Artist Bio

Name: Florence Chan
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Occupation: Freelance Illustration and Design
Education: 2008 | B.Des, Illustration, Alberta College of Art and Design

Current Employment:

May 2007 – Present | Aimee Weber Studio, Rutherford, NJ, USA; Contractor
Illustrator, texture artist, 3D modeller, builder for 3D virtual world content creation company.
Projects have included:

MacArthur Foundation – 2008, 09.

- Full sim workup for philanthropic organization illustrating their operations worldwide.

VirtuReal – Siemens – 2008

- Built and textured apartment complex, various furniture and medical equipment.

vNUWC – US Navy sims – 2008

- Build & texture of sunken battle ship, theatre design, construction and texture work, various other supplimentary buildings and material.

- Project also involved provision of training to NUWC liaisons towards 3D modelling for Second Life in October of 2008.

NOAA: Alaska Sim (Thetis) – 2008

- Built and textured commercial and recreational fishing vessels, provided supplementary background, terraforming and landscaping assets.

NOAA: NOS Sim (Okeanos) – 2007

- Terraforming, building, modelling and texturing key components (plants, animals, buildings, HUD slides, signage) for National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s sim Okeanos.
- Provided voice-over services for demo area within sim

PR Newswire – 2007

Design and graphic support for PR Newswire’s SL web interface.

Commissions:

2007 – Ongoing – Jason Mehmel and Adrian Young, Calgary, AB. “DELIVERY” – concept design and comic creation.
2008 – Locusgraphic, Pittsburgh, PA. Spot graphic design – graphics for technical school calendar.

Exhibitions:

2005-2007 | Alberta College of Art and Design Show and Sale2007 | ¾ – Illustration and Design Exhibition, Alberta College of Art and Design

Software Experience:

- Experienced with both Mac and PC platforms
- GRAPHICS – Quark Express, Adobe CS2 programs, Corel Painter 9
- 3D MODELLING – Blender, Modo.
- OFFICE – Microsoft Office
- AUDIO – Audacity, GarageBand, SAM Broadcaster, Nicecast