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Angela I. Davis

279 Laird Road Home: 336 998 7413 [email protected]

Advance, NC

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

2006-2008 East Tennessee State University

2008-2010 Winston-Salem State University

B.A. Fine Arts Computer Animation and Graphic Design Summa Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fall 2010 Hicory Cardiology and Associates- Mareting Internship

2003-2008 Sam’s Club- Cae Decorator

2002-2003 Lowe’s Foods- Baer and Cae Decorator

2001-2002 Cracer Barrel- Hostess and Cashier

1998-2000 Cato’s- Retail Sales Associate

EXHIBITION RECORD

2010 Winston-Salem State Senior Exhibition- Diggs Gallery

PUBLICATIONS

2009 Boo Cover Art or S.T.A.R .S. Shared Training Approaches or Retail Stores by Jac W. Scott

2010 The New Yor Times ran an article on my website

TECHNICAL ABILITIES

Animation programs

Maya, Traditional 2/D animation sills, and Stop Motion Animation/Claymation

Adobe

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Flash

Post Production tools

Final Cut Pro HD, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, Soundtrac Pro, Motion, and Windows Movie Maer

Scipt languages

Action Script

Game Engines

Unreal and Unity



CURRICULUM VITAE OF ANGELA I. DAVIS 2

ARTIST STATEMENT

My vision o visual art lies in attention and intention. As an artist I appreciate and strive to convey the details. I nd

inspiration, beauty and lie in those details. From the stamen o a ower to the way a dancer perorms a pirouette, I notice

the little things. My eye is naturally trained to see the tiny beads o dew on the ower or the powder on the dancer’s eet.

And or that very reason I eel the need to produce art in all orms. My choice o medium varies based upon each project

but I generally start with my setchboo and my trusty blac warrior number two pencil. Initially I close my eyes andimagine what I want to convey. Loosely I let my hand setch to nd my shape. As the shape becomes more dened I will

start the arduous tas o nding my details. It could be the reection in a mirror or a ey pose in an animation. It all startswith that pencil and paper. As orms and details appear, I ocus on my intention. What am I tr ying to say? What story am

I trying to tell? Who am I trying to spea to? With that intention I transer my drawings into various media, ranging rom

Maya, Adobe Illustrator, Final Cut Pro to an empty canvas. I don’t want to limit mysel to one ar t orm. Art is continuallychanging and transorming itsel. In order to eep up I stic to my attention to details, my intention to create and my desire

to learn new ways to convey them.




REFERENCES

MRS. BRADI TREIER

Cae Decorator

Sam’s Club

930 Hanes Mall Boulevard,

Winston-Salem, NC 27103

Wor Tel (336) 765-3590Tel (336) 918-3104

e-mail: [email protected]

MRS. PATRICIA DANA

Team Leader

Sam’s Club

930 Hanes Mall Boulevard,


Wor Tel (336) 765-3590


MR. THOMAS TUCkERAssistant Proessor o Art- Digital & Animation

Winston-Salem State University

601 South Martin Luther king Junior Drive


Tel 336-750-2529


MRS. TAMMY EVANS

Assistant Proessor o Art- Digital & Animation

Winston-Salem State University

601 South Martin Luther king Junior Drive


Tel (336) 750-2972


MRS. SUSAN NEELY

Musician

P.O. Box 9584

Hicory, NC 28602

Tel (828) 320-6975





GRAPHIC WORk EXAMPLESStudent Wor




UNIVERSITY: East Tennessee State University

COURSE: Vector ImagingPROJECT: Energy Drin Product Development

PROGRAMS USED: Adobe PhotoShop, and Illustrator

ASSIGNMENT

This project ocused on developing a brand image or a ctional

energy drin. I chose to develop a typographic and logo dominantdesign Based upon the product’s physical size I elt it best to develop

a design that could be read and recognized easily. I also wanted to

incorporate a trompe l’oeil so I merged the “i” and the “m” in impact.

The bacground design was constructed using cafeine molecules Ideveloped in Illustrator.

TIMELINE: 3 wees





COURSE: Vector Imaging

PROJECT: Magazine Cover


ASSIGNMENT

The purpose o this project was to design a Vector themedmagazine cover using Illustrator and Photoshop. A requirement

was to incorporate article titles, bar codes and a logo header. Based

upon the theme I developed a design that would catch readers’ eye

and be relevant to the magazine. The portrait o the woman eatingthe cherry was created using shapes, colors and the pen tool in

Illustrator.

TIMELINE: 4 wees





COURSE: Raster Imaging

PROJECT: Create A Poster

PROGRAMS USED: Adobe PhotoShop

ASSIGNMENT

This project was ocused on creating an 11x17 poster or a local event.

