Graphic Design

SARAH BERGS

**** **************** ******* ***** *******, TX 75052 469-***-**** *****.*****@********.***

OBJECTIVE

I would like to bring my skills and new ideas to a company that would allow me to further grow and develop in an ever-changing industry.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication UT Dallas May 2020

•Graduated Cum Laude, Dean’s List in Fall 2018

•Related Coursework: Project Management for Games and Animation, Game Design Fundamentals, Modeling & Texturing I and II, Lighting & Composition I, Rigging I, Game Design I and II, Computer Animation I, Computer Imaging, Design I and II

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Software

•Adobe Photoshop (version 7 to current) for painting textures, graphic design

•Clip Studio for animation, storyboarding, and illustration

•Sculptris for organic modeling and exporting into Maya or 3D Printing

•Autodesk Maya for modeling, lighting, rigging, and animation

•Programming for AR projects: Unity combined with Vuforia or AR Foundation for tracking

•Gamemaker for designing gameplay, sprites, animations, and programming

•Substance Painter for designing high resolution, realistic textures

•Wacom tablet leveraged for drawing and graphics work

•Microsoft Office Suite

Projects

•For Capstone Project: designed 2d tabletop cards coupled with Augmented Reality to display a 3d model of the card item above the card utilizing Android and Windows 10

•Worked within a six person team to create an animated advertisement, utilizing Clip Studio and Adobe Photoshop to create an animated storyboard along with character designs

•Led a team of four by designating tasks and project direction creating an animation short utilizing Maya for Lighting & Composition course

•Worked with multiple teams to design boardgames from concept to physical prototype, along with rulesets and mechanics on a bi-weekly basis

•Created prototype video game utilizing Gamemaker, including programming, assets and gameplay mechanics on a weekly basis

•Leveraged learnings from rigging, lighting and composition courses to go beyond expectations for advanced modeling course final project

INTERESTS

•Actively manage two separate campaigns in Dungeons and Dragons, using Discord and Roll20

•Assists as a server admin for a D&D Discord server of over 200 users – create, manage, update, etc.

•Following where AR continues to go, e.g. attended MS Mixed Reality Dev Days to see how AR can be utilized for games or other industries

•Improving skills when it comes to modeling and texturing

•Honing and refining skills with regards to rigging and lighting for modeling

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