Cassie Lakey
I graduated college in winter of 2009 from the Art Institute of Colorado with a Bachelors in Media Arts and Animation. My career goals are to inspire creativity in all those around me through my own artwork.
2005-2009
During College (2005-2009)- I was employed with nimbus gaming where I worked on an online community game. where I was the flash assistant and character designer for the duration of about a year. I have also had my art work on display at Lux deVil on Santa Fe blvd Denver CO, for the duration of 3 months. Also there I was a featured artist doing body painting at a first Friday event. I had an internship with Impossible Pictures where I put in 120 hours. I also have lots of copy and print experience, due to working for Office Depot and Staples as a copy and print associate.
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2010
I worked in the iphone game field, I was a concept artist at Back Flip Studios out of Boulder CO. I also was a contracted artist at Motion 9 Studios based out of NJ as a concept artist and 2d animator. On August 7th 2010 one of my gallery pieces "Communication" was picked to be on the front page of NewGrounds.com where it got more that 19,866 views and 388 people voted making it a 4.1 out of 5 and a 9.5 out of 10. During the fall season of 2010, I worked with LFX doing set work and special effects make up as well.
2011
I founded a new studio based out of Denver CO called DeadOn Studios llc. You can visit the site at DeadOnStudios.weebly.com . March 15th to July 18th I volunteered at ACRC a halfway house for woman where I taught Art and Emotional drawing. September I became the Art Director for a start up company called Buffalo Cartoons based out of Boulder CO. December 1st one of my art pieces "Slave to Time" was selected for the front page of NewGrounds.com where it got more than 18,660 views and 406 voted making it a 4.21 out of 5 and a 9.4 out of 10. December 15th I was a featured artist at raw natural artists event at the Jets Hotel where I release the first episode of "Death By Zombie" the first part of an animated web-series. Also in the month of December I was a featured alumni artist at the Art Institute of Colorado for my work created for Motion 9 studios.
2012
I Worked through DeadOn Studios llc with a local band "The Siren Project" to create a music video for their moving and dramatic song "Katyn". The Siren Project needed an animation that captured the meaning behind the song. "Katyn" is about the Katyn Massacre that happened in Russia in the 1940s during WWII. Thousands of Polish soldiers and Polish figures of importance (about 20,000 people) were brought to Katyn Forest and executed. Russia had blamed the mass execution on the Nazis and later reviled that they were responsible in 2010.
2013
DeadOn Studios llc I worked with The Denver University. I created several 3d models of a bear's head and mouth, for use on a display screen on a robotic teddy bear, to simulate expression and speech. I also worked remotely with Pink Global Technologies out of Spain on a 2d animated series-pilot. For the summer season I worked as a caricature artist at the Denver Zoo. For the Fall season I worked as a Special Effects Artist for Asylum haunted house, Zombie Dash and Zombie Crawl events. Through DeadOn Studios llc I worked on "Imagining Monsters" a children's book about being afraid of the dark, the book was launched on Kickstarter and was funded unsuccessfully. "Imagining Monsters" will still be released at a later date, stay tuned. I also worked with "Storywar" creating game assets such as; achievements, ranks and trophies for their online social game.
2014
Continuing projects through DeadOn Studios llc I again worked with the Denver University on a new project. Modifying a 3D model of a female face to project on to a plastic cast, another robot. I continued work with "Storywar" creating more game assets for their online social game due to release in 2016. I worked with "One Room SchoolHouse" creating the vector graphics and full puzzle map for the app "Puzzlin' Pieces: USA" a game that teaches kids the states in a fun an interactive way. Released that same year and can be found in the apple story for iPad and iPhone. I also worked with ClassiCon designing logo and mascot t for the new gamers convention due to happen in 2015. I was a part of a Ludum Dare 72 hour game jam challenge with a small team, we created a fun and working game. For the Fall season I worked for the Asylum haunted house again, were I continued to make them creepy zombies. Working with Kevon Ward on his feature length film "Hans Crippleton: Talk to the Hans" I created Stop motion animation to be placed on top of live footage, a logo intro animation, and a 2D animated short. I also worked as a package designer and graphic designer for "SafeTgard" known for their sports gear and are in such stores as Walmart, Target, and Sports Authoritys all over the world.
