High School Design
Resume:
Michael Napodano
Dallas, TX
*********@*****.*** - 214-***-****
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance looking for a full time position
Michael Napodano - Dallas, TX - February 1999 to Present
Responsibilities
3D modeling & animation motion
graphics
special effects
photo editing, com positing and photo restoration using Photoshop CS6 logo design
& animation
texture mapping
environment graphics & backgrounds
mechanical modeling
story boarding
video and audio editing lighting
modeling and texturing low-poly game objects print layout
general illustration
Accomplishments
Creation of 2d and 3d graphics and animation for film television and trade shows Building high poly
detailed 3D models from artists drawings for NBC/Universal and EA Creation of 2d and 3d
graphics for 3D mapping interior & exterior building projection
Skills Used Oils
Sculpture
3D Modeling & Animation
Video Editing Texture
Mapping Lighting
Audio Editing
Storyboarding
2D Animation Motion Graphics
Compositing Character
Animation Particle Effects
Color Correction
Photo/Film Restoration
senior 3d modeler
Parsoft Interactive - Plano, TX - 1998 to 1999
Responsibilities
Building low-poly aircraft and scenery for the Activision combat simulator
"Fighter Squadron (Screamin Demons Over Europe)"
UV mapping the aircraft interior and exterior
Building the crash objects and levels of detail
assigning the airfoil and game engine data to the polygons of the objects and getting the aircraft to fly in the
game engine
Accomplishments
Quality work with meeting the deadlines
Skills Used
Lightwaves modeler for building the aircraft
MultiGEN for texturing and assigning the data
Photoshop for creating the textures
3D Artist
Intelecon - Dallas, TX - 1997 to 1998
Responsibilities
Creating 2d and 3d graphics an animation for the KISS Psycho Circus official music video
Creating 2d and 3d graphics an animation the KISS Psycho Circus stage show
Graphics for Alcon and Goldman Sachs trade show and award shows
Acted in and did graphics for an Alcon video
Accomplishments
I learned the real, ins and outs of stereoscopic 3d rendering as well as get some lessons using the Flame editor
Skills Used
3d modeling and texturing
particle effects
com-positing real action with CGI
UI Designer, Cinematic "transition scene" animator
7th Level - Richardson, TX - 1995 to 1997
Responsibilities
Working from design drawings from the art director Jerry O'Flaherty, I built the cockpit interface for all of the
"GNOME" dashboards and some scenery objects for that game
Created some 2D graphics for "Monty Pythons Holy Grail"
Built, textured and animated objects and scenery for the transition scenes for the game "Return To Krondor"
Built some objects for "Dominion"
Skills Used
modeling and animating in Lightwave and com-positing 3d Max renders into lightwave for the final render
creating textures and animation using Photoshop
Graphic Artist, Design and Animation
Future Vision/DigiFX - Dallas, TX - 1990 to 1995
Responsibilities
Co-writer, conceptual design of all races of aliens and their appearance, as well as some animation for the
game "Command Adventures Starship"
Design of most environments, props, interiors and backdrops
Com-positing, story-boarding, acting and voice over for the game "HARVESTER"
In this game, I worked closely with writer/director Gilbert Austin
Accomplishments
Three friends and I met up with M. Lee Jacobson and started this company in January of 1990
This was my formal introduction to 3D computer graphics
Skills Used
All of the art production was done on the AMIGA computers using Lightwave and Digi-Paint
Software
Photoshop Cs6
Cinema 4D
After Effects
MotionBuilder
Sony Vegas
Sound Forge
LightWave
Vue
Daz
Poser
Syntheyes
ZBrush
EDUCATION
Woodrow Wilson High School - Youngstown, OH
1978 to 1982
References
Dave Morton
CGI Supervisor
NBC/Universal in house CGI department
Los Angeles, Ca
*********@*****.***
Michael Williams
Owner
Nitpixel Creative
Dallas, Tx
*******@********.***
Bill Strother
Owner
WS Design & Production
Dallas, Tx
****.********@*****.***
Derek Welch (Ricki Derek)
Entertainer, Cinematographer
Dallas, Tx
*****@**********.***
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