Dave Brown
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Jem Geylani
I had the good fortune of working closely with Dave at Together Labs and I was continually impressed by his artistic expertise, technical knowledge, dedication, and a passion to achieve great results. He was also an articulate spokesman and champion for the art teams. Diligent, knowledgeable, and a wealth of industry experience; I always knew I could rely on Dave to be on time, on budget & without any issues. His ability to see things others cannot is second to none but I've also been impressed with his ability to foster a sense of 'team' which is critical to any products success. He provided leadership and direction for a broadly skilled team of character & animation artists distributed over multiple locations, building respect and admiration among everyone who worked with him. He demonstrated great skill in helping establish a cohesive art style, ensuring it was applied consistently, setting up the UGC pipelines, providing visual feedback, and coaching/mentoring team members. This mixed with great organizational, leadership and mentoring skills work together to make him a fantastic leader. He works well under pressure, sticks to his goal and does his best to keep everyone informed along the journey. From a production point of view, Dave has helped me immensely from just listening to ideas and proposing additions to visualizing concepts and getting the character, environment, and animations teams aligned. I have found him to not only be an excellent sounding post for ideas and concepts, but also a source of inspiration with his solid work ethics and creative thinking. He really gets the technical side of making games and a great understanding of elegant pipeline. Dave was a pleasure to work with. His input, advice and experience enriched not only my own experience but also added to the quality and creativity of the projects we worked on. He is fantastic to work with in driving and realizing ideas, from concept to completion. He strives for high quality within all aspects of any product and his enthusiastic, friendly and approachable manner makes him a very valued member of the team. He is a consummate professional and an all-around nice guy. I hope I am lucky enough to cross paths with him again and continue where we left off.
Keith McCurdy
David was much more than a artist for us. He managed the artists, set the art direction, and even more importantly continually came up with solutions to problems and challenges. All this while continuing to pump our quality and creative art. We could always count on David to come thru on whatever he had taken on. And at times those were pretty significant challenges, like working on an evolving technology base and creating art for a user experience we were inventing as we went. I would not hesitate to work with David again. He is someone I would trust to get it done and I would feel be lucky to have on my side.
Jem Geylani
I had the good fortune of working closely with Dave at Together Labs and I was continually impressed by his artistic expertise, technical knowledge, dedication, and a passion to achieve great results. He was also an articulate spokesman and champion for the art teams. Diligent, knowledgeable, and a wealth of industry experience; I always knew I could rely on Dave to be on time, on budget & without any issues. His ability to see things others cannot is second to none but I've also been impressed with his ability to foster a sense of 'team' which is critical to any products success. He provided leadership and direction for a broadly skilled team of character & animation artists distributed over multiple locations, building respect and admiration among everyone who worked with him. He demonstrated great skill in helping establish a cohesive art style, ensuring it was applied consistently, setting up the UGC pipelines, providing visual feedback, and coaching/mentoring team members. This mixed with great organizational, leadership and mentoring skills work together to make him a fantastic leader. He works well under pressure, sticks to his goal and does his best to keep everyone informed along the journey. From a production point of view, Dave has helped me immensely from just listening to ideas and proposing additions to visualizing concepts and getting the character, environment, and animations teams aligned. I have found him to not only be an excellent sounding post for ideas and concepts, but also a source of inspiration with his solid work ethics and creative thinking. He really gets the technical side of making games and a great understanding of elegant pipeline. Dave was a pleasure to work with. His input, advice and experience enriched not only my own experience but also added to the quality and creativity of the projects we worked on. He is fantastic to work with in driving and realizing ideas, from concept to completion. He strives for high quality within all aspects of any product and his enthusiastic, friendly and approachable manner makes him a very valued member of the team. He is a consummate professional and an all-around nice guy. I hope I am lucky enough to cross paths with him again and continue where we left off.
Keith McCurdy
David was much more than a artist for us. He managed the artists, set the art direction, and even more importantly continually came up with solutions to problems and challenges. All this while continuing to pump our quality and creative art. We could always count on David to come thru on whatever he had taken on. And at times those were pretty significant challenges, like working on an evolving technology base and creating art for a user experience we were inventing as we went. I would not hesitate to work with David again. He is someone I would trust to get it done and I would feel be lucky to have on my side.
