Quality Control Assistant

Michael S. Underwood . *** **st Street Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

314-***-**** . www.munderwood.net . ***********@*****.***

Objective

Production ready artist seeking a challenging position where I can

contribute my skills and talents to create quality digital art and

animation, while continuing to learn.

Work Experience

August 2009 - Feb. 2010: Inhance Digital, Beverly Hills, CA

3D Generalist

* Modeling, Texturing, Animation, Lighting, and Compositing using various

tools including Maya, Lightwave, After Effects, and Fusion.

May 2009 - August 2009: Scanline VFX, Los Angeles, CA

Render Wrangler / Systems Administration

* Managed render farm with over 4800 processors and over a petabyte of

data.

* Diagnosed and troubleshot farm problems and common technical issues

* Installed and configured new software and hardware on nodes and

workstations

* Prioritized show demands under changing conditions and production

deadlines

* Performed comprehensive quality control checks as needed

* Assisted 3d department with various shot lighting tasks.

Feb. 2009 - April 2009: The Famous Group, Culver City, CA

Technical Assistant

* Troubleshooted, fixed and reran failed render jobs.

* Monitored load performance on farm machines.

* Monitored and troubleshoot farm machines.

* Monitored primary and secondary queue servers.

* Worked with production to forecast and allocate renders resources.

Sept. 2008 - Dec 2008: Digital Animation & Visual Effects School, Orlando,

FL

Teaching Assistant

* Supported Instructor in providing a firm foundation for students learning

modeling, lighting, & texturing

* Researched and provided reference for student projects

* Critiqued student work, offered advice, & taught additional techniques as

needed

* Available after class & on weekends to answer questions for students of

all levels

Sept. 2008 - Dec 2008: Digital Animation & Visual Effects School, Orlando,

FL

3D Generalist - "Defying Gravity" Music Video

* NYC Flight Sequence Animatic Lead

* Oversaw team of 5 in development of assets & animation for pre-viz

process

* Performed sky replacement and particle development for firework shots

* Created and animated final space nebula shot

* Keyed and created edge mattes for all heaven shots

Skills

. Organic &Hard Surface Modeling . Motion Capture Animation

. High Resolution Sculpting . Multi-pass Compositing

.Node &Layer System Texturing . 2D &3D Camera Tracking

. UV Mapping . Green/Blue Screen Keying

. 3D Lighting . Rotoscoping &Masking

. Character and Vehicle Rigging . Color Correction and Grading

. Keyframe Animation . Image Adjustment &Correction

Software

Maya, Lightwave, Fusion, Nuke, After Effects, Photoshop, Zbrush, Boujou

Education

Digital Animation and Visual Effects School: Occupational Associates Degree

in Computer Animation and Visual Effects - Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2008

St. Louis Community College: Associate of Applied Science in Graphic

Communication: Completed December 2007

References available upon request.

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