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.
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.