I chose to develop a poster based upon a musical estival in Tennesseecalled Bonnaroo. Playing upon the diverse musical line-up scheduled

to perorm I drew the central images in pen, scanned them and added

color in Photoshop. In order to balance the typography with the

image I went with a non-linear design and created a rame-lie texteld. I also ocused on the hierarchy o the inormation, maing sure

to organize it in order o importance.

TIMELINE: 4 wees





COURSE: Vector Imaging

PROJECT: Sotware/Game Development


ASSIGNMENTThe purpose o this project was to develop and design a sotware box

using Adobe Illustrator. The game concept was let entirely up to us.

This project was limited to a box template. Upon completion the classhad to print out their designs, old them according to the template and

present them as a new game. I chose to create a game or younger

children. keeping that audience in mind I chose a very colorul paletteand appealing characters.

TIMELINE: 5 wees




UNIVERSITY: Winston-Salem State University

COURSE: Typography

PROJECT: Inormation Hierarchy in Poster Design


ASSIGNMENT

This project was designed around the importance o organizinginormation in a creative way. Considering the theme o the

conerence I decided to use a un eye catching color or the

bacground and organize the dates in a slight diagonal pattern.

TIMELINE: 3 wees




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di s c o n n e c t


COURSE: Typography

PROJECT: Word Meaning in Design

PROGRAMS USED: Adobe Illustrator

ASSIGNMENT

This project was designed around matching the typography o words

to their actual meanings. When considering “disconnect” I used

tracing and leading to create a separation efect. For “elimination”I merged the i’s into the m and the n. I also chose to mae the last i

grey to urther the notion o elimination. “Disruption” was meant to

be read abruptly. Since we read rom let to right my thought was thatthe word would be harder to read and thereore more disrupted.

TIMELINE: 2 wees




Animation Wor EXAMPLESStudent Wor




COURSE: Principles o Interaction

PROJECT: Develop an interactive video using FlashMedia Used: Adobe Flash

ASSIGNMENT:

This project was based upon designing an interactive video which

incorporates animation, sounds, buttons and action scripting. Allcharacters and bacgrounds were created in Flash. The basic concept

was an interactive concert in which the user could control the camera

angle by clicing on diferent band members. The music is by Cowboy

Mouth and is used with permission o the band.

TIMELINE: 6 wees



STUDENT WORk OF ANGELA DAVIS


COURSE: Animation I

PROJECT: Develop a worm wal cycle using Clay Worms

Media Used: Money Jam

ASSIGNMENT:The purpose o this assignment was to introduce stop motion

animation techniques. I had to create a controlled environment in

order to eep the images consistent, so I lmed this at night witha tri-pod and I also used a deslamp to create dramatic shadows.The actual process o moving the worms proved to be very time

consuming but I ound using pencil mars ept my timing consistent. I

also used the editing sotware, Money Jam, to x any timing issues.

TIMELINE: 2 wees





COURSE: Multi-media Editing

PROJECT: Animated Words

Media Used: Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Motion Builder, Soundtrac Pro

ASSIGNMENT:

The purpose o this project was to animate words rom a movie script.

I began by choosing diferent onts and placing the words on diferent

layers in Photoshop. Then I animated the words in Motion ocusing

on certain words and their meanings. I also paid special attention thecadence o the word and the emphasis the speaer placed on each

one. Next I put everything together in Final Cut Pro and exported the

nal compression into a quictime movie.

TIMELINE: 4 Wees





COURSE: Animation I

PROJECT: Facial Animation

Media Used: Maya, Fchec and Final Cut Pro

ASSIGNMENT:

This project ocused on acial expressions and how to animate them.

I chose to animate a short scene rom Spaceballs. Using the audio

reerence I animated the rig based on the actor’s voice and how Iimagined his acial expressions would loo.

TIMELINE: 3 Wees




Computer Modeling Wor

EXAMPLESStudent Wor





COURSE: Immersive Virtual Reality

PROJECT: Create a Palace Using Maya

Media Used: Maya and Unity Game Engine

ASSIGNMENT:

This model was created or a yet to be published video game. Thepalace is based on a historic palace in the Middle East and will be used

as the bacground or a game based on the legend o the djinn and

Um Al Dwais. I also modeled additional assets such as the lantern and

the alcon that will be placed throughout the palace.

TIMELINE: 5 Wees





COURSE: Computer Modeling

PROJECT: Create a Maze Using Maya

Media Used: Maya and Unity Game Engine

ASSIGNMENT:

The purpose o this project was to create a 3-D model o a maze to

import into the Unity Game Engine. I chose to go with a octagonal

shape because o the challenge lining everything up and eeping themaze’s symmetry.

