Tobias Wolfe Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Working with a small team to put together training courses for an awesome client

Camas, Washington

At Convergence I was brought on to put together training videos for commercial/industrial sectors using a mix of 3D and 2D elements.I made several courses, with video counts ranging from around 40 to 60 per course. Each video lasting around a minute to up to around five minutes.My experience here was amazing, and I learned so much. All of the other designers were amazing, and really helpful getting me up to speed quickly with their methods. The subject matter experts, who wrote the courses, were great at answering my questions and helping me fully understand the material. (very important, as it's much easier to create the right visuals if you actually understand what needs to be tought) My manager Mike Reese was truly excellent at his role, kept everything in line, and was a great friend to boot.I expanded my skill in 3DS Max here, and picked up two new ones. After Effects was a critical part of the pipeline, and with every designer being a generalist, I had to learn quickly. Thankfully I was working for a training company, so they had made many video courses on After Effects, which combined with the helpfulness of the other designers, I got proficient at very quickly. Over my time at convergence I studied at night different motion graphic techniques and 2D design ideas to enhance my projects.The other software I learned was Vray. The only rendering software I had exposure to before were Arnold and Mental Ray, and now I can't see myself using anything other than Vray. Definitely a learning curve, but after a year of tweaking and trying to learn what every setting does, I feel I have a pretty good grasp of the software.Truly enjoyed my time here, and love that I walked away with all new experiences under my belt. Also, I wasn't expecting to learn and retain so much of the material being tought in the courses, but I have a great understanding of a number of things now that I never would had exposure to. Who knew centrifugal pumps were so interesting!

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

I worked primarily with their YouAR team developing assets for their AR project. I worked closely with one of the founders, Daniel, where we tried out many concepts for small apps that would fit within their platform.It was a unity based project, and I had to learn to code on the fly. Thankfully there were four amazing programmers on staff already that helped me immensely, as some of the stuff I was getting into was much more complicated than I could learn overnight.Very fun group of people and I really enjoyed being pushed outside my comfort zone.

Portland, Oregon Area

Team lead for a student production at AI of Portland. We created a VR training application for Westgate Resorts to use with their housekeepers. I was responsible for both modeling and texturing over 130 different assets for the project, and delegating tasks to my teammates while ensuring those tasks were completed to a high standard.