Michael Wonser

Senior Animator

wonser.artstation.com

479-***-****

ad2o27@r.postjobfree.com

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Frisco, TX 75036

Summary

Professional animator with 9 years of experience animating 2D & 3D characters for mobile games.Highly adaptable, embraces challenges and can independently resolve complex problems. Equally skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams to collectively achieve goals.

Shipped Titles

● Prize Claw 2 - October 2014

● Coin Dozer Pirates - August 2015

● Brick Breaker Hero - January 2016

● Taps 2 Riches - September 2016

● Clash Tactics - 2018 (canceled)

● Merge Zoo - May 2021

● Shark Tank Tycoon - Nov 2020

● Coin Dozer Adventures - May 2023

Experience

Lead Artist - Coin Dozer Adventures – Game Circus LLC (July 2022 – May 2023)

● Visually prototyped and explored new features by creating animatics for the Design and Art teams.

● Developed the art pipeline for delivering assets to our Live Ops game.

● Communicated with Producers and Directors about art related risks and issues in the production pipeline.

● Reviewed artwork and communicated feedback to outsource partners. Lead Artist/Senior Animator - Merge Zoo – Game Circus LLC (Jan 2020 – July 2022)

● Created animatics of new features for the Design and Art team.

● Responsible for Sprint planning, coordinating all art production resources, and managing deadlines while working closely with our Art Director and Art Producer.

● Attended meetings representing Art’s interests in all Merge Zoo Leadership meetings.

● Researched and developed a new 2D animation pipeline for 70+ characters; Personally animated half of the animal characters, shared rigs when possible.

Full Time Animator/Artist – Game Circus LLC (July 2014 – Jan 2020)

● Developed animations for characters, chest/reward sequences, and UI elements.

● Created Rigs for all sorts of creatures and characters for the animation team.

● Responsible for many Pre-Vis animatics for game features working closely with Designers & the Art Director.

● Designed the state machines to drive our evolving character standard and interface with the programming team. Contract Animator – Game Circus LLC (Jan 2014– July 2014)

● Provided 2D and 3D animations. The company wanted to add more excitement and energy to their games using high-quality animations: characters, UI/UX sequences, and custom FX. Software

● Maya - Expert

● After Effects - Advanced

● Unreal Engine 4 - Beginner

● Photoshop - Expert

● Spine - Intermediate

● MotionBuilder - Intermediate

● Unity - Expert

● Blender - Intermediate

● Perforce - Intermediate

Education & Accolades

M.F.A. Art & Technology, University of Texas at Dallas, 2013 B.A. Art & Technology, University of Texas at Dallas, 2010 BSA Eagle Scout - 2006