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Dana Amundsen creates intricate fantasy illustrations and comics using a combination of digital painting and 3D modeling techniques inspired by novels and her own original stories.
Dana believes drawings are vehichles for communication and storytelling in addition to being beautiful works of art and would love to work with you to tell your story through drawings.
Contact
Email Dana at danaamundsen@gmail.com
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
- Clip Studio Paint
- Blender
- HTML/CSS
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts and English
University of Louisville
May 2013
Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Louisville with a BFA in Fine Art and English.
Illustrations
Design and Build Great Web APIs
Series of Illustrations
October, 2020
Worked with Mike Amundsen to create a series of illustrations to communicate ideas explained in the book Design and Build Great Web APIs. This project took place over 3 months and involved lots of back and forth with the author. The author provided concept sketches for the ideas he wanted illustrated, which I then used to compose a coherent set of illustrations to use in the book.
Restful Web Clients
Character Illustrations
November, 2016
Created 4 characters to be used throughout the book as avatars for the reader to learn through.
Louisville Magazine
Splash Illustrations
2014 - 2016
Worked with Louisville Magazine 3 times over the course of 3 years to provide splash illustrations for the magazine. These illustrations include Sledding with a Snowman, Fish in the Sea, and Butchertown.
Trash Lord
Series of illustrations for a text based twine game
July, 2016
Collaborated with a fellow creative to create a series of illustrations for a text based game where the player crash lands on a mysterious planet. The author shared their story ideas and over the course of 3 meetings we decided on the concepts that would become illustrations for the game.
From Stacia to Hyperiod and Back: A Hypermedia Hero’s Tale
Series of Illustrations
May, 2015
Created a series of illustrations based on Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey to accompany a talk about hypermedia by Mike Amundsen.
The Vagina Zine
Featured Illustration
September, 2012
Illustration titled Lonely Alone featured in the Fall 2012 edition of The Vagina Zine, a Texas based feminist zine that is no longer in publication.
Comics and Zines
Waiter Cat
Zine
October, 2021
A humorous 8 page zine about a cat waiting tables.
Space Cat
Comic in The Louisville Cartoonist Society Presents: SPACE
July, 2016
An 8 page comic featured in the 2016 Louisville Cartoonist Society anthology. My work was also featured on the back cover of the anthology.
Lady Knight
Webcomic
2015-2021
In 2015 I began my first web comic project, title Lady Knight. The comic was updated frequently in the first year of it’s publishing but was then updated sporadically until I left the project on hiatus. I was the sole creator of the comic, from the scripting, to thumbnails, to lines, and tones/color. I also ran all of the social media promotions and digital publishing of the comic.
The Forest of the Unicorn
Comic in The Louisville Cartoonist Society Presents: Tall Tales & Little Lies
July, 2015
10 page comic features in the Louisville Cartoonist Society yearly anthology for 2015. This comic eventually became a prequel to my long running web comic Lady Knight. My work was also selected for the back cover.
Cat Butts
Zine
July, 2015
A humorous zine filled with illustrations of cats grooming themselves.
To Philosophy or Not To Philosophy
Comic for the University of Louisville Philosophy Department
August, 2013
Dr. Brian Barnes of the Philosophy department was funding a comic to use in class and recruitment. The project was a collaboration between many artists. I revised the script and created a 10 page comic from thumbnails to final inks, as well as designing a cover illustration for the comic.
Art Shows and Conventions
Derby City Comic Con
Comic and Pop Culture Convention
July, 2016
Cavalcade of Comics
Comic Convention
November, 2015
Oldham County Comic Con
Comic and Book Convention
August, 2015
Derby City Comic Con
Comic and Pop Culture Convention
July, 2015
Tiny Trifecta Art Show
Rock Paper Scissors, Cincinnati
Spring, 2015
Participated in a art show featuring local artists small works.