Christopher A. Gomez **************@*****.***
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CREATIVE
Enthusiastic and team oriented professional with a strong military background. Proficient and skilled understanding of Autodesk Maya, keyframe animation, Adobe Create Suite, and other programs that contribute to the 3D animation/design process. Art and videography experience make me ideal for multimedia/graphic design projects. Fast learning with little to no training. Demonstrates the ability to multi task, prioritize, and work in both an individual and team atmosphere. Computer literate, good communication skills and a positive work ethic with the desire to grow professionally in the animation and entertainment industry. EXPERIENCE
3D Animator/3D Generalist January 2019 – Present
Freelance, Arvada, CO
Logo animation, creative solutions for marketing, video editing to create visual stories, adding special effects to pre recorded scenes, sound syncing video, adding animation to still images to create video, utilizing animation graph curves to fine tune keyframe animation, keyframe animation of character/characters rigs, inspection of all 3D models to ensure proper geometry is used before the rigging and skinning process, UV mapping, some modeling, and creative directing.
3D Weight Painting (Contract) February 2019 – March 2019 M Brain Entertainment LLC, Lafayette, CO
Tasked to fix/paint skin weights on rigged 3D models for a 3rd party client to provide proper animation in game engine. Responsibilities included ensuring the proper skinning of 3D models, proper geometry is present in 3D model, proper weight distribution on heat map, test model for proper translate and rotate of controls to ensure skin deformation is satisfactory. EDUCATION
BFA Game Art
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Lakewood, CO
BFA 3D Animation/Design
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Lakewood, CO
High School Diploma
Arvada High School, Arvada, CO
SKILLS
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Mudbox
3DS Max
Unreal Engine
Substance Painter
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premier Pro
Microsoft Word
Story Development
Drawing
Personnel Management
Punctuality
Hands On
Fast Learner
Windows 10
3D Animation
Videography
Film/Photo Editing