Resume

Software Knowledge

Relevant Skills and Experience

• Expertise in green screen keying, color correcting, masking, rotosplining
• Expertise in Maya UV mapping tools, procedural and photoshop painting texturing
• Experience in modeling characters and environments
• Experience 2D and 3D camera tracking using Boujou and Fusion
• Experience in keyframe animation, animatics and Mocap
• Professional logo design and web front-end interface design
• Expertise of HTML and CSS
• Knowledge of HTML 5, PHP, actionscript and javascript
• Traditional art background in oil, acrylic and watercolor painting, charcoal drawing, and photography

Employment History

• Christie Coyle Design; Freelance Web/Graphic Designer (WordPress and Blogger themes, E-Commerce Online Stores), Web Developer, and Visual Effects Artist, 2009-present
  Create web sites for clients using CMS applications like WordPress and FlyingCart.
  Design every aspect of site, business cards and advertising identity. Create visual effects using Lightwave and Maya focusing on texturing, lighting and compositing
• “The Blood” (Short Film) Orlando, FL
  
  Lead Compositor, 2011
  Camera tracked and composited 15 green screen shots from the religious short film “The Blood”. I was contracted from The City of Life Church in Orlando to assist them with the post-production work and it was viewed by a audience that gathered at the Silver Spurs Arena for the “Easter Experience”!
• Dr. Memory’s Universe (promotional demo) Celebration, FL
  
  Texture Artist, Compositor, Graphic Designer, 2009-2010
  Created environments and original designs for the educational demo using Maya and Photoshop. Composited over 20 scenes for the demo using Fusion.
• Magma Corps (Movie Trailer), Orlando, FL
  Graphic Designer, Logo Modeler, Texture Artist, Animatics 2009
  Created original art concepts for logos and later developed into vector and 3D object format using Photoshop and Lightwave. Also, used UV and image mapping techniques for texturing projects. For character development, I designed and created the motion graphics sequences in trailer using Photoshop and Fusion.
• Star Trek: New Voyages Phase II; Kitumba (Freelance), Orlando, FL
  Modeler, Texture Artist, 2009
  I recreated the planet Quo’nos from reference from the older show. I painted the planet’s texture in photoshop, image mapped and rendered the planet using Lightwave. I composited and color corrected the passes together using Fusion.
• Defying Gravity (Music Video), Orlando, FL
  Modeler, Texture Artist, Compositor, 2008
  Modeled and textured a downtown buildings and streets environment for replacement of the greenscreen background in the original footage for the video. Worked with the Art Director for the overall look of downtown textures. Once that was completed, I composited in the footage for my shots with 3D and 2D camera tracking, color correcting, keying out the green, and rotosplining.
• Basic Matrix, Shreveport, LA
  Web/Graphic Designer, 2006 – 2008
  Hired as an intern and later promoted to a permanent position as lead Designer. Researched, developed and completed all aspects of design for web interfaces, Powerpoint presentation graphics, business cards, logos, web advertisements and animations, and tradeshow booth designs. Also, assisted in content organization of web sites using CSS and HTML.

Freelance Clients

• City of Life Church, Kissimmee, FL
  Freelance Maya Generalist/Compositor/Fluid Dynamics (2011-Present)
• Creative Force Video Productions, Orlando FL
  Freelance Graphic Designer and Web Designer (2010-Present)
• NCompass Web Studio, Orlando, FL
  Freelance Web Designer and Developer (2010-Present)
• ODS of Florida, Orlando, FL
  Freelance Web Designer and Developer (2010-Present)
• J.J. Varab Digital Arts, Inc., Celebration, FL
  Freelance Maya Generalist, Compositor, Graphic Designer (2010-Present)
  Worked with creative director/animator/character designer/writer/producer/editor, Jeffrey Varab, on several projects including a pre-visualization trailer for an animated feature film called “Hold”, a Fall 2010 television series intro featuring Jim Bulushi and Jerry O’Connell called “The Defenders”, and a Jim Bulushi concert animation.

Education

• A.S. Digital Animation and Visual Effects, 2008
  DAVE School, Orlando, FL
• A.S. Web Development and Interface Design course work, 2006
  Bossier Community College, Bossier City, LA
• B.F.A. Graphic Design, Minor Art History; 2004
  Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

References

(Available upon request)