• Lighting and Rendering utilizing Mental Ray, Brazil, Maya and 3ds Max Scanline
• HDRI, GI, Final Gathering, Photometric Light setups
• Node Based Compositing: Eyeon Fusion
• Environment/Prop Modeling and Shading: Maya, 3ds Max, Zbrush, Mudbox

Software Experience

• Maya
• 3ds Max
• Z-Brush
• Mudbox
• Digital Fusion
• Photoshop
• Premiere / After Effects
• Alienbrain asset management

Work Experience

Lighting and Composting TD / 3D Generalist - Blur Studio, Los Angeles CA (6/2007 - Present)

• Lighting and Rendering for Cinematics, Commercials and Ride Films utilizing Mental Ray / Brazil and Scanline renderer
• HDRI lighting / Photometric Light setups / Global Illumination and Final Gathering
• Scene Look & Feel development / Light rig setups
• Troubleshooting and Optimization of lighting passes
• Shot Assembly / Compositing - Digital Fusion
• Environment / Prop Modeling & Shading - 3ds Max/Photoshop

Senior Environment Artist, SOE, San Diego, CA (8/2005 - 3/2007)
"Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom" for Sony Playstation 3

• Modeling/Texturing – medium to high poly environments and props
• Lighting with proprietary lighting software – Radiosity and Ambient Occlusion
• Multi-pass shader effects such as environment mapping, displacement mapping, bump mapping, and specular masking
  

Environment Artist, Electronic Arts, Redwood City, CA (02/2005 – 08/2005)“Godfather – The Game”

• Modeling/Texturing/Lighting – high/low poly environments and props
• Used proprietary worldbuilding sofware
• Exported worlds from maya to real time rendering engine

Environment Artist, Genuine Games, Los Angeles, CA (07/2004 – 02/2005)

• Modeling / Texturing / Lighting – Environments / Props / Vehicles for game cinematics
• Used proprietary worldbuilding software

Environment Artist, Hypnotix Inc. (03/2003 – 07/2004)

• Modeling/Texturing/Lighting – high/low poly environments and props
• Used proprietary worldbuilding sofware