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Chris Kapp
1 774 994 1124
ckanimation.com
ck1nce@gmail.com
40 Brown Street #2
Waltham, MA 02453

Education:
Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University (CDIA) Waltham, MA

3D Animation Certificate

June 2007-January 08

Syracuse University Syracuse, NY

Advertising Design, BFA Sept 2001-Dec 05

Experienced In:
Maya 2010, Photoshop CS4, Flash CS4, ZBrush 3.5, Illustrator CS4, UVHeadus, Premier CS4, After Effects CS4

3D Experience:
iPwn Studio, December 2009-Present, Environmental/Weapons Modeling and Texturing Internship
- Conceptualized, modeled and textured over 40 varied weapons and environmental assets for an upcoming iPhone questing game. Submitted and modeled weapon concepts while working under tight deadlines with very low poly limitations. Laid out UV’s and created custom textures for all weapons and environmental assets modeled, adhering to color and texture size restrictions.

Center for Digital Imaging Arts, September 2008-April 2010, Teaching Assistant: Computer Animation Class
-Assisted in educating a class of 20 students in different 3D fields in Maya such as; mechanical, organic/character modeling, UV layout, creating original textures, bump maps/normal maps, 3D and 2D animation,
IK/FK rigging/switch, particle effects, Adobe programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, After Effects, Premier),
ZBrush modeling/texturing, UV Headus, HDRI, particle systems, render layers and compositing

Robotech Center, April 2009 - August 2009, Instructor
-Learned 3D software in order to develop multiple class curriculums for several week-long courses at the Museum of Science. Instructed up to seventeen school children, grades 3-8 in Flash and 3D Avatar Classes.

Center for Digital Imaging Arts, 3D Animation Summer Boot Camp: Summer 2008
-Developed the curriculum and taught 16 students basic animation, modeling, UV layouts, texturing and bump maps, Photoshop, cycle animation

Lead Texture Artist, Boston Foundation for Sight Informational Video
-Developed and executed as a class an informational video to demonstrate the use of the Boston Sclera Lens
-Lead Texture Artist, responsible for two other texture artists
-Modeler for 3D animated scenes
-Animator, Lighting and Render Artist for several 3D scenes

3D Skills:
Modeling: Character, Interior Modeling, Mechanical, Organic and Inorganic, (Polygons, NURBS, Sub-Ds)
Texturing: UV Layout, Original Textures, Bump Maps and Normal Maps
Rigging: Creating Joints, IK/FK Rigging, Painting Weights
Lighting/Rendering: Maya software, Mental Ray, Final Gathering, Global Illumination, Light Linking, HDRI
Animation: Character, Facial, Cycle Animation, Pose-To-Pose, 3D and 2D Animatics
Miscellaneous: Particle Effects, Paint Effects, Toon Shader, Fur, Dynamics

Awards:
-Received the first ever “Award for Excellence and Distinction in the Practicum Project”
-Winner of the school-wide Center for Digital Imaging Arts Amazing Creations contest in 2008

Flash Experience:
-Designed and published several sites using mainly Adobe Flash CS3 and Dreamweaver. Sites exhibit basic web and flash knowledge, actionscripting and animation

*willing to relocate*