Jem Geylani
I had the good fortune of working closely with Dave at Together Labs and I was continually impressed by his artistic expertise, technical knowledge, dedication, and a passion to achieve great results. He was also an articulate spokesman and champion for the art teams. Diligent, knowledgeable, and a wealth of industry experience; I always knew I could rely on Dave to be on time, on budget & without any issues. His ability to see things others cannot is second to none but I've also been impressed with his ability to foster a sense of 'team' which is critical to any products success. He provided leadership and direction for a broadly skilled team of character & animation artists distributed over multiple locations, building respect and admiration among everyone who worked with him. He demonstrated great skill in helping establish a cohesive art style, ensuring it was applied consistently, setting up the UGC pipelines, providing visual feedback, and coaching/mentoring team members. This mixed with great organizational, leadership and mentoring skills work together to make him a fantastic leader. He works well under pressure, sticks to his goal and does his best to keep everyone informed along the journey. From a production point of view, Dave has helped me immensely from just listening to ideas and proposing additions to visualizing concepts and getting the character, environment, and animations teams aligned. I have found him to not only be an excellent sounding post for ideas and concepts, but also a source of inspiration with his solid work ethics and creative thinking. He really gets the technical side of making games and a great understanding of elegant pipeline. Dave was a pleasure to work with. His input, advice and experience enriched not only my own experience but also added to the quality and creativity of the projects we worked on. He is fantastic to work with in driving and realizing ideas, from concept to completion. He strives for high quality within all aspects of any product and his enthusiastic, friendly and approachable manner makes him a very valued member of the team. He is a consummate professional and an all-around nice guy. I hope I am lucky enough to cross paths with him again and continue where we left off.
Keith McCurdy
David was much more than a artist for us. He managed the artists, set the art direction, and even more importantly continually came up with solutions to problems and challenges. All this while continuing to pump our quality and creative art. We could always count on David to come thru on whatever he had taken on. And at times those were pretty significant challenges, like working on an evolving technology base and creating art for a user experience we were inventing as we went. I would not hesitate to work with David again. He is someone I would trust to get it done and I would feel be lucky to have on my side.
Jem Geylani
I had the good fortune of working closely with Dave at Together Labs and I was continually impressed by his artistic expertise, technical knowledge, dedication, and a passion to achieve great results. He was also an articulate spokesman and champion for the art teams. Diligent, knowledgeable, and a wealth of industry experience; I always knew I could rely on Dave to be on time, on budget & without any issues. His ability to see things others cannot is second to none but I've also been impressed with his ability to foster a sense of 'team' which is critical to any products success. He provided leadership and direction for a broadly skilled team of character & animation artists distributed over multiple locations, building respect and admiration among everyone who worked with him. He demonstrated great skill in helping establish a cohesive art style, ensuring it was applied consistently, setting up the UGC pipelines, providing visual feedback, and coaching/mentoring team members. This mixed with great organizational, leadership and mentoring skills work together to make him a fantastic leader. He works well under pressure, sticks to his goal and does his best to keep everyone informed along the journey. From a production point of view, Dave has helped me immensely from just listening to ideas and proposing additions to visualizing concepts and getting the character, environment, and animations teams aligned. I have found him to not only be an excellent sounding post for ideas and concepts, but also a source of inspiration with his solid work ethics and creative thinking. He really gets the technical side of making games and a great understanding of elegant pipeline. Dave was a pleasure to work with. His input, advice and experience enriched not only my own experience but also added to the quality and creativity of the projects we worked on. He is fantastic to work with in driving and realizing ideas, from concept to completion. He strives for high quality within all aspects of any product and his enthusiastic, friendly and approachable manner makes him a very valued member of the team. He is a consummate professional and an all-around nice guy. I hope I am lucky enough to cross paths with him again and continue where we left off.
Keith McCurdy
David was much more than a artist for us. He managed the artists, set the art direction, and even more importantly continually came up with solutions to problems and challenges. All this while continuing to pump our quality and creative art. We could always count on David to come thru on whatever he had taken on. And at times those were pretty significant challenges, like working on an evolving technology base and creating art for a user experience we were inventing as we went. I would not hesitate to work with David again. He is someone I would trust to get it done and I would feel be lucky to have on my side.
