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nina matsumoto
nina@spacecoyote.com
http://www.spacecoyote.com


summary  Primarily a sequential artist and illustrator. Works both digital and traditional in a variety of styles. Detail oriented and quick to come up with original, imaginative designs and characters.

Skills in: Software & Tools:
• illustration
• sequential art
• character design
• concept art
• storyboarding
• tattoo design
• Corel Painter
• Adobe Photoshop
• Paintshop Pro
• Copic Markers
• Prismacolors
• pencil & ink


experience 
Comic Book Artist/Writer [Del Rey Manga | New York, NY USA]
rew and wrote two volumes of original comic book series, Yokaiden.

2007
-present
Character Designer [Junior Heroes | London, UK]
Designing characters for an animated series pitch.

2008
-present
Cover Artist [100 Page Press | Fairfax, CA, USA]
Character art and title design for the cover of Own Your Space.

2009
Penciler [Bongo Comics | Santa Monica, CA, USA]
Penciled fifteen pages of Murder He Wrote for Treehouse of Horror #14.

2008
Penciler [Bongo Comics | Santa Monica, CA, USA]
Penciled eight pages of Ponce Upon a Time for Bart Simpson #42.

2008
Penciler [Bongo Comics | Santa Monica, CA, USA]
Penciled two pages of Window of Opportunity for Bart Simpson #39.

2008
Penciler [Bongo Comics | Santa Monica, CA, USA]
Penciled four pages of Milhouse's Guide to Keeping it Cool for Bart Simpson #38.

2007
Artist [Jacqueline Pearce| Vancouver, BC]
Drew a portrait of the author for her novel, Manga Touch.

2007
Penciler [Bongo Comics | Santa Monica, CA, USA]
Penciled seven pages for Too Crazy Juvenile Prankster: Bartomu!, one of three stories featured in Simpsons Comics #131.

2007
T-Shirt Designer [Steeljack Music Group | Vancouver, BC]
Designed a graphic incorporating country singer Sara Lynn’s likeness with her logo for two official T-shirts. The design was also used in her CD album.

2007
Freelance Artist
Self-employed artist taking various commissions from customers online. Completed works: numerous character designs and concepts, illustrations, logo design, and tattoo designs.

2003
-2007
Cover Artist [Imari J. Stevenson | Veon Prism Media | Hickory, NC, USA]
Illustration work for the novella Sass Girls X.

2005
Cover Artist [University of British Columbia]
Illustration work for Uprooted: UBC's Undergraduate Literary Magazine.

2004


awards & 
recognitions
 
Nominated "Best Short Story" Eisner Award for Murder He Wrote

Winner "Best New OEL Manga" About.com for Yokaiden

First Place in T-Shirt Design Contest A-kon: Dallas, TX

Third Place in Mascot Contest Sakura-Con: Seattle, WA

Winner "Outstanding Science Fiction Comic" WCC Awards

Honoured as an Art Guest Dragon*Con: Atlanta, GA

2009

2008

2005

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2003



exhibitions  Vancouver Institute of Media Arts Online 2D animation gallery

Anime Evolution: Vancouver, BC Art Show/Silent Auction Group Exhibit

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary IB Art Exhibition

Artropolis Self-Portrait Group Exhibit

2003
-present

2003

2002

2001



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