Jarrod Davis

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Emmy-award-winning technical artist @ Jackalyptic Games
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Bulverde, Texas, United States, United States
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About Jarrod Davis

Jarrod Davis is a Emmy-award-winning technical artist at Jackalyptic Games. He possess expertise in visual effects, lightwave, compositing, maya, computer graphics and 34 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Jarrod’s ability and intellect snuck up on me due to someone displaying a breathtaking lack of insight by introducing him to me in terms of what he was not capable of. The trait of listing first what he is not capable of is sadly a tendency that Jarrod also has, but that is the only negative one I’ve seen in Jarrod and is a side effect of having a top 4 percentile mind (unlike the person who introduced him to me) I was slow in realizing how amazing Jarrod is due to that poor intro, and it being unclear if it were my responsibility to be there for him or not. Thankfully I reached out, he made some comment about my having decided to take him under his wing or umbrella, which was my 1st clue to the details I began with as it told me he’d been paying more attention and I was trailing behind him. To manage Jarrod is to often feel like you’ve missed a beat though, he is so sharply aware of things around him. It results in his progression being incredibly fast, much as the broadness of his range being wider than a person would expect. He worked as a Technical Animator/ Everything else on the side guy when I spent time alongside him but I constantly had to work to keep up with learning what else he was actually doing or capable of as he also seemed to have VFX and Technical skills, rigging (which he just learned for the position), level design, lighting, writing, different languages, mentoring. Honestly, his Emmy is the least of his accomplishments. Jarrod was one of the two people I routinely turned to for answers, suggestions or just to talk as he has as much of an almanac brain awareness of cinema and literature as I have encountered, which is another skillset he leverages to improve the quality of his animation or technical resources he can call forth when required. If you have memorized almost everything you have ever watched, you have a lot of reference for free or know exactly where to find it. As much as I have written, I feel that I am underselling him as after reading over my words, they just don’t seem to match up to the image I have of his worth and ability." and "We're running a Metahuman chop-shop together. Jarrod is great to work with we can pull apart very technical problems regarding character art/animation in Unreal 4 and 5. With a very small team we are able to arrive at a result that is comparable to what you expect in AAA games. And they still perform even in VR. I'm always looking forward to the next surprising technical achievement when it comes to expanding our characters abilities. Jarrod is ambitious, enthusiastic about his work and welcomes big ideas to the party. I look at what we've made in such a short amount of time and am delighted to see characters walking, talking and more! I'm lucky to have a part in the mad-science Jarrod thrives in. Let's continue to build it, break it, and build it better!"

Jarrod Davis's Current Company Details
Jackalyptic Games

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Emmy-award-winning technical artist
Jarrod Davis Work Experience Details
  • Jackalyptic Games
    Senior Technical Artist
    Jackalyptic Games Jan 2023 - Present
    Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
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  • Leidos
    Senior Unreal Technical Character Animator/Cinematic Designer
    Leidos Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
    San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area
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  • Newtek
    Ux Engineer
    Newtek Jun 2014 - Dec 2020
    Design, implement, maintain and update user interfaces for the TriCaster family of products, using XAML and C#.Visual designer and co-developer of NDI Telestrator.Co-developer of the NewTek LiveGraphics system. Designed and developed the LiveGraphics Creator extension for After Effects using Adobe CEP (HTML/JS/CSS).Developer of web applications for several NewTek products.Design and implement exterior graphics for NewTek hardware products, including control surfaces and rack-mount units.
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  • Newtek
    Content Engineer
    Newtek May 2011 - Dec 2020
    Design and build virtual sets, title templates, graphical user interfaces, animated transitions, and various other graphic elements for the NewTek family of products including LightWave 3D and TriCaster.
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  • Newtek
    Content Development Supervisor
    Newtek Dec 2007 - Apr 2012
    San Antonio, Texas Area
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  • Zoic Studios
    Vfx Supervisor
    Zoic Studios Jul 2002 - Nov 2007
    Designing, supervising and executing visual effects shots. Tracking, modeling, 3D animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing. Some bidding and budgeting for projects. Notable projects listed below:Television shows: Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Century City, CSI, 24, Eureka, Angel, and Ghost Whisperer.Films: Serenity and Van HelsingCommercial: General MotorsVideo Games: M.A.G. E3 Trailer
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  • Radium
    Digital Artist
    Radium Mar 2002 - Jul 2002
    Visual effects for a couple of projects, primarily Firefly and the Linkin Park video Pts.OF.Athrty
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  • Foundation Imaging
    Digital Artist
    Foundation Imaging Aug 1999 - Mar 2002
    Animation and visual effects for kidvid shows Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles, Max Steel, Dan Dare. Also TV movie Superfire, and then TV series Star Trek: Voyager and Enterprise.
  • Digital Domain
    Digital Artist
    Digital Domain Apr 2000 - Jun 2000
    Visual effects (texturing, lighting, rendering) for two Ericsson commercials, one Global Crossing commercial, a video for the Experience Music Project, and a CG treadmill for a Lubriderm commercial
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  • Newtek, Inc.
    Support Technician
    Newtek, Inc. Jun 1997 - Jul 1999
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  • Creative Labs, Inc.
    Support Technician
    Creative Labs, Inc. Feb 1994 - Jun 1997
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Jarrod Davis Skills

Visual Effects Lightwave Compositing Maya Computer Graphics Computer Animation Lighting Digital Compositing Mel Animation Special Effects After Effects Texturing Feature Films Modeling Commercials Film Digital Video Video Video Production Rendering Scripting Hd Video Character Animation Graphics Motion Graphics Multimedia Storyboarding 3d Modeling Post Production Premiere Rigging Python 3d Graphics Television Video Editing Traditional Animation 3d Visualization Photoshop

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Jarrod Davis works for Jackalyptic Games

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Jarrod Davis's current role is Emmy-award-winning technical artist.

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What schools did Jarrod Davis attend?

Jarrod Davis attended Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma School Of Science And Mathematics.

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Jarrod Davis has skills like Visual Effects, Lightwave, Compositing, Maya, Computer Graphics, Computer Animation, Lighting, Digital Compositing, Mel, Animation, Special Effects, After Effects.

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