Josh Hess 3d Artist
 
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Josh Hess - 3D Artist

27 George Town Drive
Framingham, MA 01702
Phone: (315) 854-4398
Email: joshhess@joshhessart.com

Objective

An entry-level modeler, texture artist, or animator

Education

2002 ~ 2005 Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA
      Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation.

1998 ~ 2001 Mohawk Valley Community College
Utica, NY
      Majored in Illustration - Transferred to Savannah College of Art and Design.

Skills

  • Creation of high quality 3D assets with a focus on art style, frame rate, engine requirements, and animate-ability.
  • Co-designed (not programmed) 3D game engine, featuring IK bone creation / animation system, shadow volumes, normal mapping, and graph editor for animation. www.3dkingdoms.com
  • Creation of diffuse map, specular map, alpha map, light map and normal map.
  • Used a professional workflow to create a fully interactive character.
  • Strong illustration / sequential art skill 4+ Years study in illustration.
  • Modeling Low poly characters for rendering / animation in a video game engine.
  • Modeling and lighting  environments, props and vehicles.
  • Texture and UV mapping meshes painting original textures for meshes and sky boxes or textures from photo reference.
  • Rig bipedal, quadrupled and custom skeletons for animation using soft or rigged bind.
  • Synchronize facial animation to voice tracks.
  • Animation of various cycles to create a fully interactive character.
  • Ability to quickly learn in-house tools and procedures
  • Menu and art and animation for 2D web games on www.tenthplay.com

Software

3D Studio max 3.5-9.0 Linux(Fedora, openSUSE) Visual C++
Alias Maya Adobe Production Suite zBrush 2-3
Macromedia Suite All Versions of Windows Macintosh OS 7 - X

Work Experience

Web Games
2007-Present
Tenthplay - Framingham, Massachusetts
Tasks Accomplished: Game art sound and animation for 2D web games.
Skills Needed: Research, Time Management, Inter-personal skills

Full-Time Level 3 Technical Support
2007-Present
EMC - Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Tasks Accomplished: Front end for Voice initiated trouble tickets. Responsible for case routing and severity assessment. Facilitate communication between the field and support groups
Skills Needed: Customer Service Skills, Time Management, Prioritization, Inter-personal skills

Full-Time Customer Service
2005-2007
Fused Solutions - Potsdam, New York
Tasks Accomplished: Solved ISP issue, Point of sales support, and Hardware firewall support
Strong Trouble Shooting Skills, Customer Service Skills, Time Management, Prioritization, Inter-personal skills, Teamwork


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- Josh Hess -
Phone 315-854-4398
Email:joshhess@joshhessart.com