Dasani johnson
Character Designer & Digital Illustrator
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Concept Design- Characters, props,etc
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Comics
Welcome to New Vulpine: No.1 (2024)
About a group of goths getting trapped in a mall as the apocalypse begins.
RAW (2023)
A comic about a young man coming back to life and his search for his best friend
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Relevant Design Projects
Unsaved Changes - Game created for 2024 Scream Jam, VCU Fall 2024
• Collaborated with a team of 4 to create a horror-themed, text-based puzzle game
• Worked with programmers and composers to achieve a collective vision for our game
• I provided illustrations, character, and scene designs to this project
Season of Blight - project for Art for Gaming Industry, VCU Spring 2024
• Created a game art package for a hypothetical game pitch
• This pitch includes a map, an environmental illustration, character design, prop design, a logo, and a piece of key art
Limbus - game created for VCU Dream Jam, March 2024
• Collaborated with a team of 5 to develop a visual novel game about death from concept to prototype
• Worked with programmers and composers to achieve a collective vision for our game
• Co-wrote and created all character sprites for the visual novel
Resume
Daylight Publications - Remote -Character Artist
August 22, 2023 to Present
• Communicated with my art director to discuss and create concepts for different projects
• Project-based work
• Completing work before allotted deadlines
Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, VA, -FWS - Office and Facilities Assistant
October 16, 2023 to Present
• Monitoring the Communication Arts Computer Lab
• Logistics, service, and maintenance of facilities and equipment that facilitate the department’s curriculum
• Ensure equipment is not removed from the lab, and remains in good working order
• Ensure facilities' cleanliness, and provide minor maintenance such as patching and painting walls when necessary
• Assisting students with basic computer lab access questions
• Assisting within the Communication Arts main office
• Completing other tasks as directed by supervisors
Ross, Suffolk VA — Stock Associate
May 17, 2023 - August 4, 2023
• Effectively communicate with Customers, Associates, and Store Leadership in a friendly, respectful, cooperative, and pleasant manner
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations commonly used in retail environments
• Ability to regularly bend at the waist, squat, kneel, climb, carry, reach, and stoop
• Ability to occasionally push, pull and lift more than 25 pounds
• Other duties as assigned.
Unbroken LLC, Portsmouth —Administrative Associate
June 1, 2022- August 19, 2022
• Filed and organized documents in a timely manner.
• Collected and distributed mail
• Prepared communications, such as memos, emails,
invoices, reports, and other correspondence
• Maintained confidential records and files
• Ensured office had supplies and other needed materials.
• Other duties as assigned.
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Games
Limbus - 2024
A short 2D visual novel about a character trying to escape death.You play as Riley, a young accountant who tries to scope out a camping site for their girlfriend, Eve. Riley has a terrible accident in the wilderness, and now walks a thin line between life and death. Will they be reunited with their lover? Or does a quiet and lonely end await them?Created in one week for Dream Collab Jam.I created the character designs and all character sprites used in game.
You're the last one alive. That's about all you know.A Windows 95 style puzzle game created in 1 week for Scream Jam 2024I created character designs, UI elements, and CGs!
About
Meet The Artist!
My name is Dasani Johnson, and I'm a Black Virginia-based character and concept designer. I mostly do character design and narrative illustrations but I also have experience creating assets for video games. Thid includes character sprites, illustrations, cover art, and more! I'm very passionate about video games and narrative-driven horror, and I hope to do more work with games in the future!
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