O B J E C T I V E
To bring my experience and creativity as a lead 3D character artist to your company to help push your current project to the next exciting level of game play, as well as challenge myself for professional and personal growth.
W O R K H I S T O R Y
Self-Employed
3D Modeler, Texturer, and Animator; August 2007 - Present
- Continue my 3D knowledge by modeling a complete Robot Girl game character with Normal map.
- Work with A&K Engineering to develop a set of 3D animations for trainings.
- Contracted design work with P3, LLC, realizing ideas in 2D and 3D.
- Did 3D modeling work for BDR International
Applied Ideas, Inc.
Lead Technical Artist; November 2000 - July 2007
- Worked on the online game/chat program imstar* for 3 years in 3ds Max
- Created the 2d concept of the boy and girl avatars
- Modeled, textured, and rigged the two main characters
- Created facial and body morphs
- Created facial and body animations using traditional rigging, Character Studio, and motion capture; then edited them for accuracy
- Set up modeling, texturing, and rigging paradigms for interchangeable clothing
- Modeled, textured, and rigged clothing and hairstyles
- Created a high-poly version of the girl avatar for marketing purposes
- Oversaw the work of 5 other artists and assured that their work would translate to the game correctly.
- Designed various low-poly and high-poly models in 3ds Max; textured, rigged, and animated them; and placed them in environments.
- Several models were used at the Game Developer Conference in a seminar highlighting character creation.
- Models were also used in game design training for students at Digital Media Academy, the Academy of Game Entertainment Technology, and California State University, Long Beach
- Taught all aspects of 3ds Max at high school and college levels.
- Instructed employees at Electronic Arts in 3ds Max Fundamentals, organic modeling, rigging, and animation to help transition them from Maya for a specific project.
- Contributed to Autodesk (3ds Max 5, 6 and 7) and 3ds Viz courseware
- Coauthored Character Studio 3.5 courseware
- Wrote curriculum and modeled scenes in 3ds Max for A3D (Autodesk Animation Academy) scientific visualization modular classes for students at high school level and coauthored the teacher guides.
- Wrote curriculum and modeled scenes in Maya for A3D (Autodesk Animation Academy) scientific visualization modular classes for students at high school level and coauthored the teacher guides.
E D U C A T I O N
Autodesk Certified Instructor; 3ds Max Fundamentals (Certificate) - November 2004
California State University Long Beach; 3ds Max (Certificate) - February 2000
University of California, Irvine - 1986 - 1991
- Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art - Cum Laude
- Bachelor of Science in Information and Computer Science
C R E A T I V E E X P E R I E N C E
- Concept Art/Design
- Life Drawing/Painting
- 3ds Max
- Maya
C O M P U T E R S K I L L S
- Working on computers for 18+ years (both PC and Mac).
- Program use: 3ds Max (8 years), Maya (1 year), PhotoShop (10+ years).
A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N
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