ALAYA

KNOWLTON

2D and 3D Generalist, Producer
USC Game Art B.F.A. 2026'


About Me

I am a student studying Game Art, pursuing a wide breadth of artistic knowledge and mediums.I am specializing in Art Production, Tech Art, and VFX.My future goal is to create a moving artistic experience that players find meaning and beauty in through the games that I work on.

Program Expertise

AUTODESK Maya
ADOBE After Effects
ADOBE Animate
ADOBE Fresco
ADOBE Illustrator
ADOBE Photoshop
ADOBE Premeire Pro
ADOBE Substance Painter
AFFINITY Designer
AFFINITY Photo
CELSYS Clip Studio Paint
BLACKMAGIC Da Vinci Resolve
MAXON Zbrush

Blender
Audacity
Celtx
Unity Engine
Unreal Engine
P4V (Perforce)
Miro
Google Docs, Sheets, Slides
MS Office (Word, Powerpoint, OneNote, Excel)
Notion
Procreate




3D Models and Rigs


Under Construction


Illustration work


Paintings




Visual Development

Aidacra

Aidacara Concept Art Collection (Original Concept)






Game Projects


LUME

Student Project with Ryan Rosendahl (avengineering)
Roles: Art, Level Design, Production

Lume is a 2D Puzzle Platformer I cocreated. I created the Art, Animation, and Visual Effects in the game. I also set dressed areas and worked on level and mechanic design.

Trailer



Screenshots


Echoes

Large Scale Student Project
Role: Art producer and 2D art generalist

Echoes is a 2D isometric roguelike I worked on. As one of our Art Producers I coordinated an art team of 13, ensuring an achievable timeline for us while coordinating with our other development teams and took part in crucial meetings determining our projects artistic needs and scope, while ensuring a cohesive aesthetic direction.As an artist on the project I also worked on implementing our animations in-engine, created VFX and UI element animations, and drew event paintings.

Trailer



password: echoesgdc



Animation


3D Character Animation Reel

Only the animation is mine




Game VFX Reel




2D Animation and Motion Graphics Reel

Everything is mine




Short Films

Roles: Director, Lead Artist, Storyboard Artist, Animator, Screenwriter, Editor


The Elite

Roles: Director, Lead Artist, Lead Animator, Screenwriter, Editor