Jason Baskin is a Portland, Oregon-based artist/educator. He has been creating artwork and animation for print, broadcast, and game projects since 1991, producing character designs...view moreJason Baskin is a Portland, Oregon-based artist/educator. He has been creating artwork and animation for print, broadcast, and game projects since 1991, producing character designs, 3D models, rigs, scripts, and animations for major clients such as LAIKA, SEGA, Disney Interactive, Intel, and Columbia Sportswear. Last year, Jason completed work on a full character rigging pipeline for SEGA’s Alien: Isolation console game (2014). His loose, expressive pen and ink illustrations for Ordinary Dogs, Extraordinary Friendships earned praise from Kirkus reviews.
For the past eight years, Jason has served as a full-time Instructor at the Art Institute of Portland, teaching 3D Animation, Character Setup (Rigging), Organic and Hard Surface 3D Modeling, MEL Scripting, and Senior 3D Production Classes. He has also created original online course content for the Virtual Training Company, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, and Lynda.com. Jason earned his MFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design in fall of 2014. You can see more of Jason's illustration work at www.baskindraws.com.view less