Joe Hultgren - Technical Artist
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About Me

I'm a Technical Artist  on NBA2K mostly making artist tools, writing pipeline code, and managing render farms.

Resume

Games
NBA 2K18

Work Experience
Technical Artist - Visual Concepts 2017-Present
​NBA2K


Flash Developer Consultant - Grasshorse, Winfield, IA - August 2010
Poke My Voodoo  Facebook port


Flash Developer Intern - Grasshorse, Winfield, IA - May 2010 - August 2010
Poke My Voodoo Facebook port


Education

Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Master of Fine Art - Animation and VFX 2014

Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC Digital Character Animation - June 2011

College of Design Iowa State University, Ames, IA Bachelor of Art - Art & Design May 2010
Animation / Computer Science Focus

Luleå Techniska Universitet, Luleå Sweden Study Abroad Spring 2009
Courses in: Industrial Design, 3D Graphics Programing, Swedish

Projects

Curpidgeon - Character Rigger
Rigging of two human characters and two bird characters for short animation.

Soar - Character Rigger
Finished rig for animation by adding secondary controls and weight painting.

Mod

Kerbal Engineer for Kerbal Space Program
Displays statistics for rockets during construction phase

Skills

Animation, Rigging, Modeling, Drawing

Software

Maya, Photoshop, Shotgun, Unix,   Python,  Pymel, MEL, Lua, C#

Activities

SIGGRAPH Student Volunteer 2009, 2010, & 2011

Alumni Director, Secretary - FarmHouse Fraternity

Design Career Days, Iowa State University - College of Design First Year Committee Chair, Explore Graphic Design and Studio Arts Committee.

Student Admissions Representative (STARS), Iowa State University - Office of Admissions Daily campus tours and Group visits.

College of Design Ambassador, Iowa State University - College of Design Discussed College of Design with prospective students, Building tours.

Other Sites

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_hultgren/
YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/jhultgre
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