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Jeremy French
jsfrench@gmail.com
http://www.jeremyfrench.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyfrench

OBJECTIVE:

To create imaginative, high-quality artwork in a team environment that will allow me to grow as an artist.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: Proficient with PC and Mac. Xbox360, PS3, iOS, PS Vita, Wii, Xbox

Software: Highly proficient in Maya, