contact: aeitchen @ gmail.com
Experience
2018: Started Finding Feathers webcomic
2018: Led a Mangazine Workshop at Casula Powerhouse for The Japan Foundation
2018: Comic Lab/Open Studio at Campsie Library, Burwood Library, Kogarah Library, and Cronulla Library
2017: Comic Lab/Open Studio at Liverpool Library, Campsie Library, Chester Hill Library, and North Sydney Library
2017: Head Editor and contributor for the Sydney Comics Guild Annual Anthology (Apocalyptic Fantasy)
2016: Comic Lab/Open Studio at Leichhardt Library, and Liverpool Library
2016: Head Editor and contributor for the Sydney Comics Guild Annual Anthology (Silence)
2016: Spot Illustrations for Sydney Comics Guild
2015: Promotional Illustrations for Sydney Comics Guild
2013: Workshop Leader How to Make Manga panel at SMASH!con
2012: Promotional Illustrations for Sydney Comics Guild
2011: Workshop Leader Introduction to Manga panel at SMASH!con
Artistic Skills
+ Project manager for a community focused comics anthology
+ Worked in a collaborative environment with like-minded peers
+ Story and sequential art analysis and production
+ Produced art and designs for print and digital use (merchandising and promotion), including posters, bookmarks, badges, web banners, spot illustrations and more
+ Promoted the comics medium to general and wide audiences
Technical Skills
Digital Painting – Photoshop CC, Clip Studio Paint EX
Comics & Sequential Art – Clip Studio Paint EX
3D modelling – Google SketchUp
Traditional Illustration – Watercolour, Graphite, Brush and Nib
Education
2017: Production Art Department (PAD) – Advanced Visual Development
2017: Sydney Comics Guild – Comics Development Camp in Katoomba
2015: Production Art Department (PAD) – Diploma of Visual Arts
2012: UNSW – Bachelor of Arts (Japanese Studies; Minor in Asian Studies), focus on multi-cultural analysis and Pop Culture
