Jason Baldwin
1410 sw 11th ave
Portland, or 97201
360-903-4175
WWW.BUNKART.NET
Jasonsbaldwin@gmail.com
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PROFILE
- 8
years of computer graphics experience
- BFA in
Media Arts and Animation
- 2
years lecturing on modeling and topology
- Work
featured in DÕartiste Character modeling by Ballistic Publishing
EXPERIENCE
2005-present
Laika Entertainment
Modeler, Look Development
-Jack and BenÕs Animated
Adventure, directed by Jorgen Klubien
- Work with the director to model characters based
on loose sketches and sculpts
- Secondary animation on development tests
-Coraline, directed by Henry Selick
- Animator on early look development test
-Various film properties.
- Modeling props, environments and characters in a
look development capacity for several film properties in pre-production.
- Secondary animation on various film properties
- Storyboarding for look development tests
Moongirl, directed by Henry Selick
Secondary animator
- Animated all string, rope, and several props for
the short film.
2007-present
Art Institute of Portland
Instructor of Advanced
modeling
- Created an original course on advanced character
modeling with a focus on topology, form and human anatomy.
- Developed Òpoly puzzleÓ exercises as a hands on
way to demonstrate proper polyflow. Based on their success they were
adopted by the rest of the modeling classes in the cg program.
- By request, currently developing a 400 level
modeling class with a focus on speed, form and observation skills.
2004-2006
Reality Engineering
Modeler/animator
- Work closely with a character TD and concept
artist to create and animate character models for client promotional
materials for Johnson and Johnson, Bayer, OrthoBiotech, Procrit, Doxil,
and several others.
- Work closely with medical professionals to create
and animate technically accurate medical models for patient education.
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
Maya, 3D studio Max,
Photoshop, Illustrator, gimp, Premier, After Effects, flash, html, UNIX/Linux,
Windows, Mac OSX
EDUCATION
Art Institute of Portland
Bachelor of Science in Media
Arts and Animation-Summer 05Õ
REFERENCES
Available on request