RESUME
JOB EXPERIENCE:
LOOK-DEVELOPMENT ARTIST: Disney Animation Studio, Burbank, CA (March 09-Present)
Tick Tock Tale, Tangled, Prep and Landing: Operation Secret Santa, Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice, Lion King 3D
- Works with directors, art directors and look and lighitng supervisors to create final looks and materials for 3D characters, props, and environments to be used in production.
- Creates shader parameters, paints, and applies textures, foliage, fur, hair to accomplish the art direction goals for characters, environments and props.
PRODUCER | DESIGNER : Company Wide Shut, LA, CA (Oct 05-April 07)
- Managed and developed objectives and schedules
- DVD design, asset management, QC, and delivery
- Updates to the company website, client development site, and FTP site
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Temp: 20th Century FOX, LA, CA (July-Oct 05)
- Temp. Executive assistant to a number of top executives including:
- Director, FOX Searchlight – President, FOX Mobil – CFO, 20th Century FOX
GALLERY MANAGER: Koplin Del Rio Gallery, W. Hollywood, CA (March 03-June 05)
- In-house design; magazine layouts, written press releases, and show card graphics
- Redesigned and maintained company and artists’ website
- Shipped and received art, managed inventory, prepared and hung installations
- Office administration, intern training, sales, phone and client etiquette
STUDIO ASSISTANT: Linda Burnham Fine Art, LA, CA (July 02-March 03)
- Prepared paintings
- Organized and documented the Overby Estate
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT: Over Easy Productions: EASY, LA, CA (May-July 2002)
- Researched, purchased, designed, built, logged and organized props
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: Blueyed Pictures Inc, LA, CA (June – Aug 2002)
- Designed production notebooks and company business plan
- Filing, heavy phones, greeting and escorting of high-end clientele.
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Mama Laura’s Boys, a Documentary Film (May 2002)
- Logged and captured dv tapes
- Reviewed script with editor for dialogue and clips
- Rough editing
TEACHERS AID/ SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, LA Arts Academy, LA, CA (May-July 1999-2000)
- Summer camp leader and art teacher
VOLUNTEER WORK:
UNITED DIVAS 501-C3: Co-founder / Director / Curator | uniteddivas.com
- Co-founder of the United Divas non-profit organization, a collaborative group of artists who recognize multidisciplinary women in the arts.
- Designed layouts for the first periodical published by United Divas, Shouted Whisper
- Developed original United Divas website
- Event Host: design, curation, silent art auctions
EDUCATION:
GNOMON SCHOOL OF VISUAL EFFECTS High-End CG Certificate and IPAX Certification
3.865 GPA – Graduated in Dec. 2008
ACTIVITIES:
- PRODUCER | Gnomon , VES Conference Bumper Credits (May – June 07)
- LIGHTER | Sil Van Der Woerd, White Swan (Sept 08 – Dec. 08)
COURSEWORK: High-End Cg Certificate Curriculum with a focus on lighting and rendering
- Photo Real Rendering and Look Development – advanced shading, lighting and rendering
- Creature/Character Creation – Advanced Maya, Zbrush work-flow for high-res rendering
- Color Theory – linear work-flow and gamma correction
- Pipeline Management – Pipeline design theory, Linux/Unix shell, render queues
- Intro to Mel
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Interdisciplinary: Fine Arts, Environmental Design, Digital Media
- 3.65 GPA – Graduated 2002 – Deans List Honoree 1999 – 2002
- Portfolio Scholarship Award Recipient
SKILLS:
Proficient in: Disney’s RenderMan based proprietary software and pipelines, expression based multi-layer shaders, Linux, Maya, Mental Ray, Zbrush, Headus UV, BodyPaint, Photoshop, Shake, After Effects, Final Cut Pro
Knowledge of: MEL, Python, RenderMan Slim, Pipeline Management, Houdini, Boujou
Experience: works effectively with a team in a dynamic multi-tasking environment,
creativity, resourcefulness, a great attitude and work ethic, and most importantly, reliability
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