OBJECTIVE

My objective is to find a job that enriches and challenges me, a job that leverages my strengths as an expert in my craft and field.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

ANIMATOR (CONTRACT)

EA CREATE/ EA Games
Seattle, Washington   (Remote) 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create layout scenes involving characters, props, and environment for cutscenes in-game.

• Utilize MotionBuilder, Maya, and proprietary tools to polish specific animations to a deliverable level for the outsourcing team to use as a standard.

• Prototype and facilitate tools, rigs, and procedures for a faster and more productive pipeline.

• Brainstorm and contribute to shots, helping set the tone for the cutscenes in pre-production.

• Train interns, and help new hires get familiar with procedures, tools, and programs.

TWITCH STREAMER / FREELANCE ARTIST

Twitch, Inc.
Seattle, Washington    

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Stream art processes online (animation, digital and traditional art).

• Build, interact and commit to a community of online subscribers, fans, and followers.

• Coordinate, manage, and complete commission artworks from art partons.

• Create artworks including watercolor paintings, emoji and character designs, animated logos.

GAMEPLAY ANIMATOR

Soulbound Studios
Seattle, Washington    

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Worked closely with senior animator, lead, game designer, and engineers to produce detailed and polished combat and transversal body mechanic animations.

• Worked closely with designers to plan out a complicated combat system that includes 5 style groups, with 33 different attack combos per style group. Each animation required a blend in and out transition animation. 

• Part of a two-person animation team that created compelling transversal animations through a complicated obstacle course. 

• Participated in weekly sprint planning and review – involves planning and organization with producers and fellow teammates, to ensure deliverable milestones to the project.

FREELANCE ANIMATOR (Remote)

Soulbound Studios
Seattle, Washington    

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create keyframe animated characters from start to polish in Maya.

• Coordinate, create, and deliver animation assets to the animation team.

• Contributes to brainstorming, reference gathering, acting, and team collaborations to ensure high-quality performance and visual aesthetics of gameplay animations.
  
  

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Gameplay Character Animator with a focus on motion-capture cleanup animation for console games.

• Animated professional athletes and captured their signature likenesses in-game.

• Personal responsibility and ownership of all dunks and free throw animations in-game.  

• Worked closely with producers, lead, and programmers to create and maintain an improved Free Throw pipeline that maintains the flow and detail of cut-up animations.

• Worked closely with supervising animators and assisted junior animators to establish realistic human motion and plausible character interactions within strict deadlines.

SHIPPED TITLES

2D CHARACTER ANIMATOR

Seth Zeichner Animation
Seattle, Washington

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Animated the main character for a 2D-animated television pilot.

• Incorporated and developed traditional animation skills to bring life and attitude to cartoon characters.

PRODUCTION INTERN

Lustre Communications
Seattle, Washington

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Interned at a creative design and post-production studio with professionals in advertising, animation, and motion graphics.

SKILLS

• 2D and 3D Animation

• Maya

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe After Effects

• Adobe Flash

• PerForce

• Outlook

• Illustration

EDUCATION

Ianimate.net: Jan 2015 - In Progress

Continued education attending courses from a prestigious online animation training school that solely focuses on animation, body mechanics, and workflow.

Animation Mentor.com: June 2012 - Nov 2012

Attended online courses from a prestigious animation training school that solely focuses on animation, body mechanics, and workflow.

Animation On-Site Workshop: Feb. 2011 - May 2011

Attended a 16-week course specifically focused on character animation and industry work ethics and responsibilities taught by Jean Denis Hass - Animation Lead at Industrial Light and Magic

The Art Institute of Seattle: Sept. 2005 - March 2009

B.F.A,  Media Arts and Animation