Experience

December 2003 – December 2004     Moab Studios   Farmington Hills, MI

President and Art Lead

§     Forged a studio that has created major assets for Play Station 2 games and nationally aired television commercials.

§     Lead modeler.

§     Managed art team.

§     Managed client relations.

§     Accounting and project management.

October 2003 – December 2003     Fathom Studios   Atlanta, GA

Completed predetermined two month duration.

Lighting Artist/TD

§     Designed and coded MEL lighting tools which were utilized by the lighting team to increase productivity and achieve heightened realism.

§     Implemented the lighting for various digital sets.

January 2003 – September 2003     Impressions Games  Cambridge, MA

Cinematic Director

§     Modeled characters, sets, and props for high poly prerendered cinematics.

§     Handled all aspects of lighting, rigging, and animation for cinematics.

§     Created MEL scripts and tools to develop pipeline.

May 2002 – January 2003         Troika Games             Irvine, CA

Lead Modeler

§     Modeled detailed expressive characters based upon traditional anatomical sculpting skills.

§     Modeled facial morph targets for animation.

§     Efficiently modeled complex props with accurate expressive proportions.

2001–2001                    Tigar Hare Studios              Sherman Oaks, CA

Character Animator

§     Animated characters that impressed and entertained Fox executives.

§     Developed character personalities as a precedent to future animators.

1997–2000                    Multimedia Solution             Lathrup Village, MI

Lead Animator

§     Modeled, textured, lit and keyframed environmental animations.

§     Company displays my CG artwork as primary marketing material.

§     Consistently satisfied clients with very professional work.

Education

1998–2002                    College for Creative Studies           Detroit, MI

§     B.F.A., Animation and Digital Media

§     Scored in the 99^th percentile of departmental review.

Interests

Photography, running, aquarium design, cooking, history, mythology, interior design, and computers.

Publications          

§     My artwork is published in the book Essential CG Lighting Techniques as an example of skilled CG lighting.

§     Author: Darren Brooker   Published by: Focal Press.