Professional
History:
AEG
(Alderac Entertainment Group),
4045 Guasti Rd. #212, Ontario CA 91761
(Role-playing Game and Collectable Card Game Publisher)
Position: Art Director/staff illustrator/graphic designer/Etc. (12/1997
– 6/2004)
Contributions:
*Conceptual
design for characters, creatures, costumes and game worlds
*Packaging and visual identity conceptualization and design
*Cover art
*Card art
*Interior illustrations
*Promotional graphics for publications
*Book layout
*Ad design
*Card graphics/interface design
*Writing fiction and promotional text
*Game world development
*Project design
*Comics
*Art Direction
*Cartography
Projects:
*7th Sea RPG/CCG (historical fantasy): conceptual and visual design, Origins
Award-winning graphic identity, packing design, card interface design,
artist visual World Bible assembly, illustration, cartography
*Warlord RPG/CCG (high fantasy): conceptual and visual design, illustration,
cartography, artists’ visual World Bible assembly
*Shadowforce Archer (ultra-modern spy genre) RPG: conceptual and visual
design, character design, illustration, cartography
*Legend of the Five Rings RPG/CCG (Oriental fantasy): writing, project
design, illustration, cartography
*Legend of the Burning Sands CCG (Arabian Fantasy): conceptual and visual
design, illustration card interface design, artists’ visual World
Bible assembly
*Doomtown CCG (Old West fantasy): conceptual visual design, illustration
*Farscape RPG (Sci-fi): character/creature/costume design, illustration
*Shadis Magazine: art direction, writing, character design, illustration,
lettering, coloring for The Stew serial comic, illustration, cartography,
layout, graphic design
On
the Ball,
El Monte, CA
(Toy and Novelty Company)
Position: Staff artist/graphic designer (1995 - 1997)
Contributions:
*Conceptual Design
*Illustration
*Graphic Design
*Website graphics and site design
*Packaging design
*Product and property development
Projects:
Milk cap series' (conception, development, illustration):
*The Janglebones
*Mini Monsters
*Galactic Good Guys and Galactic Bad Guys
*The Wierdoids
*Legends of King Arthur
*Cryptographix: apparel line conceptual development and graphics, website
development, design and graphics
Slave Labor Graphics,
San Jose, CA
(Comic book Publisher)
Position: Comics Creator (1995-1996)
Project:
*Skeleton Girl Comics: conception, writing, illustration, lettering, layout,
cover coloring
Freelance illustrator
(1994 - present)
Contributions:
Original art according to contract assignments, including:
*Traditional
media illustration
*Digital media illustration
*Conceptual art, from scratch and redesigning/developing existing designs
*Character development
*Storyboards
*Graphic design
Projects:
*Magic: the Gathering (for Wizards of the Coast): illustration
*Oriental Adventures (for Wizards of the Coast): illustration
*7th Sea RPG/CCG (for AEG): illustration, graphic design and visual presentation
(won Origins Award in 1999)
*Legend of the Five Rings RPG/CCG (for AEG): illustration, graphic design
*Warlord CCG (for AEG): illustration, graphic design, conceptual visual
and world design
*Legend of the Burning Sands (for AEG): illustration, graphic design,
visual presentation
*Doomtown CCG (for AEG): illustration, graphic design, visual presentation
*3013 (student film): storyboards, conceptual design, costume design
*Aesock (children’s property): illustration, character development
*Deeds feature film (for Applied FX): prop illustration
*Mysteries of the Arcane RPG supplement (for Paradigm Concepts): illustration
* Free Spyrits children’s property (for Critical Hit): conceptual,
character, costume and fashion design
*Charm children’s property (for AEG): conceptual design, illustration,
visual presentation, market research
Published Work
A
lengthy list of gaming publications that my work appears in (under my
former name, Cris Dornaus) can be found at the
Pen
& Paper RPG Database.:
Fine
Art Exhibitions
“Celestial
Goddesses Obelisk” installation at the Burning Man festival in 2004
“Growth of the Spirit” installation at the Burning Man festival
2006
The Art of Burning Man group show at the Gallery Row Artwalk in 2006,
Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Decompression Festivals in 2004, 2005, 2006, Los Angeles, CA
L.A. ArtFest 2005, Los Angels, CA
Chocolate Salon group show at the Wherehouse in downtown Los Angels, CA
Tiny Treasures group show at the Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
Calaveras & Diabolitos group show at the Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock,
CA
Women’s Show group show at the Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
Solo collage mosaics show at the 2008 Spring Brewery Artwalk, downtown
Los Angeles, CA
Solo Illuminated Art show at the Lantern Festival, downtown Los Angeles,
CA
Solo Retrospective show at Plump, Glendale, CA
Monthly participation in group shows at the Hive Gallery, downtown Los
Angeles
Grand Opening show at the Freedom Gallery in Los Angeles, CA
Education
High
school graduate. Self-taught, driven since childhood to study, explore
and experiment with various media and techniques. Took a few basic community
college courses in oil painting, life drawing and graphic design. |
