Bio Benjamin Harris is a New Jersey–based artist and a 2005 Illustration graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He has worked professionally as an illustrator and 3D animation contractor for videogame companies including Sid Meier's Firaxis Games and Big Huge Games. His art focuses on "Inner-Life Portraits", highly stylized caricatures painted with influences ranging from toys and animation to entomology and optics. Ben's works have been exhibited throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Solo Exhibits 2007 Last Party on Earth, Part 2 - PennState York Glatfelter Library, York, PA Group Exhibits 2007 Dark Side of the Moon, Home Fine Arts Gallery, Mount Holly, NJ WAA Annual Members' Show - Burlington County Library, Westampton, NJ 2005 Commencement Exhibition - MICA Bunting Center, Baltimore, MD Illustration Thesis Show - MICA Brown Center, Baltimore, MD Employment Freelance Interactive Media Contractor. Feb 2006 - Present Big Huge Games, Timonium, Maryland Art Intern. July 2005 - Feb 2006 - Modeled and textured terrain and environmental objects, designed levels, and created procedural vegetation for Rise of Legends. - Responsibilities included creating vegetation, terrain, props, and environments for ten distinct tilesets. Designed many game levels from concept to polish phases. Firaxis Games, Hunt Valley, Maryland Art Intern. May 2002 - Jan 2005 - Created concept art, models, textures, and animations for Sid Meier's Pirates!, Civilization IV, and another title that is currently under development. - Design tasks included characters, costumes, creatures, environments, vehicles, weapons, armor, and props for three distinct genres and many time periods and cultures. Skills Drawing, Painting, Conceptual Development, Photoshop, Painter, 3DStudio Max Education Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Baltimore, Maryland Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration May, 2005 References Dave Inscore, Art Director, Big Huge Games Jerome Atherholt, Lead Artist, Firaxis Games Susan Waters-Eller, Professor of Drawing, MICA Richard Lipscher, Professor of Animation, MICA

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