TIMELINE: 3 Wees





COURSE: Principles o Interaction

PROJECT: Model a Campus Building

Media Used: Unreal Game Engine

ASSIGNMENT:

This project’s goal was to model a campus building to scale in theUnreal Game Engine. My partner and I began by measuring the

building and all o its classrooms and photographing all o the textures

present. Next we converted our measurements to wor in Unreal

and then we modeled the entire building. We also adjusted all o thetexture photographs and made them into tiles and applied them to

our model. The nal step was to add lighting in Unreal.

TIMELINE: 6 Wees




Fine Art Wor EXAMPLESStudent Wor





COURSE: Painting II

PROJECT: Reproducing Portraits using the Grisaille Technique

Media Used: Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint and Liquin

ASSIGNMENT:

The proessor ased the class to reproduce two paintings by a 15th

and 16th Century painter. I chose Vermeer and Botticelli because

o their ability to cpature light and shadow. These paintings werecompleted using the Grisaille technique. I began each one with an

underpainting and then applying oil glazes in varying colors.

TIMELINE: 6 Wees





COURSE: Senior Seminar

PROJECT: Portraits using the Grisaille TechniqueMedia Used: Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint and Liquin

ASSIGNMENT:

These portraits were completed using the Grisaille technique. I began

each one with an underpainting in blac and white acrylic paints. Next

I mixed oil paints with liquin and glazed over the underpainting. Bybuilding the layers with oil glazes it gives the paintings a translucent

quality. I chose these two characters rom Alice in Wonderland

because o their vivid color and design strength.

TIMELINE: 4 Wees





COURSE: Painting II

PROJECT: Still Lie Using the Impasto Technique

Media Used: Oil Paint and Liquin

ASSIGNMENT:

This still lie o a sull was created with the Impasto technique.This technique does not involve an underpainting lie the Grisaille

technique. It is basically oil painting straight on the canvas. I began

by mixing oil paint with liquin and glazed over the bacground tocreate a smooth bacground. Next I began painting the basic shape

o the sull using the oil paint colors I mixed. As the paint dried I

applied more layers o diferent colors to help dene the sulls details.

The opacity o the oil paint and the extended drying time maes thispainting and technique quite diferent than the previous Grisaille

wors.

TIMELINE: 6 Wees





COURSE: Figure Drawing

PROJECT: Fully Resolve a Human Head

Media Used: Graphite, Tortillions and Eraser

ASSIGNMENT:

This project was designed to introduce acial proportions and shading

techniques. I chose to draw Bette Davis based upon the strong layoutin the reerence photograph. I also lied the contrast between theblac and the white. My eye is always drawn to strong contrast.

TIMELINE: 2 Days







Media Used: Charcoal, Tortillions and Eraser

ASSIGNMENT:

This project was designed to introduce charcoal and colored paper

into portraiture. I chose to draw a Clocwor Orange inspiredphotograph o Gerard Way. I lied the major areas o solid blac and

elt it provided a nice balance to the bright paper.

TIMELINE: 1 Day







Media Used: Charcoal, Tortillions and Eraser

ASSIGNMENT:This goal o this project was to draw a oreshortened portrait. I chose

to draw inspiration rom an image rom Deviant Art. I ocused a lot o

time on the chin, specically maing sure the angle was correct and

looed believable. I also wored to create depth with shadows and

highlights.TIMELINE: 1 Day



WORk EXAMPLESProessional Wor



PROFESSIONAL WORk OF ANGELA DAVIS

CLIENT: Jac W. Scott

Media Used: Paper, Fine Tip Marers and Photoshop

PROJECT:

A local writer commissioned this graphic design or the cover o his

boo. He wanted the cover to consist o a shopping cart ull o ABC

blocs. I began the project by drawing several drats o the cover andsending them to the client. Once receiving his approval I drew the

nal drat and scanned it. Ater this point the rest o the wor was

achieved using Photoshop. I ept in constant contact with the client,

sending him numerous e-mails with diferent versions o the cover.

TIMELINE: 4 Wees



CLIENT: Susan C. Neely

Media Used: Canon Digital Rebel EOS and Photoshop

PROJECT:This was a commission or a local musician’s cd cover art. keeping

in mind the theme o her cd, which was about changing your uture

and letting go o your past, I decided to photograph her waling

along a railroad trac. The ront cover portrays her waling towardsa new uture and the bac cover portrays her waling away rom the

past. I also decided to incorporate the musician’s avorite ower onto

the actual cd and the inside artwor. All photo manipulation andphotography was perormed by me.

TIMELINE: 2 Wees

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