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Here are a few blurbs you can use an introduction for me at for your events:


Author/Illustrator:
Born and raised in Draper, Utah, Emily has been involved with the arts her whole life. One of her paintings is a part of the DVAF Community Collection in Draper, Utah. Additionally, she represented Jordan High School as the sterling scholar in Visual Arts in 2000. Emily then obtained a BFA in Illustration from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 2005. From there she began work with Avalanche Studios in Salt Lake City, also known as Disney Interactive Studios, making video games for 10 years.


Emily is a long-standing member of SCBWI and regularly attends writing and illustrating critique groups and workshops. She has dozens of stories, concepts, and characters in development.


Speaker/Performer:
Born and raised in Draper, Utah, Emily has been involved with the arts her whole life. She traveled to Japan to perform at an amusement park at age 15. In college, she participated in the BYU Back-up Ballroom Dance Company for one year and then joined BYU's Young Ambassadors (2003-2005). She toured up the west coast of the U.S., as well as Brazil and Argentina (BYU).



Below you will find various news appearances, magazine articles, etc.

Fox 13 Interview about Draper Visual Arts Foundation
Above - Fox 13 Interview about Draper Visual Arts Foundation
ABC4 Good Things Utah interview about Draper Visual Arts Foundation ABC4 Good Things Utah interview about 20 Years of Napoleon Dynamite

Samples

Picture Book Illustrations

I offer high quality illustrations to clients all over the US using traditional mediums such as acrylic, gouache, watercolor and oil.

Performing

I create quality wholesome entertainment for film, tv, print and music industries.

Digital Illustration

I offer digital illustrations to individual and corporate clients all over the world.

Photography

I offer high-quality photography & retouch services to individual and corporate clients all over the US.

Conceptual Design

I offer high quality concept design for any needs including video games, film, commercial, logos, product development and more.

Writing

I offer writing & storytelling for all ages.

Blog Posts

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Testimonials & Video

I had the privilege of working with, and then supervising Emily, while working with her at Disney/Avalanche. Emily was a strong performer in everything she did, but made a tremendous impact when we set out to create an outsourcing group from scratch, for our studio. Starting from nothing, Emily worked to source and evaluate vendors, establish policies and procedures for working with external groups, and then worked to insure that our internal teams were providing the proper source design to allow the external teams to execute while managing the quality and fitness for use of the deliverables supplied from our external vendors. This was no small feat. Imagine getting a group like Disney to approve sending artwork for a movie that hasn't been released in theaters, to countries where their cyber-security standards may be nearly non-existent. The challenges and red-tape were never-ending. Emily is a joy to work with and has a very warm and caring personality, and brings out the best in those she interacts with. She is dedicated, passionate and conscientious in all the she does. Emily is confident but not arrogant. I found her to be fearless when it came accepting new challenges and she had very good instincts when it came to problem solving. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Emily for any position she thought she could handle, and I would expect her to excel.

Bill VanOverbeck

CFO/COO at Optima Sports Group, Emily's former Manager at Disney

It has been my distinct pleasure to work with Emily at Avalanche Software as part of Disney Interactive Studios. In fact, Emily's boundless enthusiasm and ability to use her amazingly diverse talents have added tremendous value to all projects which she is assigned. Emily shows wonderful capability in Production, Art, and Design as well as excellent interpersonal skills with the rest of the team. Adding to talents perfectly suited for the Game Industry, Emily's acting, dancing and choreography skills only further build on her robust resume. I cannot more heartily recommend Emily as an individual of quality and hope to work with her again on future projects.

Rich Reagan

Director of Design at Zynga, Emily's Former Producer

I had the great pleasure to work with Emily at Disney Interactive's, Avalanche Studio on various projects where she was focused on External Development, Art and Animation support for the internal teams during production. Emily is a genuinely kind and welcoming person that always came to work, meetings or calls with a smile, bright positive attitude and ready to dive in. In addition, Emily is an extremely focused, goal driven individual with an impressive list of valuable skills and talents.

Colby Acree

Sr. Games Producer - Outsourcing Department Head at WB Games, Avalanche, Emily's Former Colleague

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