San Francisco Project

Benjamin Kluewer

Digital Artist

San Francisco, CA

www.benjaminkluewer.com

***@***************.***, 412-***-****

Objective

To build a career as a digital artist where I can contribute to a production environment while

continuing to hone and build my skill set

Skills /Software

3D Animation Maya

3D Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Rigging ZBrush

Storyboarding & Pre-Production After Effects

Figure Drawing Photoshop

Stop-Motion Animation Dragon Stop Motion

Experience

Freelance Digital Artist October 2011 - Present

-Model photorealistic and stylized objects and characters

-Rig characters for animation

-Texture and light characters, objects and environments

-Animate characters and objects

-Produce print ads and TV commercials

-Clients include : Hechtic Digital and ClearCare Inc.

Claymation Artist, Nothing in a Rectangle is True

Lightly Held Films December 2011 - January 2012

-Created clay puppets for Animation based on Artist designs

-Animated three characters for conceptual visualisation

Character Animator, April 2011 - January 2012

The Four Evangelists, Josh Hagler s Imagined Chase exhibit, Frey Norris Gallery, San

Francisco. (Forthcoming installation opens March 2012.)

-Analyze and animated characters based on video interviews

-Adhere to project deadlines and budget

Animator May 2008 - September 2008

Where the Wild Things Are Stop-Motion Animation

Screened in the 2008 BlackSheep Puppet Festival main program and children s program

-Designed and created six fur, wire and clay puppets

-Animated all characters

-Composited shots together and painted backgrounds in Photoshop

Education

The Art Institute of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA September 2011

Master of Fine Arts in Computer Animation,

Alpha Beta Kappa Honor Society

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY May 2004

Bachelor of Arts in Physics

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