SKILLS and ABILITIES

- Concept design - characters, environments, and motion design.
- Production art - illustration, matte painting, texture painting.
- Compositing - 2D and 3D animation and visual effects, motion graphics.
- Multitasking and Collaboration in the production environment.
- Ability to take on various roles in the production environment.

EDUCATION

- NYU Center for Advanced Digital Applications – MS Digital Imaging and Design
- San Diego City College – New Media Center
- University of New York at Stony Brook – BS Biopsychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

- ABC News , NY, NY - Visual Effects Artist/ Concept Artist/ Compositor -
Responsible for creating concept designs from production scripts, as well as performing the various aspects of graphics production: creation of 3D models, texturing, matte painting, effects animation, and compositing - all within the tight time constraints of the production schedule for various shows, including ABC, 20/20 – “Last Days on Earth”, and Good Morning America.

- Various freelance projects, including: graphics, logo, and interface design for web-based gameshow for Pioneer Internet; graphic design for custom clothing manufacturer (Champion Systems); various commissioned illustrations.

SOFTWARE

Photoshop, After Effects, Maya, Mental Ray, Illustrator, Zbrush, Deep Paint, Body Paint. some Shake, some 3D Studio Max, Dreamweaver, Flash, Mac and PC environments.

AWARDS AND PRESS

- Emmy Award Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Craft & Artistic Design.
- “Doorways – a study of projected spaces” NYU Center for Advanced Digital Applications.
- Featured in: “Best of CG Society’s CG Challenge” from Ballistic Publishing.

AFFILIATIONS

ACM Siggraph, Computer graphics society