Sam Filstrup

Illustrator at Lemonade Illustration Agency
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Greater Los Angeles, California, United States, US
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Credentials

  • CBEST
    California Teachers Association

Experience

  • Lemonade Illustration Agency
    • United Kingdom
    • Design Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Illustrator
      • Jan 2019 - Present

      •Represented by the Lemonade Illustration Agency since the start of 2019. Providing clients with top-level illustrative works that meet every aspect of a client's needs. Selected Work •Anne Hegerty “Britain’s Brightest Family” illustration •EE (UK Phone Company) "Phone Smart" Comic Illustrations •Represented by the Lemonade Illustration Agency since the start of 2019. Providing clients with top-level illustrative works that meet every aspect of a client's needs. Selected Work •Anne Hegerty “Britain’s Brightest Family” illustration •EE (UK Phone Company) "Phone Smart" Comic Illustrations

  • TenMoreMinutes Gaming
    • California
    • Lead Artist / Founder / Co-Host
      • Feb 2017 - Present

      •Lead Artist, Co-Host and Founding Member for the YouTube Channel, Patreon, and Twitch. •4.8+ Million Total Views, 68 million impressions, 417.3k Watch Time Hours, 23k Subscribers, and 3.4k Videos •September 2019 YouTube Gaming Creator on the RiseLead artist for TenMoreMinutes Gaming Youtube channel. Providing all illustrations, animations, and graphic design for the Youtube channel. •Role: Daily podcast style videos that are uploaded on Youtube, responsible for all art and animation on the YouTube, Twitch, and Patreon in addition to co-hosting on Twitch. Show less

  • Self Employed
    • Graphic Design
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Freelance Artist
      • Jul 2012 - Present

      Selected Works -Character Design- Geoffroy Marrony (Client) •Worked closely with Geoffroy to create over 50 different character designs for many of his multimedia projects. •32 Individual Monster Character Designs with 4 Point Turnarounds •20+ Athlete Character Designs based on current Professional Athletes Micoga Mobile •Worked with an overseas client to create 6 different Character Designs along with 2 evolved forms for a total of 18 Character Designs. -Graphic Design- •El Dorado Middle/ Oak Grove Middle School Re-Design of School Mascot and Logo. •Vector Character Illustrations for Otta and Spartan Test Solutions •Banner, Avatar, and Branding Art for Twitch and Youtube Channels Strife, Shut-in Gaming, and Opiziite. -Presenter/Guest- •Gave Demonstrations, Presentations, and free Illustrations to Children on Free Comic Book day at various libraries in Contra Costa County for the last four years. Including Lafayette, Hercules, Pleasant Hill, Kensington, and Brentwood, California. Show less

  • Coin Crew Games
    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Concept Artist
      • Jun 2023 - Jul 2023

      2-month contract for working on Escape Academy DLC Role: Concept Art, Animation, Illustration, and Misc. 2D art for Puzzles, Decals, and Sprites for Unity Engine. 2-month contract for working on Escape Academy DLC Role: Concept Art, Animation, Illustration, and Misc. 2D art for Puzzles, Decals, and Sprites for Unity Engine.

  • Coin Crew Games
    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Concept Artist
      • Feb 2022 - Nov 2022

      Projects: •Escape Academy (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows), •Escape Academy Sean Pass Content - Escape from Anti-Escape (DLC 1), Free Major Update Pack, and Escape from the Past (DLC2) •TBN/NDA projects. Responsibilities: •Create Concept Art for Multiple Levels, Environments, Prop Designs, and Paintovers of 3D Environments. •Polished Illustrations and animations for in-game assets. •Create an Animated Intro for Coin Crew Games in collaboration with Art Director Michelle Huttunen. •Work with all members in the studio including writers, programmers, studio leads, and game designers to fulfill the needed art. •Use associated programs to upload and review content for the game including SourceTree, Unity, Jira, and Confluence. Show less

  • Mount Diablo Unified School District
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Substitute Teacher
      • Aug 2018 - Feb 2022

      General Education substituting at various schools, filling in for teachers who are otherwise unable to teach during a given day. Arriving early to read lesson plans, take attendance records, following lesson plans, help struggling students, solve disputes, and care for the well being of the students.

    • Art Teacher
      • Aug 2017 - Jul 2018

      Lead the Art Department at El Dorado Middle School teaching General Art Education for 7th and 8th Grade students. Teaching them lessons in general art foundations such as the Principles and Elements of Design through various mediums such as paint, sculpture, animation, and illustration.

    • Art Teacher
      • Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

      Filled in as an intermediate Art Teacher for multiple schools based on the Districts needs. Northgate High School -Taught Introduction to 2D Animation and Art I-Created lesson plans based on the Principles of Animation, Elements of Design, Principles of Design, and followed State Requirements for Art Education.El Dorado Middle School -Co-taught Art I (6th Grade) Art II (7th and 8th Grade) -Instructed and created lesson plans for students alongside another teacher who needed support.Oak Grove Middle School-Taught Leadership, Art I, Advanced Art-Created lesson plans based on the Elements of Design, Principles of Design, and followed State Requirements for Art Education.-Created a Mural Project with Students that was painted on the school campus.-Supported Leadership with many different projects and activities to boost school moral including dances and fundraisers. Show less

    • Special Education Assistant
      • Apr 2015 - Jul 2016

      Substituted at many different schools in Mount Diablo's massive school district. Assisting Teachers from K-12 helping children in Resource, Autism, and other Special Education classes. Providing extra support for the primary teacher and aiding students in their educational pursuit.

  • Wuzzals
    • Canada
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Clean Up Artist
      • Nov 2018 - Jul 2019

      •“Copy Cats” Illustrated 55 Digital Children’s Books each containing 6-10 images (300+ Illustrations) •“Copy Cats” Illustrated 55 Digital Children’s Books each containing 6-10 images (300+ Illustrations)

  • Ghostbot, Inc.
    • United States
    • Entertainment
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Intern / Junior Artist
      • Sep 2011 - Jul 2012

      Sly Cooper 4: Thieves in Time (Sony) Character Design •Main, Secondary and Background Characters Prop Design •Weapons, Tools, and other props used in the cutscenes. Storyboard Revisionist •Revised the rough animatics for Ice Age Intro Sequence Character Clean-up Art •Translated rough character designs from Sanzaru into Adobe Flash for the animators at Ghostbot in order to prep for rigging. Little Fighters (Pocket Gems) Concept Art •Worked closely with the studio director to create 3 rough designs for a pitch project aimed for Pocket Gems. Character Design •Created 3 Illustrations to be used as a pitch project for Pocket Gems. Written by a Kid Episode 3 (Youtube) Concept Art •Created the concept art for the Young Girl, Penguins, Ducks and props to be used in the animated short. Character Design/Clean Up •Created and cleaned up the final Design for the security camera, a young girl, ducks, penguins, and props for the animated short. Pocket Gems Tap Zoo/ Pet Shop (Pocket Gems) •Character Clean-up for Flash Animation •Prop Design (Signs and Displays) Show less

Education

  • Academy of Art University
    BFA, Animation / Visual Development
    2006 - 2011

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