Present
Gonzilla Inc, Carlsbad , CA

Principal Partner

2005
Section 8 Studios, Carlsbad , CA

Creative Director

2004-2005
Madahvi Toys Interactive La Jolla , CA

Fall of Troy (PC)
Senior 3D Artist

Model, Light, and Texture terrain and game objects

2001-2004
Rockstar San Diego/Angel Studios San Diego, CA

Unannounced Project (Playstation2 and Xbox)
Senior 3D Artist

Creating geometry and textures for city exteriors using Maya, Photoshop and proprietary tools.

Spy Hunter 2 (Playstation2 and Xbox)
Lead Artist:

• Worked with other team leads to create a technical art specification document based on projected technology and game play.
• Responsible for assembling and hiring artists for key positions.
• Established and maintained a realistic and reliable task list and schedule for all art deliverables using MS Project and Excel. Emphasis was placed on quality and on-time delivery of all art milestones.
• Worked closely with Technical Director and Technical Artist to develop and maintain the art asset pipeline.
• Supervision and guidance of all artists on team, including annual reviews, risk analysis, task assignment, etc.
• Facilitated regular art meetings, maintained status reports for submission to the Producer.
• Contributed to building a positive team spirit.
• Earned respect, trust, and motivated art team members to perform on time and on schedule with high quality output.
• Balanced team needs (design changes, additional assets, programming requests) with deadlines (artist allocations, locking down art assets) to finish the project.
• Created and tuned art assets including geometry, textures, and lighting using Maya and Photoshop.

Midnight Club II (Playstation2)
Senior Artist:

• Worked with Game designers and Art Director to create Tokyo and LA road networks.
• Maya and Photoshop were used in the construction of the in-game assets. These included freeways, off ramps, and surface roads.
• Assisted in city block layout and construction.

2000-2001 Z-Axis Hayward, CA

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 (Playstation2)
3d Artist

• Create and design stunts and level geometry using 3DSMax and proprietary tools.

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX (Playstation and Dreamcast)
3d Artist

• Tune level geometry, vertex lighting and LODs using 3DSMax and proprietary tools.

1997-2000 Midway Games West/Atari Games Milpitas, CA

RUSH “Hot Rod” (Arcade)
Senior 3D Artist

• Co-developed project from initial concept to approved final document.

RUSH2049 (Arcade)
Lead 3D Artist

• Created futuristic real-time tracks and environments for #1 rated arcade-driving game using Multigen Creator, 3DSMAX, and Photoshop.
• Designed and built multiple racing vehicles.
• Responsibilities included construction, texturing, and lighting the tracks.
• Also responsible for training others in the track and car construction pipeline.

RUSH the ROCK (Arcade)
3D Artist

• Re-created Alcatraz’s infamous cell house using real-time construction and textures.
• Designed Rush the Rock Logo for cabinet marquee.
• Organized car models and textures for implementation in the game.

1996-1997 Ocean of America San Jose, CA

Mission Impossible (N64)
3D Artist

• Created real-time environments and textures for the various game levels. Alias 7.5 was used to model and light environments.
• Texture, intensity, and transparency maps were created using Photoshop Worked with in-house tools to sort and evaluate level construction.

1995-1996 Abalone Entertainment Software Fremont, CA
3D Artist/Animator

X-perts (Genesis)

• Created and designed backgrounds and background animation for the various game levels using D-Paint, D-Animate, Debabelizer, and Tume.
• Converted 3D animation into 2D sprites and animated cinematic end sequence.
• Responsible for pallet and tile organization of animation and background images.

Junk (Playstation)

• Constructed high polygon 3D enemies rendered as 2D sprites.
• Motion Capture was inserted using Puppeteer and Bones-Pro to animate the 3D characters along with traditional key frame techniques.
• Photoshop and various 3DS4 plug-ins were also used to create textures and effects.

Total Justice (Playstation)

• Responsible for building fully textured/low polygon 3D models using 3DSMax.
• Motion capture data was used in the character animation and Photoshop and Mesh-paint were used for textures.
• Characters were based on licensed DC Comic’s super heroes.

1993-1995 Prototypes Plus Menlo Park, CA
Model Maker/Project Supervisor

• Fabricated visual models and high precision prototypes using SurfCAM, parametric spline based modeling software.
• Construction of 3D wire frame models based on client drawings and quoting cost and time of proposed jobs.
• Prototype displays were used in the films Congo and Twister