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PROFILE

 

Cartoonist, animator and games designer with over 20 years' experience spanning editorial illustration, 2D/Flash animation, game design and advertising. Lead Designer on Warner Bros' Scooby Doo educational game and designer of online casino games for Ladbrokes, William Hill and Paddy Power. Advertising clients include Honda, Sony, Vodafone, KPMG, Johnson & Johnson, Visa International and Chanel. Co-founder of Pilot X, building 2D mobile games for Android and iPhone. Available for remote work and short contracts worldwide.

 
SKILLS & ABILITIES

 

GDD & UX Design   ·   Adobe Animate (Adv., Certified)   ·   Unity   ·   ActionScript AS2/AS3   ·   Photoshop   ·   After Effects   ·   Illustrator   ·   Premiere   ·   Figma   ·   Spine   ·   Blender   ·   3D Studio Max   ·   Character Design   ·   Storyboarding   ·   Cartoonist / Caricaturist

 
KEY EXPERIENCE

 

2024–present

Senior Games Designer, Aris TX 

Designing slot games.

2016–present

Partner, Pilot X

Co-founded a studio creating 2D side-scrolling mobile games for Android and iPhone using Unity; third title currently in development.

2022

Senior Games Designer, Games Global

Designing slot games.

2012–2015

Senior Games Designer / Illustrator, TopJack Games, mkodo, Epigeum

Senior design and UX work on commercial casino slot games; illustrated award-winning e-learning comic strips for Epigeum (Imperial College London / Oxford University Press).

 

2010–2012

Senior Motion Graphics Designer, The Libertine

Digital advertising content for major clients including giant-format screens at Victoria and Liverpool Street stations, and campaigns for Comet, Butlins, New Look and Wickes.

 

2007–2008

Lead Illustrator, Scooby Doo, Warner Bros.

Lead designer on a multi-platform educational game; responsible for all background elements and interface, staying true to the original series' style.

 

2003–2010

Flash & Games Designer, BBC, Sky TV, Vodafone, Nokia, Sony, Universal Records and others

Designed and built viral games, banners and animated promotions for major broadcast and consumer brands.

 

1998–1999

Props Designer, Dennis the Menace, Collingwood O’Hare

Conceptual prop design for the BBC television series, in the style of the original comic.

 
EARLIER CAREER

 

1997–2003

Editorial Cartoonist, The Telegraph

Editorial illustrations and games.

 

1991–2003

Games Designer & Illustrator, Daily Mirror, Take a Break, Take a Puzzle

Children's games and puzzle concepts for national publications.

 

1991–1997

Comic Book Artist, Zit Comic

Strips including Billy No Mates, Madass Hussein and Postman Prat.

 

1991–present

Freelance Cartoonist & Caricaturist

Editorial and advertising illustration, package design and live caricature work for clients including Disney, Chanel, HSBC, ITV, Honda and Visa International.

 

All artworks © Will Kevans
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