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Location: LA and OC Area in CA

Email: DaWindow@aol.com

Webpage: http://www.dartstudios.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/d_art


Education

Caltech Education Centre in L.A. - studied in more 3D
Hi-Praise Animation Centre - studied in 2-D animation.
UCI Extension - studied in 3D
University of California in Irvine, Studio Arts B.A. - studied in dig. art, video, and painting
Sunny Hills High in Fullerton - studied in college entry


Skills

  • Over 9 years experience in 3-D modeling field (low/high poly), environmental and character modeling, animation, rigging, vertex lighting, texture creation/mapping, normal mapping, contours, some scripting, 2-D design.
  • Programs: 3-D Studio Max, Character Studio, Maya, Sketchup, Zbrush, Flash, ArchiCAD 5.0 Photoshop, Debabelizer Pro, Gamut-PSm, Illustrator, Premiere, Painter, Director, MS Word, MS Source Safe/Offsite, Excel, PS2 Pro View, PS2/XBOX Development kits, ACDC, experiences with Direct X, Crazy Eddie, and Panda exporter, other desktop tools.
  • Programming: Lingo, HTML, Basic, Pascal, and company-specific things.
  • Draws and Paints: Comics, 2D animation, Concept Art and Storyboards, Figure Drawing, Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor, Pastel, Pencil, Ink, writing of all sorts (including movie scripts)
  • Non-related: Web-design/Flash, ascii-art, animated gif/ani design, and creative knowledge.
  • Language: English, some Korean, little Latin.

    Jobs

  • Penciler/Inker/Writer(March 2010 - May 2010): Visionary Comics, Los Angeles, CA

    I created a one shot comic, Out of Order, published by Visionary Comics (visionarycomics.com)

  • Contract Graphic Designer / Web Designer (October 2009 - May 2010): Comedy Zen ‘2010, Los Angeles, CA

    ComedyZen is a stand up comedy event in Little Tokyo, LA, CA I did contract work for posters, cards, logos, and web design for stand-up comedy event, as well as updates on the site. (http://www.comedyzen.com) I made websites for two events in 2010: ComedyZen: Year of the Tiger, and ComedyZen 2: Tao of Comedy

  • 2-D/3-D Artist (2007 - 2009): Lifescapes International, Newport Beach, CA:
    3-D artist responsibilities included modeling, rendering, and animating architectural exteriors and interiors for landscape and architecture design. Specifically, 3-D model/fly-by animation for Hotel Echelon in Las Vegas, NV and modifications and additions on Riverbend Business Plaza in Florida. 3-D Studio Max 2008-9 was used. My other tasks included 2-D graphics for architectural site plans for presentation.

  • Freelance Web Designer/Artist (2008-2009):
    Web-designer of Comedy Zen (www.comedytheory.com), a stand up comedy event of celebrities like Bobby Lee and Dat Phan. All aspects of web design, including logos, mailer web forms, and Paypal implementation.

  • 2-D/3-D Artist (2004 - 2006): Celare Software, Irvine, CA:
    Generally, all things 3-D for Black Label Poker (PC), PJ Poker (PC), Ace Venue (PC), and Dracula Poker (PC) This includes all the character designs and models (45 characters in all), environment, lighting, textures, and all animations. The four poker games, while all running on the same game engine, are owned by different clients.

  • Comic Book Penciler / Inker (2008): Dark Myth Comics, Apple Valley, CA:
    Part-time work as freelance artist for 6-issue comic print series “Convict Volumes” by Dark Myth Comics.

  • Character Designer/Artist (2004): Triumph Studios, Toronto:
    Feature film pre-production character work – over 15 different character designs/sketches in 2-D.

  • Graphic Designer (2004): TopStar Mortgage, Cerritos:
    General contractual design work for advertisement and postcards. Implementation of 2-D Design (Photoshop) and 3-D (Max) were incorporated for more realistic imagery.

  • 3-D Modeler/Artist (March 2001- 2003): Activision (Treyarch), Santa Monica:

    “Shaun Palmer Pro Snowboarder 2" (not released) all platforms -PS2,GC,XBOX-
    Modeled the “Squaw Valley Mountain” levels (plus some "Mammoth Mountain" areas) and objects therein
    Includes whatever the designers, coworkers, or directors needed in the levels. This includes lighting, grinds, objects (and xrefs), script assigning, extra textures, xrefs, some animation, and others. Also worked with compatibility issues/pitfalls of making games for all platforms.

    “Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2X" (2001) -XBOX-
    Designed / modeled all of level: “Skatepark ofTampa, Florida” (based off an actual real skatepark in Florida)
    Designed and modeled all of level: “Skylines, Detroit” aka. “Rooftop”
    Partly-modeled: adjustments and changes in Tony 1 and 2 levels and the “Hawaii” level. Includes lighting, grinds, simple scripting, some animation, extra textures, trigger objects, layouts, rough concept art.

  • 3-D Modeler/Artist (March-Sept 2000): BlackOps Entertainment, Santa Monica:

    "The World is Not Enough" (2000) -PSX- based on the 007 movie:
    Modeled all of game’s last level (5-part “Meltdown (Submarine)” Levels), lighting and VCC [animated vertex light cycle] script), the player/weapon contours modeling)
    Also modeled: various level objects (in-/destructable) throughout other levels
    Extras: Created extra textures/mapping for MI-6 level (London) and Ski level.

  • 2-D/3-D Artist (1999): Icoremedia, Inc. : worked on a independent co. project.


    Others

    • 2009-current: Freelance writer for Examiner.com.
    • 2007-current: Frequent contributor to Yelp.com as Elite member, Xanga.com, ImagineFX.com, CGSociety.org, DigitalWebbing.com, and GameArtisans.org.
    • 2005-current: Webmaster of NinjasOnMotorcycles.com and dartstudios.com
    • Sunny Hills H.S. Newspaper "Accolade" cartoonist, St. Jude Hospital newsletter cartoonist; UCI Undergraduate Art shows (various artwork), Arts map-cartoonist for UCI, UCI Yearbook cartoonist, "Digital Manifesto" webpage co-designer, Online Comic Artist/Writer for FAHQ and D_Art Studios Website, CyberKorea.com forum operator.
    • Awards: 2009-2010 Yelp Elite Squad member; 1995 Gateway 2000 cow ascii-art contest, ; 1995-7 Heckler Digital Graffiti contests ; 1993 OC Trauma Society Staying Alive cover contest ; '93 SHHS Drug-Free Prom poster contest ; 92-93 CJCL Miniature model contests

    References
    (Upon Request)