Donald Smith

Skipper at Fullers GreatSights
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Northland, New Zealand, NZ

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Kennedy Kioa Toi Faimanifo

Dons a very experienced tutor with strong teaching skills. His experience is valuable with students, technical artists like Don are rare to find. Don is a great guy with an even better outgoing personality. I have had the honor of being a student during Don's time at Media Design School and a Colleague at Raffles and Lifeway College.

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he is relly good at maya dynamics and particles, I will recommend don smith for job about dynamics and effects

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Experience

    • New Zealand
    • Truck Transportation
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Skipper
      • Dec 2019 - Present

  • Fullers Great Sights
    • Bay of Islands
    • Skipper
      • Feb 2018 - Nov 2018

    • New Zealand
    • Maritime
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Master/Skipper
      • May 2017 - Feb 2018

    • New Zealand
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Lecturer, Bachelor of Creative Technologies
      • Jul 2014 - Nov 2015

      Part Time Lecturer leading the "Animation and the Moving Image" paper at Colab's BCT. Part Time Lecturer leading the "Animation and the Moving Image" paper at Colab's BCT.

    • Level 6 Tutor
      • Jul 2011 - Jun 2013

      Responsible for Level 6 classes. Designed Level 6 Curriculum, Taught most aspects of the Level 6, Implemented Moodle delivery and maintain a Ubuntu Moodle server for the animation department. Implemented and maintained render farm. Responsible for Level 6 classes. Designed Level 6 Curriculum, Taught most aspects of the Level 6, Implemented Moodle delivery and maintain a Ubuntu Moodle server for the animation department. Implemented and maintained render farm.

    • 3D Technical Artist
      • Sep 2009 - Sep 2011

    • Animation and Post-production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Tutor - Advanced Dynamics and Rigging
      • May 2011 - Jun 2011

    • Tutor-Mel Scripting and Dynamics
      • Feb 2010 - Apr 2010

    • New Zealand
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Course Leader 3D
      • Apr 2006 - Sep 2009

    • Australia
    • Movies, Videos, and Sound
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Particle Animator
      • Oct 2008 - Nov 2008

      3 weeks animating blood, dust, smoke in Maya. 3 weeks animating blood, dust, smoke in Maya.

    • Producer-Designer-CG Supervisor
      • Feb 2004 - May 2005

      Designed and produced prototype behavioral modification tool for chronic disease. Animated in Maya and delivered in Flash. Designed and produced prototype behavioral modification tool for chronic disease. Animated in Maya and delivered in Flash.

    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • 3D VFX Instructor
      • 2004 - 2005

      Designed the Maya VFX component of the Visual Effects program, CG supervised various student class projects. Designed the Maya VFX component of the Visual Effects program, CG supervised various student class projects.

  • CDIS
    • Vancouver, Canada Area
    • Instructor Digital Animation Masters Program
      • Jan 1999 - Dec 2004

      Designed curriculum for all levels of the Digital Animation Masters Program. Taught all levels, including Lighting and Texturing and Mel Scripting for the Games Programs. Designed curriculum for all levels of the Digital Animation Masters Program. Taught all levels, including Lighting and Texturing and Mel Scripting for the Games Programs.

    • Maya Consultant
      • 2004 - 2004

    • 3d designer and VRML programmer
      • May 2000 - Dec 2000

      3d designer and VRML programmer for an interactive web avatar prototype using Maya for modelling and lip synch animation and Face2Face facial motion capture. 3d designer and VRML programmer for an interactive web avatar prototype using Maya for modelling and lip synch animation and Face2Face facial motion capture.

    • Creative Technician
      • 1996 - 1999

      Managed and Coded VRML Projects for Co-Production and Residency Artists. Supported Graphic Artists, Managed Mac Lab, Taught Workshops in 3D. Managed and Coded VRML Projects for Co-Production and Residency Artists. Supported Graphic Artists, Managed Mac Lab, Taught Workshops in 3D.

Education

  • Auckland University of Technology
    Master of Creative Technology (Hons), "An inquiry into presence in facial motion capture animated avatars"
    2014 - 2015
  • Banff Centre for the Arts
    Diploma, Animation, Interactive Technology
    1995 - 1996

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