| Jim Donovan |
gotothejim@gmail.com
(978) 846 - 2094
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| Objective |
Seeking an opportunity to utilize and enhance my 3D animation/generalist skills while working with a team of other talented artists. Desire a chance to express creativity and to create something that is entertaining to the targeted audience. |
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| Education |
Springfield College
263 Alden Street
Springfield, MA 01109 |
May, 2005
Bachelors of Science in Computer Graphics
Cum Laude
GPA: 3.65 |
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| Experience |
GoToTheJim Animation (Nov. 2004 – Present) (Owner)
3D Animator/Generalist Freelance Projects:
- Golden Wings Productions – Created a 30 second animation for a 3D animated children's TV show pilot
- Holomatix – Modeled 3D Mobile Phones & Printers. Textured the models by blending high resolution photographs in Photoshop. Final models are displayed on client's websites such as Motorola, Epson, Sagem, & Kyocera.
- New England Outdoor Life - Created a 9.5 second 3D animated intro for the TV show “New England Outdoor Life” using Maya, After Effects, & Photoshop
Treite Productions, London (June 2008 - present)
- 3D generalist: Responsible for character modeling, rigging, texturing, & animating.
XVIVO, Rocky Hill, CT (Jan 2005 - April 2005) (INTERN)
- Created, rigged, textured, and animated 3D models for medical, realistic, and cartoon/stylized animated movies
- Learned to use software such as After Effects, ZBrush, and XSI
GoToTheJim.com, CatholicWhitehouse.com, & Whole-Health-Fitness.com
- Designed entire website using Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Maintain and update websites
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Computer
Skills |
Alias Maya
- Extensive experience since 2001
- Modeling with polygons and NURBS
- Character animation and lip sync
- Rigging/weighting characters & creating blendshapes
- UV Texture mapping
Softimage XSI
- Character animation
- Polygonal modeling
Adobe Photoshop
- Extensive experience since 1998
- Creating Texture Maps, Bump Maps, and Specular Maps for use in Maya
- Logo design
Adobe Premiere
- Expert at compositing video and sound.
Macromedia Flash
- Created story line animation involving fully animated characters
- Experience with Action Scripting and Web Design
Other Software
- Adobe Illustrator (expert), Adobe After Effects (expert), Adobe GoLive (expert), Macromedia Dreamweaver (expert), Quark (intermediate), Pixologic ZBrush (intermediate), Sound Forge (intermediate)
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