Summary
Specialize as an advanced photoshop artist. Matte Painting, Photo Correction, Photo Manipulation.
Experience
Freelance Matte Painter at Iguana Digital
February 2009 - May 2009
Freelance Matte Painter at Black Mana Studios
February 2009 - April 2009
Freelance Matte Painter at Dewmay Studios
March 2008 - August 2008
Senior 2D Digital Artist at fOCUS360
December 2003 - March 2009
Education
The Art Institute of Phoenix
BA, Media Arts and Animation, 2000 - 2003
CG Society Workshops
Matte Painting Course by David Luong, 2008
FXPHD
Matte Painting Concept Course, 2008
VFX Workshops
Matte Painting Workshop by Alp Altiner, 2008
References
Dan Van Pelt - Art Director and Supervisor at Focus 360 - 949.510.7753
Joseph Gerges - Art Director at Focus 360 - 714.932.5188
Iohann San Martin - Iguana Digital - 310.339.5932
Alp Altiner - VFX Matte Painting Instructor - 818.331.1400
Honors and Awards
Published by Ballistic Publishing in the art collection Exotique 3
Published by Ballistic Publishing in the art collection Expose 5
Master Artist title for the Creatures catagory, Expose 5
VICA National Silver Medalist in Advertising Design, 1998
VICA State Gold Medalist in Advertising Design, 1998
Holli Alvarado
Digital Artist . Matte Painter
holli@halvaradoart.com
www.halvaradoart.com
949-310-1910
Education
BA Media Arts and Animation, Phoenix, AZ
Speciality
Matte Painting, Roto, keying, painting, concept-environments, Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign,
Hardware Proficiency
PC
Software Proficiency
Photoshop-Advanced, After Effects-Beginner, Indesign-Advanced, Nuke-brand new, Vue-Beginner
