About Me
My name is Esmeralda Soils and I am a concept artist with focus in character design. My artwork is a blend of traditional, pencil, ink, watercolor, and digital. I find inspiration in classic horror/fantasy films, family background, and the world around me. I studied Studio Art at California State University in Long Beach. My time as an art student has helped me develop new skills and techniques to incorporate in my work. I enjoy creating whimsical creatures and characters that people can relate with and enjoy. In my free time I like spending time with family, going on nature walks, and playing with makeup.
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Professional Summary
Dedicated concept artist with concentration in character design. 3 year background an inventing creatures and characters using traditional and digital /media such as Photoshop and Procreate.
Education
California State University - Long Beach - Long Beach, CA / 2019 Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
Related Coursework:
Illustration, Introduction to Animation, Animation 1, Character Design
Skills
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
Procreate
Dragonframe
FlipBook
Traditional: graphite, acrylic, prismacolor, brush pen
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Powerpoint
Projects
“Txt Talk” Illustration, CSULB, 09/2017
An acronym and created graphic design to symbolize the acronym.
Materials used were graphite.
Awarded with an 'A' for capturing the functionality of acronym "LOML."
Confer with professor to discuss and determine ideas and incorporated critique of providing the background slightly darker.
Explored and researched different acronyms and ideas using different styles.
"Monster Bingo" Character Design, CSULB, 09/2018
Looked at a bingo chart with different monster attributes.
Chose three different combinations to create two monsters in three different rendering styles: (1) Artist style (2) Carter Goodrich style (3) Mary Blair style.
Materials used were acrylic paint and graphite.
Awarded with a 'B' for excellency of creativity for one of my monsters and the other needed to pay more attention to values and equal creativity to my first monster.
Incorporated suggestions by exploring and changing the color of the monster and adding more values to help improve it.
Utilized animal books and color theory to pick monster colors.
Referenced Carter Goodrich's style of line work using graphite and acrylic for Mary Blair's style.