Summary
Shawn Hopkins is an award-winning graphic artist with a proven track record in multiple forms of visual media. Shawn has worked in graphics since 2001, gaming since 2011. Shawn has been Art Lead/Director for larger projects at SHG Studios and has been lead front end developer for other projects. Shawn is inspired by Disney, and his personal projects involve multiple sprints of “Daily Disney Sketches”, studying and understanding Disney Leadership and core value, and researching character/story design from Disney’s key artists and storytellers. Shawn surrounds himself with positivity and strives to bring that same positivity into his art and leadership.
Skills
Art / Animation
Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Blender,
Unity, Flash, Toon Boom
Fanimator
Code / Game Dev
Phaser.io, Unity, XCode, Visual Studio,
Subversion, Perforce
Languages
Javascript, C#, UnityScript, HTML, CSS, AS3,
C++, Objective-C
Work Experience
Art Director / Lead and Technical Artist / Front-End Developer - SHG Studios
January 2013 - January 2017
As the lead, and sometimes only, artist of a dynamic indie studio, I have honed a range of
gaming graphic and advertising design-related skills. These include: Game Design, Animation,
Graphic Design, Storyboarding, User Interface Design and Programming.
Animator - Essence Cartoons
October 2015 – October 2016
Create 2D animations in both frame by frame and cut-out / puppet techniques.
Also created vector backgrounds and storyboards for animations.
Artist and Developer - Headshrinker Games
April 2012 - November 2012
As an intern developer at Headshrinker Games, fulfilled multiple roles including some framework
programming as well as concept drawing and character design that would define a modern “cartoony” look/mood on a game which merged multiple old tales (game title unreleased and
under NDA).
Artist/Animator - Shawn Hopkins Design
October 2001 - August 2012
Created logos, letterheads, promotional material, book/magazine layout and animations
for clients, while remaining cognizant of the ongoing trends in each client's’ respective
field of business.
Graphic Designer - The UPS Store
October 2007 - May 2008
Provided design and print services such as logos, letterheads, business cards and
promotional material to customers. Utilized print production equipment including production
printers, wide format printers, laminators and binding equipment.
Education
triOS College Business Technology Healthcare
2010 to 2012
Video Game Design and Development
Diploma (with honours)
International Career School Canada
2002 to 2004
Computer Animation
Diploma