Objective
To be part of a team devoted to high quality craftsmanship regardless of style, genre, or application.
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- Keyframe animation with rich secondary motion
- Creating highly detailed textures through photography, Photoshop, and ProFX MaPZone
- Creating maya shader networks to imitate expensive rendering effects quickly
- Learning new scripting languages and overuse of the phrase "I'll just make a script for that..."
- Inability to stop deconstructing game mechanics while playing just about anything
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Work Experience
Callan Studios, L.L.C. |
Jan 2009 - Current |
| Animator |
Tampa, FL |
Projects
- 5 and counting pre-pilot shorts for children's television based on popular toy lines ranging from muddy trucks, to cute pets, baby dolls, and more.
- 2 television advertisements for The Game of Things™
Responsibilities
- Animate, animate, animate, and can we get some lip sync with that?
- Rigging and creation of animation controls, both for local use and use by partner studios
- Modeling, UV mapping, and texturing for HD rendering
- Shader networks to produce effects like global illumination and SSS in much less time
- Lighting direction and coordination
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Webfoot Technologies. |
Jan 2009 - Current |
| Contract Artist & Designer |
Tampa, FL |
Projects
- A word-based puzzle game under a popular educational license (DS, in development)
Responsibilities
- Create 2D & 3D game assets
- Design gameplay elements and aid in documentation writing
- Assist in dialog and script writing
- Write photoshop scripts to speed artist workflow
- Translate between English and Spanish when required on the team
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Self_Employed |
Feb 2007 - Current |
| Web Master, Game Designer, 3D Generalist |
Tampa, FL |
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FX-Interactive, L.L.C. |
April 2006 - May 2007 |
| Animator, Environment Artist, Design Advisor |
Tampa, FL |
- Create environment assets including custom SpeedTree library
- Rig and animate creatures
- Assist in pipeline evaluation including: Euphoria, ProFX, and the Hero Engine
- Proactively participate in the game design process solidifying concepts into documentation
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Education |
| International Academy of Design and Technology |
September 2006 |
| Bachelor of Fine Arts, Computer Animation |
Tampa, FL |
Technical Abilities
| 3D Software |
2D Software |
Programming / Scripting |
- Maya
- SpeedTree
- Z-Brush
- Motion Builder
- Mojoworld / Vue
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- Photoshop
- ProFX / MapZone
- After Effects
- Crazybump
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- MEL
- PHP / MySQL
- HTML / CSS
- Javascript / JSX
- C++
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