✦ Created sole proprietorship of art and design, finished products created with Clip Studio Paint

✦ Designing and producing original art products to sell online on Etsy and at conventions, with up to $1,000+ in revenue

✦ Promoting products and growing community through social media and actively engaging with community

Potato Dog Studio is an art business started by Gillian Yu where she creates merch such as vinyl stickers and prints of her mascot, Potato Dog, inspired by food and daily life.

✦ Managed art tasks as part of a 12 person team in a multi-department setting to create a UI and story-focused high fantasy game

✦ Led department lead meetings and transcribed accurate notes for future reference

✦ Established art direction and style guide for character portraits in Google Slides

✦ Facilitated feedback sessions with art team and exchanged constructive feedback to maintain consistent art style

✦ Created character concept art of 6 high fantasy characters with a compelling design that resonated with playtesters

✦ Collaborated with 6 people for animation feedback

✦ Won B-A-N-A-N-A-S Award at 2021 UCSC Games Showcase

✦ Used the Unity animator to rig and animate characters with varying body types

✦ Designed 20+ concept iterations for the UI and illustrated final UI art

✦ Partnered with a programmer to resolve animation issues in Unity

Worked on Seventino Midnight Café, a 2D open-world cooking game where you hunt for your ingredients.

✦ Collaborated with 3D animator to get feedback on 3D model edge flow and learned how to create optimized 3D models

✦ Won the B-A-N-A-N-A-S Award during the 2021 Sammy Awards

Worked on Gremlin Garden, a 3D game where you feed, train, and pet your gremlins and pit them against each other in various racing challenges.

✦ A platonic plant care simulator and visual novel made in Unity by UCSC's Game Design and Art Collaboration Club

✦ Collaborated with 10+ artists to give feedback and iterate on character concepts

✦ First experience collaborating with various artists and departments on a game

✦ Won Worldbuilding Award at 2020 UCSC Games Showcase

✦ Created 20+ pieces of character concept art over a span of 3.5 weeks

✦ Designed final concept art for one of the main characters