To produce high quality art while working with a creative and inspiring team in the video game industry

• Next-gen console and real-time game development exprience
• Solid understanding of 3D art production pipeline
• Experience using version-control systems (Gimme, Svn)

Maya, 3D Studio Max, Unreal 3 Development Kit , Mudbox, Photoshop, CrazyBump, TileKiller, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, HTML.

3D Artist, January 2008 to Present

SANTA CRUZ GAMES , Santa Cruz, CA

• Created assets for 5 unique IP’s
• Participated in Agile Development techniques

SPONGEBOB AND THE NICKTOONS GRAVJET RACING --XBLA

• Created unique vehicle assets and textures from concept
• Modeled characters based on popular Nicktoon properties
• Set UV layouts and painted Textures for environment
• Utilized Maya Cgfx shaders and Collada tools

TINKERBELL AND THE LOST TREASURE -TV Plug and Play

• Created 3D environments, 2D UI and FX assets
• Optimized film-character models and textures for use in game
• Collaborated with engineers to develop and refine asset creation pipeline and tools

TOMB RAIDER UNDERWORLD – Nintendo DS

• Collaborated with a team of artists to build environments
• Created model and texture assets under strict graphic and memory limitations
• Used proprietary tools and software
• Tracked and fixed bugs for final polish

SPIDER-MAN AND THE MASKED MENACE -- TV Plug and Play

• Modeled and textured characters based on specific comic-book IP
• Modeled and textured environment assets for backgrounds
• cleaned and detailed character sprite frames
• Maintained a rigorous, tight schedule

STAR WARS- CLONE WARS – TV Plug and Play

• Modeled and textured unique IP assets based on upcoming film and series
• Created new textures for unfinished film models
• Maintained a rigorous, tight schedule

Art Intern, June 2007 to September 2007

CRYPTIC STUDIOS , Los Gatos, CA

• Assisted Environment Art team in creating and modifying assets
• Used proprietary software and tools to build and layout environments with modular assets and create unique material textures
• Collected reference material for outsource objects
• Made concept designs for outsource objects lacking world reference
• Created new invention icons for CITY OF HEROES VOLUME 11 expansion

3D modeling and animation intern, July 2006 to August 2006

THUNDERBEAN ANIMATION , San Jose, CA

• Modeled from simple 2d concepts to match design style of the film.
• Created a rendering strategy to combine 3D elements into a 2D film.
• Worked closely with layout artist and director to complete 4 shots of animation
• Composited shots

Achieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Animation/Illustration

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Date of graduation: May 26, 2007

3D Modeling, Traditional and Digital Animation, Life Drawing. Concept art / Visual Development, 2D Design, Representational drawing and painting.

Acme Animation Training Program, San Jose, CA, 2005 – 2007

Received feedback and critiques by industry professionals from various feature film and game studios through weekly broadcast video transmissions and internet forums

fluency in Portuguese