Name
Location
e-mail
  Andrea Trenbeath
Tacoma, WA
andrea@andreatrenbeath.com
 
Education
  BA of Arts
 
   
 
Software
  Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
       
  Work Experience  

Concept Artist, Supercomplex, Tacoma Productions, Tacoma, WA, 10/2013 - 11/2013
Illustrated several versions of cyborg "core" technology for independent sci-fi film. Included 360 degree views, illustration of active and portable modes, and functionality of the equipment.

Storyboard Artist, Wicked Games, Tacoma, WA, 05/2013 - 08/2013
Storyboarded for short film. Drew interiors of bar and hotel rooms and male and female characters. Entrusted with choosing appropriate camera angles, close-up, medium, wide, and extreme close up shots and overall pacing of scenes.

Concept Artist/Illustrator, Scarecrow, Light Productions, Yakima, WA, 06/2012 - 12/2012
Created creature concepts, character illustrations, and panel and cover illustrations for graphic novel. Shared panel sketches and maintained regular communication with authors and completed finished work within established deadlines.

Storyboard Artist, Athanum, Light Productions, Yakima, WA, 08/2012
Storyboarded complex end scene of horror film under short notice. Entrusted with interpreting and clearly depicting director's very specific vision of shots, camera angles, camera movement, and character interactions.

Storyboard Artist, Merrily, Merrily, Motion of Life Productions, Tacoma, WA, 01/ 2012 - 02/2012
Storyboarded independent cerebral film. Drew from shot list to communicate director's vision to crew and captured the dark mood and rising tension of film.

Book Illustrator, Sun and Moon Dance, Tacoma, WA, 11/2011 - 02/2012
Illustrated over 20 pages of artwork for children's book. Created concept art of characters and digitally drawn mock-ups of each piece of artwork. Preliminary artwork was regularly submitted to author for feedback and approval before finalization.

Concept Artist/Animator, Medalist Games, Pacific, WA, 06/2011
Created concepts and rough animations for two cartoon style game characters.

Concept Artist/Illustrator, Nightwalker, JH Productions, Yakima, WA, 01/2009 - 02/2009
Created concept art and character sheets for graphic novel, as well as thumbnails and rough drawings of panels. 

Concept Artist, Forbidden Fruit, 07/2008
Drew concepts of exterior settings such as farmer’s markets and  power plants and interiors such as furnished penthouses and business offices.

Concept Artist, Future Man, 03/2007
Drew concept art for investment presentation of independent sci fi comedy. Work included futuristic portrayals of vehicles, aircraft, and weapons. Also drew futuristic interiors of science labs and government agencies.

 

 

Publications

 

Chi-Chi’s Song
self-publication by Sandra Lowen, Lulu.com, 2016
Cover illustration for “Chi-Chi’s Song” by Sandra Lowen. A fictional account of a young Native girl’s experience in the Trail of Tears.

Dinosaur Café: A Semblance of Monstrous Prairie Creatures
Author House, 2015
Cover illustration for "Dinosaur Cafe" by Ronald J. Vossler. A compilation of five stories, the first of which focuses on a mysterious artist that paints the walls of a small town cafe with murals of a prehistoric era.

Why I Never Called Death the River, and Other Voices from the Valley of Hope
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, North Dakota State University Libraries, 2003
Front and back cover illustrations for "Why I Never Called Death the River" by Ronald J. Vossler. A volume of fiction containing fifty two separate fictional narrators that focuses on the theme of immigration and adaptation to a new land.

Dakota Kraut: Collected Notes on How I Learned to Love My Accent and Ancestry
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, North Dakota State University Libraries, 2003
Front and back cover illustrations for "Dakota Kraut" by Ronald J. Vossler, a collection of twenty years of the author's publications in magazines, journals, newspapers, and websites.

Lost Shawls and Pig Spleens
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, North Dakota State University Libraries, 2002
Cover illustration and interior artwork for "Lost Shawls and Pig Spleens" by Ronald J. Vossler. The book consists of "ritual" greetings, quips, proverbs and the everyday humor of Germans from Russia who settled in the Dakotas between 1884-1914.

 

  Exhibits & Festivals   Chalk Art Retrospect, Amocat Cafe, Tacoma, WA 2//2011

EthnicFest Live Paint, Wright Park, Tacoma, WA 07/31/2011

Jazzbones Live Paint, Jazzbones, Tacoma, WA 7/15/2011

Jazzbones Rotating Art Exhibit, Jazzbones, Tacoma, WA 2010, 2011

Dichotomy, Tacoma Art Place, Tacoma, WA 6/6/2011-7/2-2011

Rabbituals Art Exhibit, Two Vaults Gallery, Tacoma, WA 08/20/2009 -09/12/2009

Metal-Urge, Tacoma, WA, 6/08/09 - 09/20/09

Brick and Mortar Art Love-In, Brick and Mortar Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 12/18/2008

Crime and Punishment Joint Exhibit, Brick and Mortar Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 11/20/2008

Open Studio Tour, Brick and Mortar Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 11/8/2008 - 11/9/2008

Chalk Art Retrospect, Herban Café, Tacoma, WA, 10/15/2008 - 4/1/2009)

TAP Solo Exhibit, Tacoma Arts Place, Tacoma, WA, 8/21/2008 - 9/21/2008

Gods and Monsters, The Lark Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 7/17/2008 - 08/17/2008

Art on the Avenue, 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA, 7/13/2008

TacomaOpolis Fundraiser: Fashion show and Art Exhibit, Tacoma, WA, 7/05/2008

The Swiss, Tacoma, WA, 7/01/2008 - 8/01/2008

Urban Art Festival, Fireman's Park, Tacoma, WA, 06/29/2008

A Horse is a Horse...Equine Exhibit, Two Vaults Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 04/17/2008 - 05/10/2008

Women's Art, Women's Vision, King's Books, Tacoma, WA, 03/07/2008 - 03/20/2008

Abztrakt Synergy Painting Performance, Hell's Kitchen, Tacoma, WA, 01/31/2008, 02/06/2008

Seattle Children's Hospital Fundraiser (art auction), Seattle, WA, 8/30/2007

Speaking in Tongues: The Spirit Unleashed Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore, WA, 07/08/2007 - 09/07/2007

McKinley Art Festival Tacoma, WA, 08/19/2007

Urban Arts Festival, Tacoma, WA, 07/30/2007

Big Art Show Baltimore #2, The Ottobar, Baltimore, MD, 03/03/2007

BONES Halloween Art Exhibit, Antreasian Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 10/21/2006 - 11/11/2006

Big Art Show Baltimore, The Ottobar, Baltimore, MD, 10/14/2006

Seattle Art, The West Coast, and More, Art Under Ground Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 09/09/2006 - 10/13/2006