Cody Dallas Gauthier's Projects

BFA Student

Major: Illustration

Graduation Year: 2017

Artist Statement:

As an aspiring concept artist, my goal is to create characters and craft stories
through my illustrations that form a connection with the viewer. The aspect of my craft that I mostly concentrate on is character design. It is the facet of narrative based art that I have always been most drawn towards. Speaking visually, I aim to create expressive and dynamic characters that are distinct in appearance, but also reflect the internal attributes they possess.
For thesis, it was my original intention to work with a set of characters I had created previously. However, I realized I was straying into passion project territory, and as a result would be resistant in taking criticism or making necessary changes. So I decided to start with a new story, allowing myself to try something different, working within a genre I hadn’t previously, and aiming for a broad range of characters to help diversify my portfolio. This was an important opportunity for me, as in the past I had become too comfortable relying of my older characters, dampening my creativity. The overall goal has been to create a thesis project that is the high point of my current professional portfolio.

Biography:

Cody Dallas Gauthier is an illustration senior currently enrolled in the BFA program at Maine College of Art, 2017. His current body of work focuses on the creation of character concepts and designs. While his finished work is presented mainly in a digital format, he enjoys beginning his artistic process in the traditional realm. He has displayed his work in multiple school sponsored, merit based, art shows.
Cody has worked on two internships based in the creating of visual narratives. He also has experience doing some freelance work, and is currently based out of Brattleboro, VT.