About
Elyssa Marcelo
Game Designer, Illustrator, Animator,
Character Designer, Storyboard Artist
A passionate game designer interested in creating rich worlds and stories.
Please feel free to message me for business inquiries.
GAME DESIGN
New Features in Sky Village Trailer: Elyssa's Works
3D
3D Work
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2D Work
Elyssa Marcelo
(818) 287 - 1957
elyssamarcelo@gmail.com
Artist enthusiastic in Game and Character Design, Storyboarding, 2D and 3D animation, 3D modeling, and Rigging
Game Designer
November 2019 - April 2025
​Magic Flying Machine LLC - Magical I Am: Sky Village: Trail of Spells
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Built levels and activities in Unity using Adventure Creator for mobile RPG educational game, Sky Village: Trail of Spells
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Created pixel art assets and animations
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Edited scripts in Visual Studios in C#
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Processed and implemented user feedback
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Edited music and sound effects for designed activities
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Led and taught internship program
3D Modeler/ Rigger/ Renderer
July 2019 - November 2019
SurgTalk
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Created 3D models, rigs, textures, lights for educational surgical videos
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Rendered in Unity
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Final pass animation
Game Developer
September - December 2018
Mt. San Antonio
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Developed VR game for mobile devices for Mt SAC Game Fest
Assistant Language Teacher
August 2016 - August 2017
JET, Niigata prefecture, Japan
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Taught English classes in Japanese High schools
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Created English lessons and games
Teaching Assistant (Internship)
May - June 2014
Meiji Gakuin University
Taught, created exercises and lesson plans for English Composition class
Tutored college students in English writing and speaking
Volunteer
July - September 2012
Kaiser Permanente
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Attended to patients and escorted discharged patients in post cardiac surgery department
Education
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A.A., Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA Sept 2015 – June 2016, Sept 2017 – Aug 2019
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Concentrations: Animation​
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Meiji Gakuin University, Yokohama, Japan April – July 2014
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Concentrations: Global and International Studies
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B.S., Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA Sept 2010 – June 2014
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Concentrations: Biology
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Skills
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Game Designer
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Designed levels from block out to launch in Unity
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Built activities using visual scripting and assets from engineers and artists
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Created and edited UI
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Created gameplay loops, progression systems and economic systems
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3D
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Created 3D models in Maya and Zbrush
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Animated and rigged 3D models in Maya
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Created VR game in Unity
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Animator
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Animated characters, effects, objects in Unity and Toon Boom
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Illustrator
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Independent Illustrator
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Created illustration to display in Mt. SAC art gallery
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Character Artist
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Developed characters for indie game and personal projects
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Story Board Artist
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Made story boards with Toon Boom​​​
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Proficiency
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Unity
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Adobe Creative Suite
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Visual Studios
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Maya
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Toon Boom Harmony, Storyboard Pro
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Clip Studio Paint
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Microsoft Office Suite
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