resume' for computer graphics
   
 

Experience

  Freelance Digital Artist    
  Executed 2D & 3D digital art projects including CG textures & lighting in Maya, compositing in After Effects & Combustion, graphic design utilizing Photoshop & Illustrator, and web design in DreamWeaver   clients include New Moon Rep, Seen Performance, Light Source Inc., & others
       
  Lighting Artist    Nathan Love
  Executed lighting for a promotional spot for Cellular South    
       
  Texture Artist    Walsh Family Media
  Executed selected textures for characters & environments on the short film, We Need a Hit    
 

Instructor-Environment and Level Design

  International Academy of Design & Technology
  Taught concepts of environment and level design to undergraduate students enrolled in the game design program    
       
 

Computer Graphics Artist/Graduate Research Assistant-The Mystery Dinosaur

  ACCAD, Brave New Pictures
  Member of the production team on a documentary animation aired on The Science Channel. Responsible for animation, texturing, and compositing of shots    
       
  Look Development Texture Painter-Intern   Walt Disney Feature Animation
 

One of six interns to complete the summer training program. Trained on in-house proprietary software and completed painted textures based on Art Director’s specifications

   
       
  Computer Graphics Artist-Generalist-Jane, Diary of a Dinosaur   Burpee Museum of Natural History
 

Member of the production team on a series of animations produced for the museum. Responsible for pre-visualization, animation, texturing, lighting, rendering and compositing of selected animations installed in a permanent exhibit

   
       
 

Education          

   
  M.F.A., Digital Visualization & Animation    ACCAD, Ohio State University
  M.F.A., Scenic Design   Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
  B.F.A., Fine Art, drawing & painting     Eastern Michigan University
       
 

Skills

   
  Traditional-drawing, scenic painting, model-building, story-boarding, drafting and reading construction drawings
 

Computer-Maya 7.0, Mental Ray, Photoshop CS2, After Effects, Deep Paint 3D, Combustion, UNIX

       
       
 
           
  copyright 2009 shana mckay burns