- Objective
- To obtain employment as an Environment Artist in a workplace that will allow me to adapt and expand my artistic creativity and technical skill
- Education
- Associate in Applied Science - 3D Graphics Programming
Parkland College, Champaign IL
Fall 2004 - 2007 - Autodesk Maya 3D Software Certification - 2006
- 3D Software Development Certification - 2007
View Full Course List3D Computer Animation I: "Modeling and Rendering"
3D Computer Animation II: "Motion and Animation"
3D Computer Animation III: "Character Development"
3D Computer Animation IV: "Advanced Visual Effects"
2D Design
2D Animation
Color Theory
Game Design
Programming in C
Programming in C++
Graphics Programming I
Graphics Programming II: "Game Programming"
Procedural Visual Effects
Calculus
Cisco Networking I, II, III and IV
UNIX Operating System
Other General Courses
- Associate in Applied Science - 3D Graphics Programming
- Programs
- Autodesk Maya
- Hard Surface and Organic Modeling (High / Low Resolution), Texturing, UV Mapping, Lighting, Rendering, Particle Systems, Rigging, Rigid and Soft Body Dynamics, MEL Scripting and Tool Development. *Most proficient package
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- Modeling, Texturing, UV Mapping
- Adobe Photoshop
- Hand-Painted and Photo-Sourced Textures, Concept, Design and Illustration
- Pixologic ZBrush
- Sculpting for high resolution models
- Auxiliary Applications
- Unreal Editor 3, 8 Monkey Labs' Marmoset Toolbag, xNormal, Crazy Bump
- Adobe After Effects
- Post-Production, Compositing, 2D Animation and Motion Graphics
- Development
- C/C++, OpenGL, CG, MEL, Python, Renderman API, XHTML, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery
- Experienced in both Windows and Unix environments
- Autodesk Maya
- Employment
- Freelance Artist
Web Developer, Graphic Designer & 3D Artist
January 2007 – Present- Create logos, websites, content, and all other forms of art for client's needs
- Maintain the balance between attention to detail and satisfying project deadlines
- Create and texture 3D Models for casual web game
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Polygoonswww.polygoons.com & boards.polygoons.com
- Website and Forum for Digital Artists of my home town
- Tri-weekly speed-modeling competitions (occasional prizes)
- Forum integration and custom personal galleries in progress
- Extensive Wordpress and phpBB3 theme manipulation
Chris Whitaker: Portfoliowww.funkybunnies3d.com
- Utilized Chris' custom artwork to develop and image the layout site - Directed Chris in the creation of images for more complex usage and then built around them with CSS efficient use - Custom tabbed interface using Javascript and jQuery. Additional custom hash system enables easy linking to a specific tab, expanding specified tab automatically
Circle L Ranchwww.circlel.org
- A non-profit animal rescue in Prescott Valley, AZ - Design of all graphics and images - Extensive Wordpress theme manipulation (custom images and PHP functions)
Sustainable Outreach Solutionswww.sos-org.org
- A non-profit that rovides water wells, medical equipment, clothing and medical brigades to communities in need around the world. - Domain Registration, Wordpress Installation, and Reliable Hosting - Extensive Wordpress Theme Manipulation (custom images and PHP functions) - Currently under construction but running live for donations and accessability
Equine Facilitated Healingwww.equinefacilitatedhealing.info
- Domain Registration, Wordpress Installation and Reliable Hosting - Creation of non-coder friendly markup for more advanced formatting solutions - Wordpress Theme Modification
Rory Jones: Portfoliowww.roryjones.net
- Website design from the ground up, coded in Notepad++ - Custom auto-populating/linking gallery built using php and javascript greatly simplifies updates - Design of all graphics and images (of course)
- Web Developer & 3D Artist
Adayana Government Group
February 2010 – Present- Web Development and 3D Environment Art for online courses and educational gameware
- Data Visualization Programmer
Illinois State Water Survey, Center for Watershed Science
July 2006 – December 2006- Create proprietary software to generate and display 3D topology using USGS Digital Elevation Map data
- Display / Animate data sets and highlight occurrences of water breach in a real-time OpenGL application
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- Classroom Assistant
Parkland College, College for Kids Program
Summer 2006- Assisted Laura Cosner in the teaching of Maya and Photoshop to 4th - 9th grade community children
- Subjects taught include modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering and animation
- Freelance Artist
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