Animator

• Creating keyframe human, creature, and object animation for visual effects and pre-visualization using Maya.
• Animating cameras and choreographing shots to frame characters, backgrounds, and action based on storyboards.
• Compositing, rotoscoping, and rig removal

Films and Commercials:
- Hot Wheels “Keys to Speed,” “Custom Motors,” “Trick Tracks Dino,” and “Trick Tracks Robots” commercials
- Matchbox “Mega Rig Dinosaur Hunters,” “Mega Rig Jurassic Copter,” and “Wolf Mountain” commercials
- Fisher Price “Uno Moo” commercial
- “Golchin” commercial
- Dick’s Sporting Goods and Nike ACG “Life in Layers” commercial
- Solomon Kane movie previz
- Rainbow Tribe movie

CG Artist

• Modeling high-res interior and exterior car models used for web assets and advertisements.
• Modifying existing geometry to achieve product correct models in 3ds Max.
• Creating and Adjusting materials, textures and lighting to achieve realistic renders using V-ray.

Projects:
• Hyundai 360 car renders
• Nissan Maxima web advertisements

Game Studio Intern

• Modeling props and assets in 3ds Max for the Xbox 360 title ‘Vigilante 8: Arcade’.
• Creating textures for props and various assets

Environment/Prop Artist

• Modeling and texturing assets in 3ds max for the Unreal 2004 Game Mod ‘Mythos’.
• Working cooperatively in a team.

Keyframe character animation, compositing, hard surface and organic modeling, high-poly and low poly modeling, texturing, UVW mapping, pelt mapping, projection mapping, lighting, pre-visualization, and rotoscoping.

• Maya: animation, modeling, UV mapping, lighting
• 3D Studio Max: animation, modeling, UV mapping, lighting
• Adobe Photoshop: texture painting, texture creation from photo source, photo editing and manipulation
• After Effects: compositing and simple motion graphics
• Rendering Software: Mental Ray and V-ray
• Nuke, Shake, Zbrush, Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Motor

Media Arts and Animation

• 3.8 GPA