Experience

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  Wessel Matthews

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Freelance Digital Creative

    • Nov 2016 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    I work as a flexible digital creative, focusing on bridging the gap between art and technology. My services include graphic design, illustration, storyboarding and technical art work.

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  Clockwork Acorn

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Artist

    • Nov 2022 - Jul 2023
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    I was responsible for developing and implementing graphics for a game prototype called Enter The Titan, along with aiding in the visual development of smaller prototypes.

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  Fuelcontent

  • Cape Town

  • Design Lead/Illustrator

    • Feb 2018 - Oct 2022
    • Cape Town

    In this role I served to bridge the gap between art directors, writers, clients, and animators. By turning briefs and scripts into storyboards and visual assets, I helped bring the client's vision to life.

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  The Dating Lab

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Digital Designer

    • Jul 2014 - Nov 2016
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Web Design, illustration, image prep and optimisation, banner animation, marketing conceptualisation and general design work.

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  DevIt

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Product Media Specialist

    • Aug 2013 - Apr 2014
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Creating graphic assets for a variety of software applications, ranging from in-house displays to motion graphics for games to front-end designs for websites. Also responsible for any other design requirements: layout, print prep, etc.

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  FLiCK Productions

  • Johannesburg

  • Animator

    • Jan 2013 - Aug 2013
    • Johannesburg

    Working under the studio head to assist in creating material for live video productions, I worked on small animation pieces, which included tasks such as conceptualising, storyboarding, animatics, character design up through final animation.

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  The Open Window

  • Short Course Lecturer

    • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

    Introduced students to the basics of digital painting in Photoshop.