Experience

Turtle Rock Studios

• United States
• Computer Games
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Technical Animator

  • Apr 2018 - Present



Amazon Game Studios

• Orange County, California Area

• Character Technical Artist

  • Jun 2017 - Mar 2018

  - Worked on character rigs (reskinning characters to a completed rig and building a character after learning the in-house rigging system). - Created scripts to streamline animation work flow. - Maintained and updated all weapon rigs. - Worked with the Lumberyard game engine to get rigged assets in game. - Created cloth simulation for characters using the Lumberyard PRow System. - Worked on character rigs (reskinning characters to a completed rig and building a character after learning the in-house rigging system). - Created scripts to streamline animation work flow. - Maintained and updated all weapon rigs. - Worked with the Lumberyard game engine to get rigged assets in game. - Created cloth simulation for characters using the Lumberyard PRow System.



Voracious Games

• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Character Rigger (Freelance Contract)

  • Feb 2017 - Apr 2017

  - Created the facial rig for a game character. - Added additional controls to the clothes of the character for better articulation of movements. - Rigged a prop (ingredient chest) - Learned about the difference between rigging for a game engine and for film. - Created the facial rig for a game character. - Added additional controls to the clothes of the character for better articulation of movements. - Rigged a prop (ingredient chest) - Learned about the difference between rigging for a game engine and for film.



University of Washington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Artist

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

  - Created four character rigs (one human and three otters) for the production. - Participated in the R&D process when new rigging tools and components were needed. - Created and maintained all websites for the animation program. - Taught the Rigging and Scripting teams the in-house rigging system and the basics of Python, focusing on the fundamentals of programming with the goal of automating parts of the production as needed. - Created four character rigs (one human and three otters) for the production. - Participated in the R&D process when new rigging tools and components were needed. - Created and maintained all websites for the animation program. - Taught the Rigging and Scripting teams the in-house rigging system and the basics of Python, focusing on the fundamentals of programming with the goal of automating parts of the production as needed.