About

Artist

Name: Gail Lynn Sapitan
Nicknames: Kaorien, Kao
Ethnicity: Filipino
Nationality: American
Interests: Anime, Manga, Reading, Video Games, Politics
Favorites: Ace Attorney, Baccano!, Circle of Magic, Dragon Nest, Ender's Game, Genshiken, Durarara!!, Final Fantasy (X & XII), Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, Lord of the Rings, Portal 2, Studio Ghibli films, The Keys to the Kingdom series, The Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, The Pit Dragon series, The Rachel Maddow Show, The Unlimited: Hyoubu Kyousuke, The World Ends With You, Vindictus

Being an artist has been always something I wanted to do since I was a child. Even early on I would amass a quantity of work on my own time trying to learn art on my own. My first art classes was in high school where I decided that I would really try to persue art as a career. I continued on this path through college, majoring in fine arts. Rather belatedly I realized I preferred doing things in digital media, though I have no regrets about my traditional training. Currently I'm trying to improve on my own in hopes to do what I love as a living.

This is my portfolio site! This is intended for a more professional and concise site than previous attempts. Some of my other art (ie. fanart, sketches, less polished pieces, old art) can be seen on my DeviantArt and Tumblr sites. You can find more sites where I am at over at my links page.

Contact

If you have any inquiries, commission offers, etc you can send a message at kaorien [ at ] bluer-skies [ dot ] net.

Demo Reel


CV

Skills

Digital:
• Digital Art: SAI Paint Tool, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, Adobe Illustrator
 • Web Design: HTML, XHTML, CSS
 • Microsoft Office: Word, Powerpoint
 • Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, CanoScan LiDE 110

Traditional:
• Dry Media: Pencil, pens, marker, charcoal, pastel, colored pencils
• Wet Media: Ink, watercolor, gouache, acryllic, oil, sculpture

Education
Laney College
Associate's Degree in Fine Arts
CGPA: 3.563

Experience

Visual Novels:
• CG Event Colorist » Aquae ~Crystal Clear Waters~ by R3 Productions
• Background Artist » Red Rose and Snow White by Starling
• Sprite Artist » "Untitled" by kawaiiprods
• Background Artist » Consonance by Rezznik Studios
• Background Artist » Devil Gene R by Team Shoujo-Aiction
• Sprite Artist » "Japanese Adventure" by Pure Anarchy
• Sprite Artist » Summer Tales by ReDeux Games

Other:
• Character Art » Solar Card Game by Fishagon

Novel Covers & Illustrations:
• Aria Opus by LL Lemke
• Aria Prelude by LL Lemke
• Rewritten I: Fallacy by Morgan Bauman

Resume: download (pdf)

Testimonials

Some clients and commissioners were kind enough to give me testimonials/recommendations, you can read them here!

Site information

This is version 2.0 light and clean of the site! After a year with my first layout, I've decided to go a for a (hopefully) simplier and cleaner look with lower loading times.
Older versions of the site can be previewed here and credits for site resources are here.