Pablo Rivera

Visual Development & Illustration

560 S 10 Street,
Apt 1
San Jose, CA
95112
(305) 495-7478
pjrivr@gmail.com

Education
SKILLS

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA Pursuing a BFA in Illustration/Animation

August 2016-

Currently enrolled as a full-time student, with an emphasis on visual development.

Digital:
Photoshop, InDesign,
Illustrator

Mentorship Program, San Diego, CA

Traditional:

Trained under Ron and Vanessa Lemen, with classes as well from Peter Han.

Acrylic, Oil Paint, Ink,

Monday-Saturday program, covering color theory, figure drawing and painting,

Charcoal, Graphite.

August 2013- May 2016

Watercolor, Gouache,

observational painting, landscape painting, composition, and story creation.

Experience

LANGUAGES

Red Sand Senior Thesis Project-Comic Book Pitch Project

English

August 2016-

Worked as lead environment and vehicle design artist, helping to establish the look for
a comic book project to be pitched to Image Comics
Necromandy Senior Thesis Project- Animated Show Pitch Project
August 2016

Contributed early on in project development with background concept art for a pitch
bible for an animated tv show.
CarbonCraft Video Game Project
August 2016-

Worked as environment designer, as well as creating keyframe illustrations for a video

game, which won first prize at the Global Challenge Startup Pitch Contest, as well as
second place at the Global Case Challenge.
Recognitions
Tiny Homes Art Exhibition with Light Grey Art Lab, Fall 2016
Selected to create a painting to fit the theme of Tiny Homes for an art show with
Light Grey Art Lab gallery.
Shrunkenheadman Gallery Artwork displayed in school gallery show, Fall 2016
A painting was chosen for display at a gallery show for the Animation/Illustration club
at SJSU.
A Night With the Arts Charity gallery show at American Embassy in Bogota, Colombia.
Spring 2011
A painting was selected to be sold at a charity art show, with proceeds going to an
organization to help homeless children in Colombia.

Spanish
Italian