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Kiera James

@workbystarlight

Kiera James is a visual artist with technical fluency in Maya, Substance Painter, Zbrush, and Adobe Suite, and has worked as a concept  and story artist in videogames with a focus on character design since 2021.

Kiera also freelances as an illustrator, graphic designer, writer, and social media manager through Work By Starlight. 

Projects

printed graphic novel, thesis project

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speculative game concept, design, and 3D assets

2D Concepts & Illustration

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officially featured fanarts from the D&D livestream

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speculative webcomic concept & test panels

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D&D characters and independent comissions

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digital and physical media

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artbook, speculative redesign of Walt Disney World's Tomorrowland

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short animations from an html click-through game

conceptual environmental storytelling

idle work, figure drawing, ink

3D Sculpting & Modeling

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ZBrush character sculpt & print

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original characters & game concept

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stylized Zbrush busts and portaits

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Zbrush, Maya, Blender character model and animation

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Maya, Blender, Sketchfab, modeled environment

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character sculpt, stylized modeled environment

Graphic Design 

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my offerings conveniently designed to send to clients

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crafting an original brand logo, identity, and cards

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speculative merch design inspired by seasonal blooms

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artbook, speculative redesign of Walt Disney World's Tomorrowland

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developing web graphics for a small business

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