Thursday, August 6, 2009

Resume

Kieran Fogarty's Resume.
email: sintaxerrors@gmail.com
web site: http://kieransportfolio.blogspot.com/


Kieran Fogarty





The Idea:
  • To work in a environment that keeps me excited, and eager to learn.
    I love challenges and new puzzles, of any sort.
    Learning with good avenues for knowledge share, always seems to help create a positive place to invent, create, design and work. 


Work Experience


-Currently working contract position at EA sports in vancouver canada.
2013+

-Freelance work october-december 2013
(Info avaoible upon request)

-May 2005 - July 2012
ELECTRONIC ARTS CANADA

  • Lead Lighter and environment modeler/texture artist at Electronic Arts in Vancouver Canada

Education

2004 - 2005 – British Columbia Institute of Technology
  • Graduated from the Digital Animation program.
    • Learned traditional 2D animation, Photoshop , Maya, Softimage XSI, and Discreet Combustion


Skills/Profile

Skills:
  • Lighting Art Lead on multiple projects, including two simultaneously.
  • Quick to pick up and learn any new software when needed.
  • 5 years experience texturing, modeling and Lighting environments for current gen and next gen games
  • Great knowledge and problem solving skills in maya, photoshop, and many of the programs listed below.
  • Creation of game ideas and game mechanics in my spare time.
  • Basic understanding of Mel for maya, and currently learning Python.
  • Passion for creating of both new innovative game ideas, as well as re-creation of previous concepts and ideas.
  • Basic understanding and skills in both Unreal engine 3 and Crytek engine 2. (for the creation of mods in spare my time with co workers.)
  • Greyblock\blocking for most levels of almost all of the games I have worked on.


Software :
  • - Maya
  • - Photoshop
  • -Illustrator
  • - Photo Modeler
  • - Adobe Premier, and After Effects
  • -Discreet Combustion
  • - Softimage XSI
  • -Headus UV Layout
  • -Perforce
  • -ZBrush
  • -Crazy Bump
  • -iStopMotion
  • -Mac And PC.



Achievements
  • Worked along side a group of 16 other artists, part of Sketrchrospective, to create two illustrated books, including current production of an illustrated story book.




References
Available upon request