EXPERIENCE

Houston Acheivement Place           Houston, TX                April 2007 - August 2007

-     Designed 2D characters used for teaching material for teachers and students

-     Hand drew custom artwork and color-corrected in Photoshop

Texas Great Barrier Reef                  Houston, TX             April 2007 - June 2007

-     Storyboarded specific scenes used in final animation

-     Modeled select 3D characters and background objects

-     Animated motion graphic sequence

-     Coordinated with team of animators to achieve final animation    

ADV Films                           Houston, TX                  July 2006 - September 2006

-     Assisting background artist for broadcasted promotional animation

-     Hand drew custom artwork and color-corrected in Photoshop

Kashat Productions                  Sugar Land, TX         January 2006 - March 2006

-     Script breakdown for 2 feature films

-     Compiled animatics using Final Cut Pro software

-     Designed 2D texture patterns to be applied to 3D models

U.S. Department of the Interior           Washington, D.C.     October 2005 - October 2006

-     Created select characters and model sheets for National Wildlife Refuge animations

-     Compiled audio soundtracks for 2 animations

-     Draw animation key frames

-     Inked and colored character cells

-     Coordinated with and lead animators to achieve final animation

SKILLS

-     3D Studio Max – modeling objects and characters, texturing, and animating

-     Maya - modeling and animating

-     Photoshop – photo editing, photo manipulation, texture painting

-     Illustrator – creating vector images

-     After Effects – creating motion graphic animations

-     Premiere – capturing and editing video

EDUCATION

       Art Institute of Houston                 Houston, TX             July 2004 - December 2007

Media Arts and Animation- Bachelor of Fine Arts

       University of Houston              Houston, TX                  August 2002 - May 2004

      Studio Art