Experience

• Senior Character Artist at Turtle Rock Studios

  Lake Forest, United States of America

  May 2022 - Present

• Character Artist at Turtle Rock Studios

  Lake Forest, United States of America

  June 2020 - Present

• Jr Character Artist at Turtle Rock Studios

  Lake Forest

  October 2016 - Present

• Modeler + Rigger at Gasket Studios

  Minneapolis, United States of America

  November 2012 - October 2016

  Modeler and Rigger for Gasket Studios, which means that I created the majority of the characters and their rigs for the studio.

  - Created various character options during the design process, from cartoon-y to realistic
  
  - Responsible for creating aesthetically pleasing character models and main environment pieces using Autodesk Maya and Mudbox
  
  - Maintained the model topology to be conductive of the range of deformation needed based on the production
  
  - Collaborated with Lead Animator to determine the rig needs for the production
  
  - Responsible for the body and facial rigs for each character, either biped, quadruped, avian or aquatic
  
  - Maintained character rigs and kept a clean and organized file structure
  
  - Moved onto animation to support the Lead Animator once rigging is complete
  
  - Brainstormed solutions with Technical Director when rigging and/or animation problems arise
  
  - Explored and experimented with new technologies, software, and scripts

  Main software used:
  
  - Autodesk Maya, Mudbox
  
  - Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere Pro