Curriculum Vitae | Lois van Baarle | December 2010

Name: Lois van Baarle
Birthdate: October 11, 1985
Nationality: Dutch

Work address: Spaarnestraat 11a, 3522VB Utrecht
Country: The Netherlands
Cellphone: +31 (0) 625 052 482

E-mail: info@loish.net
Website: www.loish.net

Freelance work experience
2010 | The Boy is Gone (in production)
Animation and artwork created on loction at Walking the Dog in Brussels, for the documentary The Boy is Gone, produced by Off World

2010 | ImagineFX
A detailed tutorial on painting digital fantasy portraits, written and illustrated for issue 65 of ImagineFX magazine

2010 | Blizzard
Freelance work for Blizzard entertainment

2010 | Trinny and Susannah: Missie Holland
Illustrations for the TV series Trinny and Susannah: Missie Holland, produced by Palm Plus and broadcasted on RTL 4 in the Netherlands

2010 | LLiNKPOP
Concepts and full production of five short animation sequences for the concert and TV program LLiNKPOP, produced by Palm Plus, broadcasted on Nederland 3

2010 | Submarine
Conceptualization and creation of a short animation inspired by the middle east, produced by Submarine in Amsterdam

2010 | Digital Artist magazine
A comprehensive digital painting tutorial written and illustrated for Digital Artist magazine, issue 5

2010 | Sugar Factory Amsterdam
Flyer design, exhibition, and extensive wall decorations for the nightclub Sugar Factory in Amsterdam

2009 | Team William
Coloring and animation work for the music video You Look Familiar by Team William

2008 | Virtual Fairground
Concept art, character designs and promotional images for the online MMO Alice in Wonderland by Virtual Fairground

2008 | NatureBoy
CD cover and print design for the band NatureBoy

2007 | Woorddansers
Music video for the dutch musical group the Woorddansers
  • Visual development
  • keying live action footage
  • animating in After Effects
  • compositing / editing
2007 | Superhoroscopes.com
Illustrations for the website Superhoroscopes.com

2004 – 2010 | Commissioned work
Numerous commissions requested by individuals

  • character design
  • promotional images
  • portraits and illustrations
Key skills
Digital illustration
  • Digital painting
  • Cartoons
2D animation
  • visual development / concept art
  • storyboarding  / animatics
  • traditional and digital methods
  • compositing / editing
Traditional illustration
  • Sketching / life drawing
  • Illustrations / cartoons
Web design
  • Visual design / layout
  • Creating graphics
  • Basic scripting
Software skills

Photoshop: excellent
After Effects: very good
Premiere: very good

Dreamweaver: good
HTML / CSS: good
TVPaint
: good

Publications
2010 | ImagineFX Magazine
Issue 63, November 2010 / Future publishing

2010 | Art Squared: Digital Painters 2
Rage Publishing

2010 | Digital Art Masters
Volume 5 / Elsevier Ltd. and 3DTotal.com ltd.

2010 | Stash DVD Magazine
Issue 65 / Stash Media inc

2009 | Digital Artist
Issue 1 / Imagine Publishing

2009 | 2DArtist magazine
Issue 47 / 3Dtotal.com

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2008 | Fusion Junction: Queen of Arts
ABDOTC Publishing

2008 | Advanced Photoshop
issue 9, August 2008 / Imagine Publishing

2007 | ImagineFX: Fantasy Art Exhibition
Volume 1 / Future Publishing

2006 | ImagineFX Magazine
issue 2, March 2006 / Future Publishing

Diplomas
European Media Master in Arts (2009)
Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Bachelor in Design (2009)
Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht, Netherlands

International Baccalaureate (2004)
International School of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Languages

English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
French: very basic

Awards and distinctions
2009 | HKU Award winner
Selected as the winner of the HKU (Utrecht School of the Arts) award 2009  

2009 | HKU symposium 2009
Selected to present and exhibit graduation work at Utrecht School of the Arts graduation exhibition in Hilversum, The Netherlands, September 2009

2004 | International Honor Society
Selected to participate in the International Honor Society
International School of Brussels, Belgium