3D Artist/Animator

Brandon Bennett

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Enthusiastic and passionate animator and character modeler with excellent art skills developed over years of dreaming up stories and designing characters. I have a love for creating and have used every medium at my disposal, including drawing, digital art and even video game level editors, to express myself while learning innovative ways to tell a story and integrate new ideas. My passion is art and design, always with a story attached.

OBJECTIVE

To secure a position in 3D animation with a dynamic, growing and exciting organization where my creativity, education and experience in will contribute to the success of the organization while enabling me to learn from skilled professionals.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts- Animation and Illustration, May 2009

California State University, Fullerton

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

• Traditional and digital painting • Traditional animation training

• 3D animation training in Maya • 3D modeling, texturing, and rigging in Maya

WORK EXPERIENCE

Zoic Studios, Culver City, CA January 2008 - July 2008

Zoic Studios is a big name in television visual effects and the feature film industry and is known for their work on "CSI: Miami", "Terminator", “The Day After Tomorrow" and “Talladega Nights” among others.

Intern

• Worked on a daily basis with professional animators enabling continued learning and valuable hands-on experience in visual effects and post production.

• One of a team of fellow interns assigned to create a fully 3D animated advertisement. We successfully organized ourselves into an efficient pipeline, with daily meetings, effective communication and consistently met deadlines.

Gulfstream Restaurant, Newport Beach, CA August 2004 - Present

Islands Restaurant, Fountain Valley, CA June 1998 – August 2004

Waiter

• Fast paced environment requiring excellent organizational skills, teamwork, salesmanship, interaction skills, task prioritization coupled with the flexibility to change direction and seamlessly adjust at a moment’s notice.

• Known for consistently providing an exceptional customer dining experience that surpasses expectations.

SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Selected by CSUF faculty to join a limited number of promising students in the art department to attend "Disney's Inspire Days", a private event at the Burbank studios. The event included tours of the studio and work areas, “meet and greet” with current animators as well as renowned past animators from classic Disney films, and priority portfolio reviews.

• Trained in illustration, design, traditional animation, as well as 3D animation. Combined with talent and diligent practice I have built a versatile skill set. I can provide the aesthetic detail and beauty of illustration and design, the fundamentals and life of traditional animation, and the advanced technical capability of 3D animation.

• Successfully led large advanced animation class projects including guiding the team, assessing skills and effectively delegating work to meet deadlines.

• Strong organizational skills, social skills, and excellent group skills. I have spent years working in a team environment and am recognized as an outstanding team player.

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