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Carl Schell – Resume

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced Technical Art Director with a strong deadline, quality, and results driven focus. Accomplished game artist in the full life cycle of multi-platform game definition, prototyping, proof of concept, design, implementation, testing and development. Strong leadership and mentoring skills. Solid track record of consistently meeting and exceeding company goals, objectives and expectations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003 – 2009 – Blue Omega Entertainment – Annapolis, MD

Technical Art Director / Production Director on 3rd person platformer/shooter Damnation for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC.

• Fluent in the Unreal 3 Engine, including all world building tools, Kismet, Animation Tools, Material Editor, Matinee as well as a working understanding of UnrealScript.
• Created pipelines, guidelines and documentation for external teams working on many aspects of the game development process including Art, World Building, Scripting, Cinematics, Audio and Programming.
• Worked closely with outsourced partners to facilitate communication between our different external teams.
• Documented and facilitated the technical implementation entire gameplay systems including, tools, weapons, player abilities, vehicles, AI, camera, and scripting.
• Modeled and textured ‘keystone’ assets that would set the visual and technical goal for our outsourced partners. This included creation of gameplay models from start to finish including the 3d Model, Normal Model, and Textures.
• Designed and laid out entire gameplay areas and worlds (approx. 5-8 hours of gameplay) to guide the art teams when filling in the art for the areas.
• Created and maintained the technical requirements and restrictions for the worlds and characters, animations, sound and cinematics.
• Created and maintained tools using MaxScript and Visual Basic.
• Debugged and fixed problems with memory, framerate, etc. for the Xbox360 and Playstation3.

1999 – 2003 – Vicarious Visions, Inc. – Albany, NY

Senior/Lead 3d Artist involved with the management and mentoring of other artists as well as production work. Assess customer needs and develop plans for meeting and surpassing their needs while communicating forward progress.

• Develop self motivated strategy which consistently helps to surpass expectations and meet all deadlines and milestones.
• Directly responsible for the creation and implementation of real time 3D art and graphics for today’s top video game engines including the Playstation, Playstation 2, GameCube, Xbox and Gameboy Advance.
• Lead and coordinate small and large art teams; maintain schedules and technical requirements.
• Selected to train and coordinate other teams in US and Russia on new technology.
• Design and communicate ideas for tracks and levels which follow design requirements and regulations.
• Mentor other artists in order to maintain the quality expected for visual art and engine performance.
• Utilize R&D skills in order to create impressive and convincing prototypes.

1998 – 1999 – IcePick Games – Phoenix, AZ (Child Company of FuturePace Technologies)

Lead artist who worked under constant deadlines to meet various milestones while maintaining quality work. Responsible for managing, modeling and full creation of 3D cut scenes for cutting-edge gaming projects.

• Designed and textured high-resolution 3D human characters as well as multiple levels and scenes from 1st person perspective.
• Designed and created Low Polygon models for use in the “Unreal Engine”.
• Responsible for full development of photo-realistic scenes depicting real-life situations. Created textures for use in games as well as skin textures for In-Game characters.
• Assisted other artists with complex design projects in 3d Studio Max and Adobe Photoshop

1998 – 1998 – FuturePace Technologies – Phoenix, AZ

Responsible for modeling and creating 3D scenes for use on the World Wide Web. Worked with a team of four designers to create Photo-realistic 3D sites, developed in 3D Studio Max, Adobe Photoshop and HTML.

1990 – 1997 – Keats, Connelly & Assoc. Inc. – Phoenix, AZ

Information Services Manager responsible for network administration as well as workstation maintenance and employee software training.

• Created and maintained corporate web site. Configured client databases to manage sales contact data, direct mailings, and newsletter processing. Involved in various forms of graphic design for promotional materials and was cross-trained in aspects of MIS and administrative duties.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

* Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Arizona State University with an emphasis on Interactive computer graphics, Information Technology and Management Skills. 1997
* Project Management Training Workshop – Hudson Valley Community College. 2001
* Facilitation Training Workshop – Hudson Valley Community College. 2002

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

* Member IGDA (International Game Developers Organization) http://www.igda.org/
* Member AIAS (Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences) http://www.interactive.org/

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Programming Languages: MaxScript, Perl, PHP, ASP.NET, HTML, C#, Visual Basic and Familiar with C/C++ Syntax
Software: 3d Studio Max, Basic Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe illustrator, Character Studio, Alchemy Game Engine, Unreal Engine 3 (Also Familiar with UnrealScript), Torque Game Builder (iTGB).
Platforms: PC, PSOne, Gameboy Advance, iPhone, Playstation Portable, PlayStation2, Xbox, Gamecube, Xbox 360, Playstation 3