About tori.png
Art / Design / Games / Esports
Hi there! My name is Tori. I am a digital artist based in the US who specializes in merch, toy, and game design. I pursued a degree in game design and graduated with a BFA in 2018. I was able to explore game development process through Unity and Unreal Engine and learned 3D modelling, texturing, and sculpting fundamentals through programs like Maya, Blender, Zbrush, 3DCoat, and others. Professionally, I am most experienced in 2D art and asset creation.
Outside of career, I am a competitive Splatoon player! Hoping to compete in more upcoming tourneys and LANs. I like to bridge my skills and interests in these spaces and I want to seek more recreational opportunities in Esports merch designing and team and tournament production branding.
Independently I run my own shop to feature merchandise with my original and game-inspired artworks! I sell online and in person at conventions, LANs, and fairs. I love to travel for events within the states but I would love to go international if I get the chance! Upcoming in-person events are listed on the events page in the ‘about’ drop-down.
As a business-person, I have an intense care for ethics and sustainability. I am heavily invested in researching the hand and machine made processes in every product I sell. I pursue ways to re-create items by my own hand and this has informed my design decisions as well as carved a path for understanding how to make a more comfortable and mutually beneficial connection with suppliers. To me, it is important that the businesses you connect with also succeed.
In tandem with learning more about sustainability, my material research has led to me taking up an inventor’s role. Many of the products I sell are unique to my store because they are new- my idea brought from concept to fruition. One example is my pin banners- banners aren’t a novel concept but the ones I sell have a production process that I experimented, communicated, and negotiated for. They were created with unique display solutions in mind. I want to continue to solve display problems in the future with new or improved inventions!
