James Pawula
Buffalo Grove Illinois, 60089
Mobile : 847-***-****
Email: *****.******@*****.***
Website: www.jamespawula.com
Education:
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
September 2007 - June 2010
• Bachelor of Art in Animation
• GPA: 3.23/ 4.00
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
August 2006 - May 2007
U.S. Equities April 2008- June 2010
Resident Advisor:
-Responsible for managing more than 100 residents. Hosted informational floor meetings and social and educational programs. Monitored the academic and social success of residents. Responsible for facility management and enforcing housing policies
-Served as a student leader through planning and execution of floor and building-wide programs.
- Assisted students from four institutions. Addressed issues with students including transition to college and conflict management. Served as reference to campus events and academic resources.
Experience:
Teletech Video June 2010 - Present
Intern:
Duties: Prop modeling, lighting, texturing, scene setup, character setup, developing and maintaining character pipeline. Also responsible for working with director, as well as the animation team to bring characters from concept to the screen.
-Created a 30 second commercial in less than one month. Met with director to get storyboard and character design ready for production. Within first week character was modeled and setup, as well as proxy models. Setup character and models to be flexible for quick changes upon clients request. Finalized prop models and lighting. Kept files organized so character and props were referenced within Maya scene. Commercial was successfully produced within deadline.
DePaul Senior Capstone Project
Created a 5 minute short with 5 classmates over the course of 2 academic quarters. Worked as a team to create script, storyboard, concept art, animatic, character design, model, animation, texturing, lighting, and rendering. Had to meet strict bi weekly progress deadlines. As a team we successfully met our goals and the production was a success
Duties- Prop modeling, scene setup, character setup of jellyfish and main character, character design of main character. Also worked on sound design.
Skills:
• 3D Lighting & Rendering, Modeling, and Animation, Character Setup
Software:
• 3D Graphics - Autodesk Maya, ZBrush
• Video/ Motion Graphics - Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro. Final Cut
• 2D - Adobe Photoshop