Greetings:

This page documents details concerning my work experience and project listing.

My resume is available for download as a word doc here: Resume

 

 

SUMMARY:

I have over eight years of game industry experience primarily as an Environment Artist. I am a motivated, goal orientated individual, with critical thinking, troubleshooting, and organization skills. I learn quickly and have excellent written and verbal communication skills with an attention to detail. I work well with others effectively, supporting their individual needs while remaining focused on specific project and company goals.

 

SKILLS:

Software:

 

 

Knowledge:

Poly-count and texture limitations, texture painting, animated textures, modeling, vertex lighting,

UV layout, palette management, 3-D object animation, 2-D animation, pixel cleanup, menus, and portraits.

 

Platform Experience: Playstation, Super Nintendo, Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, and Jakks Pacific Plug n Play.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Digital Artist 2-D/3-D

April 2001 - Dec 2007              Foundation 9 - Amaze Entertainment        Kirkland, WA

Created and maintained task schedules, asset lists, game designs, documentation, mock-ups, concept art, portraits, menus, heads up displays, object and character animations, environments, overhead maps, and various special effects.

 

Quality Assurance

Feb 2000 - March 2001            ENIX Corporation                                        Seattle, WA

Summer 1995 & 1996              Square Soft, Inc.                                           Redmond, WA

Performed QA tracking, reported text translation errors, game crashes, graphic corruption, inconsistencies, and redundancies.

 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

While at Foundation 9 I temporarily worked for our Vancouver office. I trained associates, assisted with art assets, made many friends, and delivered a major, positive impact. They presented me with the Monster Award for Excellence.

 

Crash of the Titans DS received great reviews, and Play Magazine ranked it in the top 10 for best mobile games of 2007

 

Star Wars Classic and Episode 3 for Jakks Pacific was among there highest sellers.

 

Eragon DS received better reviews then the next-gen console versions.

 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone GBC became Amazon’s #1 selling product for over a week.