MARY CATHERINE SCOVILLE

May 2014-present

Part-Time Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas

• Teaching Computer imaging to undergraduate students
• Handling classes of 25-30 students and their various learning needs
• Creating and administering quizzes, assignments, and lectures to the best benefit of students

August 2013-May 2014

Teaching Assistant
University of Texas at Dallas

• Teaching Computer imaging to undergraduate students
• Handling classes of 25-30 students and their various learning needs
• Creating and administering quizzes, assignments, and lectures to the best benefit of students

November 2012-present

Lead Artist
Firewood Software

• Responsible for all asset creation on mobile game applications
• Design user interfaces and promotional materials for games
• In addition to art responsibilities I have also been responsible for game design decisions and some sound decisions

March 2011-January 2014

Graphic Designer and Concept Artist
Monstrous Company

• Responsible for creating demo material for applications to be presented to clients in partnering or contracting with Monstrous
• Design content and assets for applications for consumption by customers
• Must be readily available for emergency content editing and creation in last minute situations, a quick turnaround is often required

May 2007-present

Freelance Artist
Clients include: Haute Decor, IOC Toys, Southwestern Theater Dept., Hobby Fuzion, and more

• Creation of product concepts, designs, and materials for Haute Decor
• Designed advertisement posters for the Southwestern Theater Dept. for shows including Lysistrata and Suessical the Musical
• Designed logos for various clients and companies
• Independent exhibitor at various locations around the country

2014

Sports in Space
Lead Artist
Team of 3

Sports in Space is a 2D physics based educational game designed to be placed into the Perot Museum in Dallas, TX. I am responsible for the visual elements of the game and the design of the user interface. A challenge of this project is the need to integrate a unique and fun visual style with the styles currently in use by the Perot museum in order to make a more seamless union.

2013

Pocket Recall
Lead Artist
Team of 2

Pocket Recall is an iOS puzzle game that asks the player to memorize and repeat color and sound based patterns. I am responsible for creating the visual content of the game, consulting on game design, and creating promotional material for the game. I will also be responsible for creating multiple visual designs available as downloadable content to the player.

2013

Uncool Frank
Art Director and UI Designer
Team of 2

Uncool Frank is an iOS arcade game that will be released May 15, 2013. It is a simple game where the player attempts to contain a pawn on the screen. It is a variation on the Breakout style of game where the pawn is contained by four paddles controlled by the player who tilts the device to control the paddles. I was responsible for designing the user interface and for creating all of the content in the game.

2013

Paper Master Erbu
Art Director, Lighting, and UI Designer
Team of 16

PME is a 2.5D platformer built in the Unreal Engine. You play as Erbu, who is a piece of paper who has the power to transform into various origami shapes that endow him with powers and allow him to traverse the level. I am responsible for coordinating the visual style of the game, designing and creating content for the user interface, creating some of the textures, and creating any other various 2D assets.

2013

Sketchitize
Creative Director and Lead Artist
Team of 2

Sketchitize is a 3D action game built in Unity where the player guides a character through a sketched world. Behind them they leave a particle line that makes a drawing. This drawing dictates the next level of the game that the player will traverse. I have created the 3D assets, materials, and the complex level designs.

2012

Harlequin Noir
Concept Artist, 2D Cutscene Artist and Animator
Team of 16

Harlequin Noir is a 3D platformer/beat em up built in the Unreal Engine. You are Harlequin, a mystical being who is under the control of his master, Juliet. You must defeat doctors, inmates, and security guards in the insane asylum that houses your master in order to set her and the other inmates free. I was responsible for designing the characters and creating noir style comic book cutscenes that also included simple animations.

2011

Manage
UI Designer, Systems Designer, and Construction
Team of 3

Manage is an asymmetrical two-player board game where one player controls and manages a corporation while the other player is an employee in the corporation who attempts to manage the minutiae of daily life in cooperation with and sometimes in spite of the CEO character of the other player. I was responsible for helping with systems design, I designed the user interface, and I orchestrated and aided in the construction of the game materials.

2011

Zoic
UI Designer, Systems Designer, and Construction
Team of 3

Zoic is a one to three-player board game that pits players against each other in a race for evolutionary supremacy. The players have different stacks of cards that represent different creature traits along the evolutionary timeline. As the cards stack the creature’s appearance changes, with these creatures players must traverse different eras in the evolutionary timeline on an ever changing game board.

2011

Pass the Buck
UI Designer, Systems Designer, and Construction
Team of 4

Pass the buck is a one to four-player board game where players inhabit the roles of different office workers in a competition to get to the end of the day with the most work done and the least amount of trouble with the boss. To achieve this, players must balance resources such as time and energy in order to complete their tasks. They can either cooperate or pile tasks on to other players in order to achieve their goals.