Maricela Ugarte Peña

Concept & Production art

Monterrey, Mexico

Summary

My name is Maricela Ugarte Peña and I am a freelance production artist working in the online games industry. I am a highly flexible artist and specialize in creature design and asset work and am flexible as a unity integrator and animator. I also have a basic knowledge of and some experience using 3DS max. I love games and working with creative teams to create inspiring and high quality products.

I am fluent in both English and Spanish with formal study and intermediate fluency in Japanese. I am a quick study and can pick up new skills for any project. I am currently seeking to settle down into more long-term studio work.

Skills

Software proficiency

3ds Max

AutoCAD

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

Photoshop

SketchUp

Unity

Flash

Premiere

PaintTool SAI

Vegas Pro

Productions

- Video Game
  Eqcetera
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Icon artist
- Company
  Eqcetera
- Mobile Game
  The tower of Princess
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Creator / Background Artist
- Company
  To the World
- Mobile Game
  Shall we date: Wizardess Heart
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Creator / Background Artist
- Company
  To the World
- Video Game
  Saylua
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Lead Artist
- Company
  Tiffany Zhang
- Video Game
  Clanheart
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Creature Artist
- Company
  Explorer Games

Experience

Freelance Illustrator at Explorer Games
United States of America
May 2015 - September 2016
Lead artist at Clanheart which has not been launched yet. Clanheart is an interactive online pet sim where you can battle other animal clans in order to expand your territory.

Doing several decorative items (assets) and familiar revamp and design artwork.
Illustrator: Creator at To the world
Japan
February 2015 - Present
Illustrator contributor recruited since 2013, did the first approved illustrations in February of 2015. Since then, I have been working on backgrounds, assets and illustrations for diverse mobile games.
Promotional Illustrator at LiJiang Maid Caffe
Mexico
November 2011 - November 2014
Worked on several promotional products, design of the new menu, mural illustrations, created a mascot and designed flyers amongst other things.
Gallery Manager at deviantART, Inc.
January 2009 - January 2010
Managed the Japanese Animation and Manga category on the art website DeviantArt.com. I also reviewed many submissions per day and gave individual critiques and support to members and as well granted awards to outstanding art in the Japanese Anime and Manga section.
Educacion a Distancia Scholar at UANL
Mexico
January 2006 - January 2010
Worked on different things like architecture design, 3d renderings, graphic design work, websites, video edition, online learning programs tutorial, etc. I learned about most of the digital art tools at this job and also learned about teamwork and professionalism.