skills
Design
UX Design
Visual Design / Illustration
Writing
Proofreading & Editing
Localization (English)
Captioning & Transcription
Multimedia
UTAU voice library development
Hi! I'm Sarah! I was born and raised in Austin, TX, which is where I live now.
All my life, I've had a passion for design: art, music, languages. Learning new things and finding more avenues to understand the world around me. I've spent most of my life tinkering and creating -- writing, drawing, music, UTAU voice library programming, even some web design and coding back in the old-school days of HTML when life was tables, frames, and image maps.
And dial-up modems.
There is nothing that I love and enjoy more than a challenge: to sit down and figure out a way to do something better by finding a way to simplify the complicated, to create a more streamlined process, to make things easier for others to understand. "How do we/I?" is a question that I think about a lot, even in my free time.
In games, it's figuring out strategies for beating challenges in video games, or contemplating less-than-optimal player experiences and how they could be avoided or remedied. In real life, it's basic problem-solving: breaking down what seems like an overwhelming crisis into simple tasks that can be completed and checked off.
In my free time, I'm an avid reader, sketcher, music-lover and font-hoarder. I'm also currently learning German (via Duolingo) for fun.
A "tessera" is the official name for the tiles used for making mosaics. They're such a small, simple thing, but they're important. Each piece brings something to the mosaic, adding up to make the work as a whole.
I like to think of my skills and abilities in a similar way: a collection of pieces that help to make up who I am. More importantly, that's also how I tend to view myself: a piece that, individually, can shine, but is most useful when working as a part of something bigger than myself.
Design
UX Design
Visual Design / Illustration
Writing
Proofreading & Editing
Localization (English)
Captioning & Transcription
Multimedia
UTAU voice library development
Operating Systems
Mac OS X
Android
Illustration / Visual / Web / Graphic Design
Figma, Adobe Photoshop Elements,
Clip Studio Paint, Mobirise
Music/Media
UTAU-Synth
iMovie
GarageBand
Google
UX Design Certification
2021-current
Writing
Localization / Editing / Proofreading
2020-Current
PlaytestCloud
Mobile Game Tester (Android)
2020-Current
Rev
Transcriptionist
2017-2020
Personal Care Attendant (In-Home)
2013-2019
Thanks for checking out my work!
Questions, comments? Interested in reaching out? Feel free to use the form below to send me a message, or contact me via email!