Experience

Rooster Teeth

• United States
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Creative Director

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  - Lead multiple projects at one time from conception to completion in accordance with deadlines.- Focused creative vision with full knowledge of the 3D and Toon Boom Harmony production pipeline process, to guide our partners/clients and internal teams through the project development process and through production.- Collaborate with our Studio team, partners and clients, to facilitate creating Development materials, decks, art and animation, in order to help package up different IPs to take to market.- Work with internal Supervisors and Leads to kick off and creatively oversee any Studio development projects.- Participate as a creative and team leader in directing the creative to be within scope and schedule, while meeting and exceeding our partner or the animation team's needs.- Work closely with the Writing Supervisor, other writers, and Storyboard Supervisor to kickoff any new project.- Collaborate with Project Manager of Development, and internal production managers, to create schedules for each project.- Meet with Tech and Anim Engineering teams for any tool, software or Pipeline issues.- Follow established protocols in file management structure, project organization, and version control- Collaborate with leadership to properly document production disciplines for our pipeline.- Work well with short deadlines and fast turnarounds (able to adapt to changing deadlines) Show less

• CG Supervisor

  • Jan 2020 - Sep 2021

• Assistant Look Development Supervisor

  • Sep 2019 - Jan 2020

• Assistant Visual Post Supervisor

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2019

• Lead Lighting Artist

  • May 2018 - Jan 2019

• Assistant Lead Lighting Artist

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

• 3D Lighting Artist

  • Feb 2017 - Jan 2018

• Contract Lighting Artist

  • Oct 2016 - Feb 2017



Adam Gravois Images

• Austin, Texas Area

• Freelance Technical Director

  • Dec 2015 - Oct 2016

  -Sought after for highly desirable skills in updating and creating tools in Python -Reworking tools to work seamlessly with new software updates -Sought after for highly desirable skills in updating and creating tools in Python -Reworking tools to work seamlessly with new software updates



Zebra Imaging

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• 3D Artist

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

  -Built 3D assets and scenes with 3Ds Max and Maya for hologram creation. Single projects costing $5,000 and a direct to consumer product costing $125 per unit. Projects included built from scratch, modeled and textured, BB8 droid for Disney licensed product-Worked directly with clients to integrate ideas to create an overall cohesive product (including: Disney, Universal, Colgate, etc.) -Created python tools which increases productivity -Baked in lighting techniques for real time rendering high quality game assets-Created lighting within Octane for five separate 3D environments replicating scenes from the Star Wars movie franchise with Disney’s high standards-Special effects and particle effects, which included falling snow for Kylo Ren 3D hologram for Disney’s high standards on their licensed product-Collaborated on LUA scripts to recreate old rendering system. New scripts produced 60% higher quality images Show less

• Contract 3D Artist

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  -Built 3D assets and scenes with 3Ds Max and Maya for hologram creation. Single projects costing $2,000-Worked directly with clients to integrate ideas to create an overall cohesive product-Created python tools which increases productivity -Baked in lighting techniques for real time rendering high quality game assets



Mirar

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Director

  • Apr 2014 - Jun 2015

  -Re-engineered and expanded tools for Mari for low poly asset creation with minimal interaction with the artist. -Developed new Maya tools to be more user friendly and efficient. Including but not limited to, geometry cleanup, comprehensive UVs, and high poly to low poly conversions. These among others significantly cut down artist time on each assets up to 50% -Built a tool to open Rhino and run a batch render of a complete animation with one click from the user. -Composited images with Python Image Library -Built a tool to run batch render outside Maya and composite inside Nuke within the same tool to eliminate the artist’s need to spend hours on rendering and compositing. -Diagnosed the work process by identifying challenges and developing work flow improvements. -Fully integrated a logging system to cut down diagnosing time by 30% Show less



Schickel Studio

• Austin, Texas Area

• Assistant Animator/Intern

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Schickel Studio creates highly original animations and commercial films for brands of all kinds. Our team worked on a 2D animation project for Oficio, a co-working business office provider. The project included: - Storyboarding, background design, and animation - Used Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects Schickel Studio creates highly original animations and commercial films for brands of all kinds. Our team worked on a 2D animation project for Oficio, a co-working business office provider. The project included: - Storyboarding, background design, and animation - Used Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects



Fuzzy Friends Rescue

• Waco, Texas Area

• Administrative and Marketing Assistant

  • Jun 2009 - Jun 2012

  Fuzzy Friends Rescue is a non-profit animal shelter. Worked in all aspects of the organization, including: - Interaction with customers and administration of adoption documents - Posting of pet profiles to social media, including Facebook and Twitter - Capture and edit video and photos for online content - Handling of customer transactions and payments - Management of website using Wordpress Fuzzy Friends Rescue is a non-profit animal shelter. Worked in all aspects of the organization, including: - Interaction with customers and administration of adoption documents - Posting of pet profiles to social media, including Facebook and Twitter - Capture and edit video and photos for online content - Handling of customer transactions and payments - Management of website using Wordpress



The Dwyer Group

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Nov 2010

  The Dwyer Group is an industry leading international service based franchise organization, with brands including Mr. Rooter, Glass Doctor and Aire Serv. - Updating and creating websites utilizing the Sitecore CMS (content management system). - Managing email lists with Constant Contact for consumer marketing - Compiling of data records from salesgenie.com to Excel Spreadsheets The Dwyer Group is an industry leading international service based franchise organization, with brands including Mr. Rooter, Glass Doctor and Aire Serv. - Updating and creating websites utilizing the Sitecore CMS (content management system). - Managing email lists with Constant Contact for consumer marketing - Compiling of data records from salesgenie.com to Excel Spreadsheets



The Dwyer Group

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Animator and Editor

  • May 2009 - May 2009

  The Dwyer Group is an industry leading international service based franchise organization, with brands including Mr. Rooter, Glass Doctor and Aire Serv. - Created a stop motion animation with claymation style characters, props, and sets - Storyboarded production, captured video, and animated characters - Editing of content, including sound effects, lip syncing and final production using Final Cut Pro The Dwyer Group is an industry leading international service based franchise organization, with brands including Mr. Rooter, Glass Doctor and Aire Serv. - Created a stop motion animation with claymation style characters, props, and sets - Storyboarded production, captured video, and animated characters - Editing of content, including sound effects, lip syncing and final production using Final Cut Pro