2015
I was hired in May of this year, by bieMedia a multimedia studio in Denver CO as a full time animator. Through this studio I have made several character designs, storyboards and 2d animations that can be watched on the "animation" tab and "latest work" tab.
Here at DeadOn Studios llc. we had lots of things happening - our in-house project "Aden VanWick" the stop motion short was in production. We also worked very closely with several clients this year: including Rock Star Boot co. (Rick Beckwith) designing package design, apparel and accessories. Classic Con creating T-shirts, flyers, business cards and much more. Also random clients creating logos and mascots.
The film that I worked on in 2014 by Kevon Ward received distribution this year and was release in November to the public!
Here at DeadOn Studios llc. we had lots of things happening - our in-house project "Aden VanWick" the stop motion short was in production. We also worked very closely with several clients this year: including Rock Star Boot co. (Rick Beckwith) designing package design, apparel and accessories. Classic Con creating T-shirts, flyers, business cards and much more. Also random clients creating logos and mascots.
The film that I worked on in 2014 by Kevon Ward received distribution this year and was release in November to the public!
2016
Still working with bieMedia to create custom animations as well as animations for investopedia. Through bieMedia I created with a few other artists the "Katknip" web series. It was great to work with them on this project as well on other creative nonsensical animations. We created the channel Dude "Where's my Coffee?" where I created the logo for that channel as well as the logo and intro for Words with Mayo. All the custom animations I created for bieMedia can be viewed on my "animation" tab. I stopped working for bieMedia in August to pursue the growth of my own multi media company DeadOn Studios... DeadOnStudios.weebly.com through DeadOn I have created several illustrations, comics and logos.
2017
I am in the middle of moving my site, so I haven't been updating it as often as I would like. I am moving it to http://cassiegobbo.wixsite.com/artist if you are wondering what I am up to I am updating my studio website very often. http://deadonstudios.weebly.com/ So far this year is off to a great start my client through DeadOn; Invitrogen just released the first comic/animation of 20 on twitter and facebook. My client Fresh Cow Manager had gone to 2 different expos with our explainer application animation, sales kit design, booth design, business cards, and brochure design. Just to name a few of the incredible projects I have been involved with so far this year.
My studio is growing faster than I could have dreamed and I look forward to a full future of project and passion projects through my studio. Please keep following me and please leave me comments on my studio blog as I know I get a lot of traffic but I don't get any comments... Just say "Shout out to Cassie," and say how you found us and how you like the direction of our work. If you miss the dark stuff then say so, I want to hear from you!
My studio is growing faster than I could have dreamed and I look forward to a full future of project and passion projects through my studio. Please keep following me and please leave me comments on my studio blog as I know I get a lot of traffic but I don't get any comments... Just say "Shout out to Cassie," and say how you found us and how you like the direction of our work. If you miss the dark stuff then say so, I want to hear from you!
2018
It has been over a year since I last updated this website and for good reason. I have moved my studio to DeadOnStudios.com and have really taken off professionally. We went through this rebrand to make our selves more marketable to the public. Yet now we are diving in to more in-house projects then ever. Ocotober of 2018 I did a comic release of the first issue of WarDreams a comic about a young girl trapped in a world of fantasy. We had our second year at the Grand Junction Comic Con and we created lots of new products. We have worked a bit with Market Element and a few other freelance jobs in comics. I picked up the project Imagining Monsters again and have completed 6 whole pages with plans of its full release early 2019.
2019
So far we are off to a great start for 2019 as we launched our online shop on DeadOnStudios.com in the first week of January. Thanks to all those that have followed my page for so long. I am sorry for the lack of updates. I have pretty much moved completely over to my studio site and my facebook page "Cassie Gobbo Draws", Pateron for behind the scenes updates and youtube. Please subscribe to to my youtube channel so I know you are watching! It will give me more motivation to keep creating :D