Sean Keeton

About Sean Keeton

I\'m a seasoned art director, artist, and art department head with a passion for making…

Experience

1. Art Director

   Hidden Variable Studios

   Jun 2016 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   SPELLOMANCER (Steam game: currently in Alpha)• Lead the art department in creation of new IP• Identify, test, hire & manage remote and internal artists• Art direct everything in the game from the characters and world to the animation, weapons, vfx, and uiSKULLGIRLS MOBILE (mobile F2P games-as-service)• Lead the art department in creation of new game• Revamp & expand IP to become cross platform games-as-service• Develop art styles, create art bibles, define workflows • Identify, test, hire & manage remote and internal artists• Provide direction, paint-overs, notes to maintain vision & quality• Create art solutions to gameplay, player acquisition, retention needs• Create mockups, characters, animation, UI & other 2D/3D assets• ~360K DAU ~2.1M MAU ~608K Peak DAU ~3M Peak MAU and ~$455K average monthly revenueSKULLGIRLS 2ND ENCORE (Steam & console game)• Revive & expand dormant IP• Identify, hire & manage artists• Direct team of animators & artists in creation of characters, stages, vfx, & promotional materials• Provide direction, paint-overs, notes to maintain vision & quality

Education

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• 3d Modeling
• Video Games
• Art Direction
• After Effects
• Photoshop
• Flash
• Computer Games
• Traditional Animation
• Character Animation
• Flash Animation
• Jira
• 3d Studio Max
• Maya
• Computer Animation
• Mobile Games
• Illustrator
• Texturing
• 3d
• Animation
• Animate Cc
• Zbrush
• Storyboarding