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40 1/2 Shaker Road
Concord, NH 03301
603-724-3191
Brent@brentpaige.com

Professional Work

Clash of the Titans (iPhone)- unreleased
Hinterland (PC) - released September 29, 2008
SimCity Societies: Destinations (PC) - released June 24, 2008
SimCity Societies (PC) - released November 15, 2007

Industry Experience
February 1 - April 1, 2010

SMERC Designs, Inc.
181 N. 11th St., Suite 207
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Contract Artist, remote work

• Aided in the last month of production for Clash of the Titans iPhone Application. Main duties were modeling and texturing unfinished characters, reviewing all finished character textures and polishing as needed.
• Responsible for miscellaneous minor tasks such as main menu creation, small prop texturing.

April 30, 2007- April 1, 2008

Tilted Mill Entertainment
50 Speen Street
Framingham, MA 01701

Title: Junior Artist

Hinterland

• Created concept art then modeled monster lairs/housing in 3Ds Max to be used in game based on input from the Art Directior. Also responsible for texturing buildings using Adobe Photoshop.
• Responsible for creating many of the game's environmental assets ranging from various types of trees to multiple rock outcroppings. Met with the Art Diretor to review and fine tune environmental assets to help establish the look of the game world.

SimCity Societies: Destinations

• Created a variety of buildings for SimCity Societies: Destinations, ranging in style from ancient dig sites to carnival games and colonial houses.
• Responsible for creating concept sketches based on design specs, modeling, texturing and implementing finished building model into game along with required collision meshes, tag points and LODs.
• Met with art lead on a regular basis to review buildings and make suggested tweaks/polish.
• Animated props in 3Ds Max, then exported via Emotion FX to be used in game by various buildings.

SimCity Societies

• Created much of the environmental ambience for SimCity Societies. In game regions range from desert, alpine, tundra, savannah and tropical.
• Responsible for meeting with the Art Directior and Assistant Art Director on a regular basis to review environments and make any necessary changes.
• Fixed neumerous art related bugs and issues.

Current Employer
New Hampshire Distributors 65 Regional Drive, Concord, NH 03301
Job Title: Sign Shop Associate (March 2, 2009 - Present)
Job Description: Utilizing graphic design and page layout skills it is my duty to create promotional signage that advertises company products at retail outlets and specialty events.
Software Used - Corel Draw 14

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology
School of Film and Animation
2002-2006

• Graduated May 27, 2006 with a BFA in Film/Animation and
  a minor in Japanese language and culture.
• Graduated with honors.
• Participated in the 2005 Kanazawa Institute of Technology summer exchange program.
  A six week intensive Japanese language course in Kanazawa, Japan.
• Transcripts available upon request.

New Hampshire Community
Technical College Berlin/Laconia
2000-2002

• Obtained an Associates Degree in Graphic Arts.
• Graduated with honors.

Skills

• Experienced working in a fast paced video game production environment. Aware of dedication required for meeting deadlines in a timely manner.
• Highly motivated to continue working in the video game industry and offer my skills to a dedicated, tight knit art team.
• I have developed a strong drive to improve my drawing and painting skills so I may one day become a professional 2D artist. I draw daily and constantly read books of various art related content.

Hobbies

• I have studied Classical Kung-Fu and kickboxing for over 9 years, I am currently an assistant kung-fu teacher at Averill's Martial Arts.
• Drawing every day on my lunch break, after work and any other time I can squeeze it in.
• Developing my painting skills through diligent practice of the traditional and digital medium.

References

Ed Brillant
Artist, Co-Worker - Tilted Mill Entertainment
Currently emplyed at 745studios
E-mail: edb76@comcast.net
Phone (cell): 978-994-2653

Paul Averill
Owner, Chief Instructor - Averill's Martial Arts Academy
3 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
603-223-0300

Software

• 3Ds Max 9 - Used during my employment at Tilted Mill Entertainment to create 3D assets for use in video games.
• ZBrush - Familiar with workflow for generating normal maps to use in 3Ds Max for video game assets. I have completed many personal projects using the software.
• Adobe Photoshop - Experienced creating hand painted textures and manipulating stock textures/photos for use on in game assets. Familiar with correctly labling and arranging layers so PSD file is kept clean and easy to maneuver if used by another artist for future tweaks.
• Corel Painter - My software of choice for all digital painting work.
• Alias Maya - Used throughout my time at Rochester Institue of Technology to create 3 animated shorts and various 3D art assignments.