Experience
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Scrypted Inc
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United States
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Art Director
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May 2023 - Present
Art Director for Scrypted Inc, Creating new AI tools to Augment Game Development - Rapid Prototyping and Game Development R&D for Character and Environments - 3D and 2D scene and asset creation, VFX, optimization, texturing, and lighting for games - Creates Art bible Documentation and Documents for New Initiatives. - Evangelizes Game tools and Art workflow improvements - Delivers Game Production insight (MMOG, Mobile. Console) to CEO, CTO and Project Stakeholders Art Director for Scrypted Inc, Creating new AI tools to Augment Game Development - Rapid Prototyping and Game Development R&D for Character and Environments - 3D and 2D scene and asset creation, VFX, optimization, texturing, and lighting for games - Creates Art bible Documentation and Documents for New Initiatives. - Evangelizes Game tools and Art workflow improvements - Delivers Game Production insight (MMOG, Mobile. Console) to CEO, CTO and Project Stakeholders
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Together Labs
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead 3D Artist
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Jan 2021 - Feb 2023
Lead 3d Artist for WithMe, a Mobile Metaverse project that operates on the Unreal Engine. - Manages Avatar Art Team, Full time internal teams, Contractors and Technical Artists. - Responsible for Clothing, Animation and Avatar related look and feel. - Project tracking with JIRA, Gantt charts and Google suite for docs. - Created our Art bible Documentation and Documents for New Initiatives. - Crypto (VCoin) and Blockchain, business model integration. - Evangelizes Tools Development and Workflow improvements. Show less
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IMVU
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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100 - 200 Employee
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Lead 3D Artist
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May 2010 - Jan 2021
Lead 3d Artist for world’s largest avatar social platform. - Coordinate artists, engineers and contractors on art production and art pipeline. - Manager responsible for direct reports, schedules and general 3d art production. - Designed proprietary art tools and influenced User Generated Content (UGC) systems, - 3D Character, Environment, Animation, 2d/3d Particles, Concept and Prototype work - Worked with Marketing and Executives to create promotional videos and illustrations. Show less
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Vivaty
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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Art Director
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Jan 2008 - May 2010
Next-Gen, 3D Virtual Worlds/ Social Experience (Acquired by Microsoft Xbox division, May 2010) - Managed and Hired both our internal 3d Art Team and overseas contractors. - Responsible for managing Character, Animation, Tech Art, aspects of UI, and 3d Environments. - Assisted in developing the platform tools, art pipeline for developers and games. - Personally created the prominent 3d Environments, advertising materials, and aspects of the UI. - Partnerships, with Paramount, Marvel, Universal Music, Coke, Target, MTV, and Microsoft XBox division. Show less
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Electronic Arts (EA)
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United States
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Entertainment Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior 3D Artist
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Dec 2004 - Dec 2007
Senior Artist on MMORPG Titles for the Online Games Department. (EA & Mythic teams) - Created Character, Environment, UX/UI and Particle VFX for a number of MMOG Titles. - Worked with 3 different Contract Art Houses to create and deliver art. - Designed and created EA micro transaction products. - Contributed to EA's Marketing team, US and International Teams overseas. - Participated heavily in the MMOGs online Community, User Testing & Feedback Senior Artist on MMORPG Titles for the Online Games Department. (EA & Mythic teams) - Created Character, Environment, UX/UI and Particle VFX for a number of MMOG Titles. - Worked with 3 different Contract Art Houses to create and deliver art. - Designed and created EA micro transaction products. - Contributed to EA's Marketing team, US and International Teams overseas. - Participated heavily in the MMOGs online Community, User Testing & Feedback
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Forterra Systems
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Menlo Park, California, United States
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Senior 3d Artist
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Aug 2002 - Dec 2004
Serious gaming / Virtual World, Tactical Simulation. (A satellite of THERE, inc) - Responsible for expressive 3d Avatars, Modular Architecture, Environments and Vehicles. - Clients including, but not limited to RDECOM, SOCOM, DHS, US War College and other US agencies. Serious gaming / Virtual World, Tactical Simulation. (A satellite of THERE, inc) - Responsible for expressive 3d Avatars, Modular Architecture, Environments and Vehicles. - Clients including, but not limited to RDECOM, SOCOM, DHS, US War College and other US agencies.
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The 3DO Company
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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3d Artist
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Jul 2000 - Aug 2002
- Worked on "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Army Men - Squad Leader" titles. - Developed 3d Ships, Environments and Vehicles from concept art to finish. - Designed modular vessel and architecture, with damage states and LODs. - Worked on "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Army Men - Squad Leader" titles. - Developed 3d Ships, Environments and Vehicles from concept art to finish. - Designed modular vessel and architecture, with damage states and LODs.
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AWZ.com
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San Jose, CA
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Art Director
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1999 - 2000
Music/Entertainment Portal Website. - Art Direction, UI, design duties and supervision of small teams and cross discipline coordination. - Chat and social connection tool development, business materials. Music/Entertainment Portal Website. - Art Direction, UI, design duties and supervision of small teams and cross discipline coordination. - Chat and social connection tool development, business materials.
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Designworks
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Designer
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1995 - 1999
Senior Designer at an agency in the heart of the Silicon Valley. - UX/UI, Print, Branding, Tradeshows, Video, Technical / Medical Illustration and 3d Art/Animation Senior Designer at an agency in the heart of the Silicon Valley. - UX/UI, Print, Branding, Tradeshows, Video, Technical / Medical Illustration and 3d Art/Animation
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Education
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1992 - 1996
San Jose State University
BS Design with an emphasis in Illustration, Graphic Design, Illustration, 3D
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