Thais Forgeron

Hello, my name is Thais, I'm Brazilian and I'm 30 years old.

I've been working as an illustrator for over 7 years, I have advanced knowledge of photoshop, I also work with procreate, and I'm studying blender and unity.

EDUCATION

07/2011 --- 07/2016                   Universidade Belas Artes de São Paulo

. Graphic Designer

 Certificate of graphic design including: illustration, visual identity of companies and products, packaging, cover artist books/ comics, patterns of tissues(stamping) marketing.

EXPERIENCE

20011-2014                                Dinho  Caricaturas – Jundiaí sp/ Brazil

Graphic designer- Illustrator

Main activities: Illustrator and designer of cartoons, wedding invitations, cards work, pets etc.

Work tools: Mac, Windows, Cintiq 12WX

Key results: increased production speed of illustrations.

2016- current                             Reino Ilustrado- Jundiai SP/ Brazil

Graphic designer- Illustrator 

Main activities: Company created by me and 2 co-workers where we work with cartoons to customers, we design live events at weddings and parties.

I also meeting with customers and always try to find partners for the company.

Work tools: Mac, Windows, Cintiq 12WX

Key results: independence to take care of my own business, and ability to deal with customers.

2010 -2010                            Art teacher in kindergarten

Main activities: I had a brief job taking care of children in a nursery school near my house.

The activities were to know the colors, sensations as soft (cotton) rough (sandpaper) etc. Artistic activities such as play dough, paint and build toys with recyclable materials. As well as other activities

Key results: learn to deal with children and use my artistic skills to hold the attention and let the fun activities.

2015 -current                         Particular art-designer teacher

Main activities: help the student in what he/she needs, prepare lessons according to the weak and strong parts to improve the study. The activities can be for undergraduates students or graduated students. that want to work/study in the field of art/design.

Key results:  How to help older students that need specific lessons, and how to prepare and apply for tests that can make the difference for their academic life. I also improved my designer skills to help them to be the best in their area.

2016 -2017                              English  teacher in Chinese english school -JOY-

Main activities: Teach english for children’s to Kindergarten to teenagers

Prepare lessons based on what Chinese teachers asked.

Prepare activities like- Christmas, Valentines day, Easter, Mothers day etc.

Key results:  Experience teaching kids from all age groups, from 2-year-olds to 17-year-olds. From all age groups, from 2-year-olds to 17-year-olds.

2018 -2019                                 Design and english  teacher in pingdingshan university  

Main activities: graphic design teacher, I prepared all my classes with my materials created for my Chinese students. Classes were taught in English. My university students were 18 to 24 years old.

I also taught an English language training scepter with a focus on children aged 8 to 10 and 10 to 12. with a focus on learning phonemes, shapes, colors,

and sentences.

Key results:  A great satisfaction of teaching classes to so many students and a wide variety of years and provinces. I was able to make them understand my classes with my created materials and that was what motivated me to always be able to do a good job.

2019 -2021                                  Lead illustrator in Caricanecas  

Main activities:Working with the company's pre-established style, and training new illustrators. Participate in meetings and set goals and new approaches for customers. Define and create new art templates as well as layouts.

Key results:  Working with a group of almost 60 illustrators, I was able to better understand how each person works at work. I also learned how to divide myself between drawing, teaching and managing.

2021 -current job                        Lead 2d  illustrator in Maqna 

Main activities:I work with a team of 4 designers at the Maqna company that has been making games for over 7 years. Where I organize projects and delegate tasks where each one will work. I also work together with other sectors such as the 3d team and programming.

  My tasks include all the 2d creation part of a game from the beginning to the end ( sketches, splash art, icons, props model sheet, UI etc)

Key results:  When working with a small team, I realize the great importance of having everything well organized so that we can meet deadlines for games. We do some hypercasuals that need to be delivered quickly so we need strategies to be able to deliver quickly and with the best possible result.

I work remotely so every day for several periods we check how the projects are going and I also try to show how I'm doing my part.

LANGUAGES

            Portuguese- Native

            English –fluent

            Spanish- intermediary

TECHNICAL SKILLS

       Microsoft Excel – Advanced

       Adobe photoshop – Advanced

       Adobe illustrator  - Average

       Blender  - Beginner

       Unity- Beginner

       Procreate- Average

UI/Ux masters degree and Bachelor in graphic design