Joshua H. Black has over 8 years of experience as a concept artist for Disney Interactive Studios and Saga Studios. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Brigham Young University and has taught figure drawing as an adjunct professor. Black spent 22 months serving as a missionary and volunteer in Guatemala, where he is fluent in Spanish and the Mayan dialect of Kaqchikel.

1. Joshua H. Black
72 South 980 East  AF, UT 84003  (801) 427-9310  Saqomolo@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Brigham YoungUniversity, Provo, UT
3.3 Major GPA
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EXPERIENCE
Disney Interactive Studios, Concept Artist, SLC, UT
 Artist level concept artist 05/27/2008-07/10/2016
Managed visual development and concept
 Created conceptual pieces for character, prop, and environment design
for Toy Story 3, Cars 2, and Disney’s Infinity 1, 2.0 Marvel, and 3.0 Star
Wars.
Saga Studios, Concept Artist, Orem, UT 01/2007-04/2007
 Freelance artist
 Character designer for Saga MMO
Brigham Young University, Adjunct Professor
 taught Figure Drawing 131 for Animation students for 1 semester
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VOLUNTEER
Guatemala City Central Mission, Guatemala
 Missionary-Volunteer service representative
 Zone Leader-Trained and managed 22 missionaries for 6 months
 District Leader-Supervised and taught 12 missionaries for 3 months
 22 months of in field experience as a service and teaching missionary in
Guatemala.
Various Community Service Projects
 Assisted in several different Eagle Scout projects serving the local
communities.
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ACTIVITIES,SKILLS,& INTERESTS
 Fluent in written and oral Spanish
 Speak Kaqchikel, a Mayan dialect
 Black Belt, In Taekwondo
 Interests include family, drawing, painting, sculpting, pottery, racquetball,
martial arts, ping pong and singing