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Certified to teach EnglishCertified to teach Graphic DesignCertified to teach Animation

Create and animate rigs for character models

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Create rigs and assets for various film and television projects as directed.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Created character rigs and animations for The Witte Museum's Interactive Battle of the Alamo exhibit.

Create production-ready rigs and animation.

Created a series of tutorials on hard-surface modeling ("Creating a Hard-Surface Futuristic Soldier in ZBrush").

Created arena graphics and animation for television advertisements for the OKC Barons, a minor-league affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers, to be used throughout 2013-2014 AHL season.

Created arena graphics for Oklahoma City Barons AHL team - Calder Cup Playoffs 2013.

Created a series of tutorials on creating a forest creature ("Creating a Detailed Forest Creature in ZBrush").

Created a series of tutorials on creating a sci-fi teleportation effect in After Effects ("Compositing a Teleportation Effect in After Effects").

Created a series of tutorials on animation and dynamics techniques in creating an action sequence ("Animating a Fight Scene in Maya").

Created a series of tutorials on modeling and texturing models for rendering and compositing a final image in ZBrush and After Effects ("Creating an Aged Character and Artifacts in ZBrush and Maya").

Created a series of tutorials on hard surface modeling techniques ("Modeling a Mech Robot") in ZBrush.

Created a series of tutorials on animation/presentation techniques in ZBrush and After Effects ("Animated Turntable Techniques in ZBrush").

Bachelor Of Arts, Politics

Graduated cum laude Philo Sherman Bennet Thesis Award Center for Human Values Thesis Award

Mfa, Animation/Visual Effects

Graduated cum laude