebeam

+ Microsoft Suite

+ Google Suite

LANGUAGES

* English, fluent

* German, proficient

* French, proficient

EDUCATION

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, St. Louis, MO

* Masters of Architecture Graduated May 2016

+ THESIS: “Advanced & Adaptive Infrastructure”, a study of public transit

+ Hugh Ferris Drawing Award // Excellence in Architectural & Graphic Drawing

+ Studied Abroad in Barcelona, Spain and The Netherlands BAYLOR UNIVERSITY - Waco, TX

* Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Graduated May 2013

+ Studio Art, Sculpture, Jewelry, Graphic Design, and Architecture

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