Chantel Tan
2D Artist . Concept Art
About
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As a graduate of Digipen, Chantel is well-trained in the various phases of 2D and 3D film and game production, and though inclined towards 2D, is flexible in both the 2D and 3D medium.
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She loves to create worlds and tell stories through character and environment designs, and hopes that everyone has fun looking through them!
Education
School of Interactive and Digital Media (SIDM)
Nanyang Polytechnic
Diploma in Digital Media Design Animation (DMDA)
​April 2013 - April 2016
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Digipen Instiutute of Technology Singapore
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Animation)
September 2016 - September 2020
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Software
Photoshop
PremierePro
AfterEffects
3DS Max
Substance Painter
Unreal Engine 4
ZBrush
Skillset
Concept Art
Visual Development
Illustration
3D Environment Modelling and Texturing
2D Animation
Post Production
Achievements
Digipen Best 2D Group Animated Film
"Trick no Treat"
2018
Mediacorp Scholarship Holder
2013 - 2016
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SIDM Director's List
2013/ 2014 Sem 1
2014 / 2015 Sem 1
2015 / 2016 Sem 2
Languages
English
Mandarin
Japanese (Studying)
experiences
CG Artist at Koei Tecmo Singapore
May 2020 - Present
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Mainly work on banner designs, UI related works, title design, icons, props, layout, illustrations and background art as part of the CG team. Worked on various Koei Tecmo titles.
Various Freelance
2017 - Present
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Worked on various freelance projects out of full time work, from various companies and individuals. Mainly work on backgrounds for short films and games. Projects include "Mickey Go Local" .
Freelance Illustrator for Diceroll Studios
2017 - 2018
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Game story art for "Umiro", a story-based puzzle game by indie game company, Diceroll Studios.
The game is available on the Apple Store, Googe Play Store and Steam.
Teaching Assistance for 2D Animated Short Project Module
September 2018 - April 2019
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Helped assist the lecturer in helping juniors with their 2D animated short film. Mainly in guiding them with softwares, work flow and visual development, as well as giving feedback for their animation.
Illustrator at Ministry of Education (MOE)
May to August 2016
Mainly illustrated for children picture books. Was also tasked to do some illustrations for website e-learning content and picture cards.
Internship at Robot Playground Media Pte Ltd
June to August 2015
Did visual development for a children educational app, then named "I-YO the Robot", adapting to their child-like illustration style. Also did some layout designs on Photoshop, as well as asset preparation in Adobe Animate for them to be animation-ready.
2010 - present
2010 - present
Others
SIT Running Club Publicity Committee
2017
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As the only member in the running club publicity, I helped create posters to put up in various SIT campuses and advertised on social media platforms like Instagram whenever there were upcoming events, as well as tshirt designs for events that the club held.
Stop Motion Short Film for French Festival Voilah!
2016
Collaborated with French Director Vincent Escrive, Francois and Stefan on a stop motion short film for the French festival, Voilah! Also helped with advertising their mascot Cocoro, held stop motion workshops and went through a 3D Printing workshop.
Key Projects
PROJECT: AUGUST
January to August 2019
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Pre-production and post-production artist, as well as working on the art direction and visual development for a cyberpunk-inspired 3D animated short, Project:August. Also did some modelling and texturing for the environment and tinkered with particle effects in Unreal Engine 4.
Trick no Treat
September 2017 to April 2018
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Worked on the art direction and finalised the character designs for this 2D short film. Also did animation for some of the scenes and the short looping animation for the end credits.
Rite of Passage
January 2017 to April 2017
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A team of 3 artists and 3 game programmers worked together to create a 2D top-down Bomberman-style game. I mainly worked as a background artist and was also tasked to work on the UI and assets/props creation.