Alison Theus - Resume - PDF

     I grew up on the East Coast in Maryland, and currently reside in Portland, OR as a full time freelance artist.  I've worked for several studios, including Disney Interactive Studios, Divide by Zero Games, Rackham Games, and Fantasy Flight Games.  My work is greatly inspired by a desire to blur the line between fantasy and reality, to make that which is unreal, believable, and to capture that feeling of otherness that occurs when viewing something simultaneously familiar yet alien.  My personal work is further influenced by my interest in animals, anatomy, and patterns, as well as the happenings of daily life, my experiences as a competitive athlete, and my Catholic faith.  When I am not working I enjoy making monsters, creating new and bizarre creatures and building out the odd worlds they inhabit for a personal project that has been ongoing for the last 13 years of my life.

Work Experience

                                  _{Lead 2D Artist, Divide by Zero Games, 2008-2009}

·     _{Empire Online - Creature, Character Concept, and Environment Artist, 3D Character Animator, UI designer}

_{Graduate Art Associate, Concept Development, Disney Interactive Studios, 2007}

_{·         Spectrobes II - Creature Concept Artist}

_{·         Unannounced Projects - Designed characters, environments, props, and storyboards.}

_{Concept Artist, Mythbound Creations 2007}

_{·         Mythbinder - Creature and Character Concept Artist}

_{Assistant Animator, Flying Rhinoceros Studios, 2006}

_{·         Unannounced Project - Built character libraries in Flash}

                                _{Freelance Illustration, 2001-2010}

_{·         Art to be featured in film: ‘I Am Number Four’ – Lorien Productions LLC}

_{·         Kobold Magazine - Kobold Quarterly, 2010}

_{o    Margreve Bestiary – Interior Illustration}

_{o    Kobold Quarterly Magazine – Cover Illustration}

_{·         Splicers RPG Sourcebook: Interior illustration – Palladium Books, 2010}

_{·         Epic! - Creature/character design & animation – Rainmaker Games, 2010}

_{·         Warhammer Fantasy RPG - Fantasy Flight Games/Games Workshop, 2010}

_{o    Edge of Night: Interior Illustration}

_{o    Signs of Faith: Interior Illustration}

_{o    Beasts of the Old World:  Interior Illustration}

·        _{Twilight Imperium - Character Illustrations – Fantasy Flight Games, 2010}

_{·        Talisman: Sacred Pool: Card Illustration - Fantasy Flight Games, 2010}

·        _{The Strangelands Bestiary - Creature Illustrations – Writer’s Foundry Inc., 2010}

·         _{Crossfit:  Shirt designs – Manimal LLC, 2010}

·         _{Leading Edge: Shirt designs – Muay Thai School of Kickboxing, 2010}

·         _{Ghouly Grooves - Flash Animation - Warner Bros., 2009}

·         _{Unannounced Project - Ascentium/EA, 2009}

·         _{Arkham Horror - Character and Creature Turnarounds– Fantasy Flight Games, 2009}

·         _{Unannounced Project - Monster Concepts - Rakham Games, 2009}

·         _{Album covers for various bands – P.I.G., 2009}

·         _{Private Commissions, Fantasy and Science Fiction Illustrations, 2001-2010}

·         _{Swords and Sorcery - Interior Illustration - Bryan Baugh, 2005.} 

·         _{Mage Warfare - card Illustrations - Gogra Games, 2003}