AMY J. MIHARA
Fremont, CA
ajmihara@gmail.com
www.ajmihara.com
AMY MIHARA 
CONCEPT ARTIST/MODELER
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position where my creative art skills assist in making the best end product possible.
EXPERIENCE
DIGITAL ART
Fairy Tales for Japan 03/2011 - Present
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Freelance/volunteer - Illustrating an original story for a charity book. Responsible for creating the cover art and story pages of the chosen fable (Origins of the Flying Fish).
GRAPHIC/WEB DESIGN
Ring of Fire 09/2010 – 01/2011
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Creating and modifying web pages for a client’s website. Included editing photos, writing code and making an iPhone version of site.
3D MODELER
Mainland Gaming 05/2008 – 08/2008
- Provided concepts, models and textures for an in-game asset.
War and Bees 01/2009 – present
- Provides concepts, models and textures for specified character units.
3D Character Modeler Spring 2008
for animated short film by Marissa Sarabia (Student Project)
- Modeled the approved character concept for the short film.
Pixel Artist/Animator 2006 - 2008
Game Development Club
for Human Invaders, Soccer Mom, and Bushwhacked
- Created animated characters and in-game assets.
EDUCATION
Cogswell Polytechnic College BA in Digital Arts and Animation (DAA)
CLUBS / AFFILIATIONS
Member/Treasurer – Game Development Club 2006-2007
Vice President – Game Development Club 2007-2008
Game Development Club Game Night Coordinator 2007-2008
Cogswell Executive Board Member 2008
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Softimage XSI (2+ years)
- Autodesk Maya (2+ years)
- Luxology Modo (3+ years)
- Adobe Photoshop (6+ years)
- Corel Painter (3+ years)
- Dreamweaver (4+ years)
- HTML (1+ years)
- openSUSE/Linux (less than 1 year)