Experience

• Senior Character Artist at Phoenix Labs

  New York, United States of America

  July 2022 - Present

  Senior Character Artist on an unannounced project. Responsible for digital sculpting, topology, UV layout, texturing and material development for character assets.

• Lookdev Artist at Netflix Animation

  New York, United States of America

  October 2022 - July 2022

  Responsible for helping various shows establish the look of their characters before production started.

• Art Specialist at Vicarious Visions (Activision)

  Albany, United States of America

  January 2015 - June 2020

  Created character art and character concepts for:
  
  Destiny
  
  Crash Bandicoot
  
  Unannounced title (canceled project)
  
  Skylanders Superchargers (AAA shipped)
  

• Modeler/Visual Development Artist at Dreamworks Animation

  Glendale, United States of America

  January 2011 - January 2015

  Production Modeling And visual development:
  
  Modeler/sculptor “Puss N Boots”©
  
  Modeler “Turbo”©
  
  Visual Development (credited) “Turbo”©
  
  Visual Development “BOO”© (cancelled project)
  
  Visual Development “Croods 2”©
  
  Modeler "Boss Baby"©

• Character Artist at Arena Net

  Bellevue, United States of America

  July 2008 - December 2011

  Modeling and texture generation of production assets
  
  Creature Artist, “Guild Wars II”©
  
  Character Artist, Prototype game (canceled title)
  

• Senior Modeler at Blue Sky Studios

  New York, United States of America

  June 2007 - June 2008

  Character Modeling Lead: "Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!"©
  
  Modeler: "Ice Age: The Meltdown"©
  
  Modeler: "Robots"©
  
  Environmental Modeling Lead: "Ice Age"©
  
  Modeling and Texture lead: "The Sopranos: Fun House"©
  
  Modeling/Rigging/Textures/Animation "Titan A.E."©: “Planet generation” and “Ice Mine” sequences
  
  Modeling/Textures: "Bunny"© *Winner 1999 Academy Award Best Short Film*

• Instructor at Uartsy/Zbrush Workshops

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  January 2011 - Present

  Instructed students from around the world in character design in 3D using Zbrush, Maya and Photoshop

• Adjunct Instructor at Art Center College of Design

  Pasadena, United States of America

  January 2013 - January 2014

  Introduction to character Design: Instructed students in the fundamentals of character design for film,
  
  games, and television
  

• Adjunct Instructor at School of Visual Arts

  New York, United States of America

  January 2000 - January 2008

  Intermediate Maya: Instructed individuals in all components of Autodesk Maya™
  
  Advanced Modeling and Digital Sculpting: Instructed individuals in the use of Autodesk Maya™, Autodesk
  
  Mudbox™, and Pixologic Zbrush™
  

• Adjunct Instructor at New York University (CADA)

  New York

  January 2002 - January 2004

  Introduction to Maya: Instructed individuals in the basic operation of Autodesk Maya™
  
  Character Construction: Instructed individuals in Modeling, UV layout, texture painting, and rigging of
  
  character assets