Luke Finlayson
Art Director at Playfable
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolLuke Finlayson is an experienced Art Director and illustrator with over two decades crafting imaginative worlds for children’s media, now leading creative direction at Playfable. He combines hands-on illustration and 2D animation roots—from early work on New Zealand TV and Warner Brothers projects to international freelance commissions—with current IP development, including the debut title The Broken Lute. Based in Auckland, he bridges editorial, concept and character design to produce wholesome, values-driven storytelling that appeals to both kids and parents. His background spans studio leadership, pilot animation production, and long-term freelance partnerships across Paris, San Francisco and NZ, demonstrating a rare mix of creative leadership and adaptable production skills.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Freelance Art School
Github Skills (17)
react-redux9
peerjs9
redux7
mediasoup7
video-streaming6
streaming6
react6
nodejs6
webrtc6
kurento6
conferencing5
video-conferencing3
intellij-idea3
intellij2
jetbrains2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
luke-finlayson/ZoomingThroughTheFourthWall
Apr 2022 - Oct 2022
A video conferencing application built on React Redux and Node.js. Uses WebRTC via peerjs for video streaming between devices.
Contributions:227 commits, 16 PRs, 183 pushes in 6 months
reactpeerjsvideochatnode-jswebrtc
luke-finlayson/Rocketware
Aug 2020 - Apr 2023
Contributions:1 release, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 8 months
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