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Zachary Urtes

Baltimore

Summary

I am a passionate and skilled artist/animator with over 10 years of experience in 2D art and animation production. From making and animating game-ready individual characters and assets, to overseeing the scheduling and art direction of entire projects, I've had my hands in every stage of the pipeline. I'm a seasoned character designer, a skilled 2D VFX generalist, and a Spine 2D expert.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Artist

All Out Games
04.2025 - Current
  • Managed creative projects at a leadership level.
  • Created concepts, assets, and VFX animations.
  • Directed a team of artists on a strict schedule.

Lead Artist

Double Jump Games
2023 - 2025
  • Managed a team of artists in visual direction.
  • Kept art production on many creative projects on schedule.
  • fixed problems and worked with programmers on integration

2D Artist/2D Animator

Double Jump Games
2021 - 2023
  • Created 2D assets for game environments and character designs.
  • created complex rig-based animation for game characters, assets, and VFX
  • worked with developers to create rigs and assets that are optimized and easy to integrate.

freelance 2D artist/2D Animator

Shiny Box Interactive
2020 - 2021
  • Created character designs for mobile game projects at Shiny Box Interactive.
  • finalized sketches into game-ready assets to plug into Unity
  • used the Unity animator to create expressive animation sequences for characters

Art Contractor

Fearsome Critters (Board Game)
2019 - 2019
  • Created all the characters, cards, tokens, and layouts for the board game.
  • I designed the box art for the game.

2D Artist/2D Animator

Beo String Quartet
2018 - 2018
  • Created two short films meant to go along with Beo's music.

Primary 2D artist/2D Animator

Batterystaple Games
2014 - 2018
  • I was the primary artist and animator for all the characters, enemies, props, and environments for 20XX.
  • Showed the game at six indie showcases at PAX.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Illustration

Maryland Institute, College of Art
Baltimore, MD
05-2012

Skills

  • Team leadership
  • Spine 2D
  • Art direction
  • Character design
  • Illustration
  • Digital painting
  • Particle effects
  • 2D animation
  • Creative problem solving
  • Keyframe animation
  • Character embellishments
  • Asset creation

Timeline

Lead Artist

All Out Games
04.2025 - Current

Lead Artist

Double Jump Games
2023 - 2025

2D Artist/2D Animator

Double Jump Games
2021 - 2023

freelance 2D artist/2D Animator

Shiny Box Interactive
2020 - 2021

Art Contractor

Fearsome Critters (Board Game)
2019 - 2019

2D Artist/2D Animator

Beo String Quartet
2018 - 2018

Primary 2D artist/2D Animator

Batterystaple Games
2014 - 2018

Bachelor of Arts - Illustration

Maryland Institute, College of Art

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