Summary

            An organized and detail orientated team player hoping to join a dynamic 3D studio.  My passion lies in bringing game characters to life.  I am comfortable at adapting to various artistic styles and am skilled at creating 2D and 3D art.  I have a strong traditional art foundation acquired from the Animation Fine Arts Program at California State University, Fullerton.

Experience

2008 – Animation Apprentice
            Independent study under the direction of Scott Easley (veteran game artist and author of the Gnommon School DVD             Pipelines for Video Game Animation)

2008 – Character Modeler Intern, Dream Machine Studios
            Responsible for creating low to high poly models for in-game and cinematic sequences.  Edited and advised fellow interns             to improve their 3D character models

2007 – Assistant Animator, Nickelodeon Sponsored Flash Animation Short Film “How the Kitty Crumbles”
           (Produced in association with Cal State Fullerton)  Assisted with Flash character animation

2004 – Web Developer, VoltDelta Corporation
            Currently employed.  Responsible for creating and maintaining internal web sites including web server functionality and             technical support

• Autodesk Maya
• ZBrush
• Photoshop
• Flash

• Premiere Pro
• Mirage
• Image Ready
• Character Rigging

• UV Blend Shapes
• UV Unwrapping
• Model Optimization
• Texture Painting

• Traditional 2D Animation

• Storyboarding for Film & Animation

• Concept Art & Model Sheets

• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS Outlook
• MS Visio
• MS Sharepoint

• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Visual Web Developer
• HTML
• JavaScript

• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Active Server Pages (ASP)
• Database Creation
• Basic SQL

2008 - Bachelor of Fine Arts – Entertainment Art & Animation
           California State University, Fullerton

2003 – Liberal Arts Associate Degree & Web Designers Certificate
            Fullerton Junior College