Professional Experience

Texture artist, lighting and rendering, “Stroke of Genius” short film project, Ball State University, Muncie, IN Fall 2012

- Worked with a team in a studio environment to finish an animated short in 5 months.

- Developed, modeled, textured outdoor environment to fit a painterly, stylized theme.

- Created textures for props in scenes to follow a painterly style theme.

- Lit and rendered outdoor night scenes and indoor day and night scenes to incorporate fire ambience.

- Collaborated with a team to create a short animated film in 10 weeks.

- Used 3D computer software to model props to be used for characters and environmental elements in action scenes.

- Worked with a small group to complete an animated short film in 49 hours.

- Textured and animated 2D character designs and interpreted them to be utilized in a 3D environment.

Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Major: Animation
Graduated Cum Laude

Related coursework: Pre-Production, Storyboarding, Visual Effects

Software Other

- Autodesk Maya - Storyboarding

- Autodesk Mudbox - Animatic

- Adobe Photoshop

- Adobe After Effects

- Adobe Flash