BONNIE COUNTS-BRIGHT

2112 Vista Grande Dr, Vista, CA 92084 E: bonnie@brightillustration.com C: 760-831-5997

UC Santa Barbara, Fine Arts Major/ Senior Art Exhibition/ Dean’s List/Volleyball Scholarship
Cal State University Long Beach, Illustration / Honor Roll

Eighteen years in the field of computer games, freelance illustration and design. Proficient in illustrated and photographic texture maps, generated in PhotoShop and Painter. Experienced illustrator with solid drawing skills and the ability to create 2D backgrounds or 3D environments from sketches, photographs or imagination. Web Designer and Flash Animator. Good people skills. Accustomed to working within tight deadlines while maintaining high quality look and feel.

3D Studio Max, Photoshop, Painter, Director, Debabelizer, Animator Pro, Flash, Promotion, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Word, Power Point

WORK HISTORY

Book Illustration

2012 "Casey's Compost" written and illustrated by Bonnie Bright
2012 "Bunny's First Vacation" written and illustrated by Bonnie Bright
2011 "The Truly Great Noodle" written by Sam Berman, Illustrated by Bonnie Bright, Grids Interactive
2011 "The Kids Don't Want to Play With Me" written by Dr. Annye Rothenburg, Illustrated by Bonnie Bright, Perfecting Parenting Press
2011 "Rabbit's Foot" written by Allan Horlick, cover illustration by Bonnie Bright
2011 "Versatility" written by Francie Dalton, CMC, illustrated by Bonnie Bright
2009 "My Savings Book" written by J. McCrary, illustrated by Bonnie Bright
2009 "Surf Angel" written by Terry and Heather Kraszewski, Illustrated by Bonnie Bright
2009 "The Sad House on Moving Day" written and illustrated by Bonnie Bright
2005 “Tangle Tower” written by Jessica Elin Hirschman and Bonnie Bright, illustrated by Bonnie Bright
2004 “Are You Upside Down In Your Bed?” written and illustrated by Bonnie Bright
2002 “I’m In The Bathroom,” by Jessica Elin Hirschman and Jennifer Elin Cole, Cookie Bear Press, Inc.
2002 “With Me Always,” by Phyllis M. Hall
2000"I Love You All The Time," by Jessica Elin Hirschman and Jennifer Elin Cole, Cookie Bear Press, Inc.
1990"Sheila-na-gig," Poetry Collection
1986"Fearful Symmetry" by Anthony Zee, MacMillan Publishing Company, New York
1986"Longing For the Harmonies" by Frank Wilczek and Betsy Devine, W.W. Norton and Company, New York and London

Computer Games, Web Sites, TV

2008-2010 Division 13- Game Art and Illustration, Flash animation for major movie web sites, Quality assurance

  • Shrek 4
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Ice Age

2007-2008 The Word Wits- 3d backgrounds, textures, animations and web site design for DVD puppet show

  • The Word Wits DVD

 2007 Mozaik Multimedia- 2D backgrounds, character design, animation and game design for children’s educational games

  • The Little Diplomat Series

 2004-2006 High 5 Productions- 3D backgrounds, textures, animation and 2D Animation for children’s television programs

  • Noodleheads- puppet show for DVD and PBS
  • Phonics 4 Babies- puppet show for DVD and PBS
  • Safety 4 Kids- puppet show for DVD

2003-2004 Pick Up & Play- background artist and animator for wireless cell phone games

  • Alien Siege
  • Turkey Shoot
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Santa's Workshop
  • Barnyard Bouncin'

2003-2008 Division 13- 3d re-creations of movie sets and 3D fly-thru explorations, textures, modeling and Flash animation for major movie web sites

  • XXX State of the Union
  • Devil's Rejects
  • League of Extraordinary Gentleman
  • Hellboy
  • Mona Lisa Smile
  • Shrek the Third
  • Kung Fu Panda

Production Director: Creation of online interactive production schedule with downloadable documents and links, assignment of tasks to artists, interact with Fox producers, preparation of site anatomy documentation. 
Web site localization and translation: Converting graphics, Flash and HTML files into different languages.

2003 Digital Ink Illustration- cartoon background colorist for animated feature

  • Leap Frog Movie

2002-2003 Otterslide- background layout & art direction for online animated series and animated features

  • The Golden Blaze(DVD)
  • My Babies’ Mommas
  • I Was A Teen Pop Star (urbanentertainment.com)

2001 Vivendi Interactive- background art & 2D animation for educational game

  • Frankie Goes to the Greatest Show on Earth/Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey

2001 Depth-Q- texture artist, environments

  • Online driving game for Sony

1999-2001 Angel Studios- texture artist, 3-D props modeler

  • Midtown Madness II
  • Test Drive Off-Road
  • Transworld Surf

 1995-99 Knowledge Adventure- Art Director 1995-1996, lead artist, animation, character design, game design

  • Jump Start Second Grade
  • Jump Start Baby
  • Jump Start Kindergarten '98
  • Jump Start Third Grade
  • Jump Start Pre-K
  • Jump Start Toddler '99

 Art Advisor and Director on the following out-of-house products: Jump Start Kindergarten Math, Jump Start Second Grade Math, Go Fish, Jump Start Sixth Grade, Jump Start Fourth Grade, Kid Pilot

1995 Wannabe Interactive/Cloud 9- background artist

1993-1995 Fanfare Software- Art Director, lead artist, animation, character design, game design

  • Jump Start Kindergarten (original)
  • Jump Start First Grade
  • Computer Carnival

1993 Virgin Games- tile-set background artist

  • Cool Spot II

1993 Mindcraft Software- tile-set background artist, animator

1989-1993 Davidson and Associates- background artist, animator

  • Kidworks
  • Story Club
  • Kid Cad
  • New Math Blaster
  • Reading Adventures in Oz