Dennis Flath Email & Phone Number

Summit, New Jersey, United States

Summit, New Jersey, United States

-Manager of 3D Projects.-Management of personnel on the 3D team.-Creation and management of timelines and applicable documents to assist in workflow and production of projects from concept to execution.-Working with Director of Digital Production to meet objectives and hit key milestones.-Creation of 3D models and animations as applicable to assist in.

Freelance digital artist creating 2d concepts, 3d modeling (characters, environments, and props), texturing and surfacing, rigging, animation,lighting, and compositing.

-Establishes the art pipeline for 3D & 2D projects, assesses workflow, and makes improvements as needed.-Creates art documentation such as Art Design Documents & Style Guides for studio leads and art department.-Collaborates with studio leads to ensure high quality art work is created and falls under technical specifications.-Particates in defining art.

-Leads character team in the development of high quality character models.-Creates AAA quality characters by modeling, texturing, and UVing meshes.-Develops and executes NPC character kits to populate game with dozens of in-game characters.-Acts as a consultant and liason between outsourcing artists and internal character team.

-Created and maintained game development schedule. -Assessed daily development hurdles, adjusted scheduling on the fly and mitigated long term damages.-Collaborated with developer, co-developer, and publisher executives to deliver title on time.-Participated in interviewing and hiring key development staff.-Participated in production meetings discussing.

Designed, modeled, and textured props, environments, and characters for titles on the Xbox 360, Wii and PC. Other tasks include creation of shaders, lightmaps, animation, rigging and user interface design.

Instructed students on the principles of character modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation using 3DS Max & Maya through webinars & video lectures.

Lectured students on the principles, theories, and creation of 3D game designing. Classes were taught through lectures and hands-on demonstration. Students learned to create playable custom levels and custom characters.

Created models, textures, character animation, motion graphics, and architectural assets for film trailers, sizzle reels, and web video.

Created 3D character & prop models, designed logos, composited graphics, and conceptualized station IDs.

Bachelor Of Science, Media Arts And Animation

Activities and Societies: Founder and leader of the 3D Animation Club and Student Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH

Master Classes On Visual Effects And Game Art

Participated in a one month session of online Master Classes, studying 16 areas of areas of advanced Visual Effects and Game Art.

3D Modeling And Animation

Studies include 3D Motion Graphics Production, Vehicle Modeling and Materials, and Simple Character Modeling. Taught through instructor.