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Joshua Jay Christie
Joshua Jay Christie
Concept Artist / Art Director
Cape Town, South Africa

Summary

I am a Concept Artist, Lecturer and Visual Development Artist currently working in the game industry. I am also a lecturer at the Academy of Digital Arts in Cape Town. I previously studied Multi Media and have a Degree in Visual Communication then furthered my studies in a Concept Art Higher Certificate program. I love working on a team with a single mission to create badass art for video games.

Skills

Concept ArtArt DirectionVisual DevelopmentIllustrationGame DesignGame DevelopmentLevel DesignUI DesignUX DesignGame Theory3D ModelingConcept DevelopmentMulti Media Design

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
Unity
Unity
Blender
Blender
After Effects
After Effects
Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver
Premiere
Premiere
Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D
SketchBook Pro
SketchBook Pro
Procreate
Procreate
Illustrator
Illustrator
Animate
Animate
InDesign
InDesign

Reel

Productions

    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Gods of the Galaxy
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Character, Environment and Asset Designer
    • Company
      GOTG
    • Mobile Game
      Reset Earth Mobile Game
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Environment, Asset and Character Designer
    • Company
      Rooftop Productions / UNEP
    • Movie
      Fissure - Short Film
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Story Board Artist
    • Company
      FigJam Productions

Experience

  • Lecturer / Content Developer at Academy of Digital Arts
    Cape Town, South Africa
    January 2021 - Present

    I am a lecturer and course content developer for the Academy of Digital Arts in Cape Town.

  • Concept Artist at ClockworkVFX
    Dubai, Argentina
    June 2020 - Present

    I have been doing concept art for most of the environments on our current project race car animated series.

  • Mobile Game Environment, Character, Asset Designer. at Rooftop Productions
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
    June 2020 - December 2020

    I was responsible for developing the look, feel and design of the mobile game "Reset Earth".

  • Student at Academy of Digital Arts
    Cape Town, South Africa
    January 2020 - December 2020

    Higher Certificate in Concept Art; Asset, Environment, Character an Creature Design. Specifically for Video Games.

  • Student at Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography
    Cape Town, South Africa
    January 2017 - November 2019

    I have a 3 year Degree in BA Visual Communication; Game Development, Concept Art, Animation Film, Short Live Film, Motion Graphics, Story Boarding, Web Development, App Development, Illustration. An extremely broad range of the creative digital field.

  • Intern at Domino Digital
    Cape Town, South Africa
    January 2016 - December 2016

    I interned at an Art Direction and Graphic Design Firm in the Advertising industry for my first year out of school, doing small jobs, ie; Illustration, Graphic Design, Script Writing, Photography, Concept Development and Art Direction.