H o m e D e m o R e e l 3 D 2 D R e s u m e T u t o r i a l s
Making of 'From Russia With Love' interview. Click to play
A more detailed and printer friendly version of the resume is available here.
Nationality: British (holder of O-1 US work visa).
SKILLS
o Aliaswavefront Maya and Pixologic Zbrush are my primary 3D authoring tools but I have experience in other modelling packages such as 3DS Max, XSI, Silo, Modo and Wings3D.
I use Photoshop for all 2D texturing work. I have a strong traditional Art background and a solid grasp of computer graphic fundamentals including modelling, UVmapping and texturing,
rigging and animation, lighting and rendering, but primarily consider myself a digital sculptor and painter.
EA Redwood Shores, CA
o Character Art Director: ‘From Russia With Love’ (PS2, Xbox and GC)
EA Los Angeles, CA
o Senior Character Artist: ‘Goldeneye: Rogue Agent’ (PS2, Xbox, GC).
EA Redwood Shores, CA
Lead Character Artist: ‘James Bond 007 Everything Or Nothing’ (PS2, Xbox and GC).
Senior Character Artist: ‘James Bond 007 NightFire’ (PS2, Xbox, GC).
o Character Artist: ‘Freekstyle’ (PS2, GC).
o Character Artist: ‘Tiger Woods Golf 2002’ (PS2, Xbox, GC).
Lead 3D modeller: ‘James Bond 007 in…Agent Under Fire’ (PS2, Xbox and GC).
EA Chertsey, UK
o Character Artist: ‘Quake 3 Arena’ (PS2).
Artist: ‘Theme Park Rollercoaster’ (PS2) .
Character Artist: ‘Dungeon Keeper 2’ (PC).
1991-97
o After leaving Art College in 1990, I established a career in London, UK as a commercial illustrator. I worked for world renowned Artist’s agents ‘illustrationrgb’,
(http://www.illustrationrgb.com/home.asp) and several of my own clients. I made a successful freelance career in illustration for the publishing and advertising industries,
specialising mainly in realistic airbrush illustration.
1990
o Higher National Diploma (with distinction) in illustration covering general illustration, technical illustration, medical, scientific and natural history illustration. Falmouth School of Art, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK.
Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Foundation Art & Design Studies, South Devon College of Arts & Technology, Torquay, Devon, UK.
PRESS
Reviews of ‘From Russia With Love’
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/662/662903p3.html
“The facial texture work on all characters, especially Sean Connery's Bond, is excellent. The lip synching is respectable, and the amount of musculature in every character's face is impressive.”
http://www.xboxsolution.com/reviews-239.html
“Bond looks like Bond and the graphics are top-notch. All the lead characters look outstanding and even the henchmen look good and different.”
Reviews of ‘Everything Or Nothing’
http://www.nlgaming.com/nl/asp/id_853/nl/reviewDisp.htm
“There are several actors and actresses that lend their likeness to the game, and their digital counterparts are dead on. James Bond looks like Pierce Brosnan. Other actors and actresses include Mya,
Willem DaFoe, Shannon Elizabeth, Richard Kiel, Heidi Klum, Judi Dench, John Cleese, and Misaki Ito. It is simply amazing what EA was able to do with the characters.”
http://reviews.teamxbox.com/content.php?id=712
“and near perfect Brosnan to Bond transition, all go a long way to creating the look of the James Bond universe.”
Reviews of 'NightFire'
http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/jamesbond007nightfire/review-2.html
"Probably the most striking element of the game is James Bond himself. The character models throughout the game are very well done, but the lead character looks and moves just like Pierce Brosnan."
http://www.gamers.com/game/1160919
“And speaking of "100 percent Bond," this is the first appearance of a "real" Bond in a Bond game: This Bond is modeled after Pierce Brosnan, and the resemblance is eerie.”
Reviews of 'Agent Under Fire'
http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/jamesbond007inagentuf/review-2.html
"If there's one area where Agent Under Fire particularly excels, it's in the graphics. The character and weapon models look fantastic, the game's textures are clear and crisp, and the environments are often outstanding."
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/165/165723p1.html
"But what's best about Agent Under Fire is the character design. Bond looks like an amalgam of Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton and Roger Moore, in other words, he's perfect looking.
The character designers display a keen sense of detail in clothing, body shape, and facial detail that's rarely been seen in games to date. Bond and other characters in the game show off
several facial expressions that are some the best I've seen in a game, with great work done in the department of eyes movement and textures, facial textures,
and the difficult ability to make good looking characters...."
Review of ‘Dungeon Keeper 2’
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/dungeonkeeper2/review.html
"the graphics have undergone an incredible refinement since the first game, lending Dungeon Keeper 2 some of the best graphics you've ever seen."
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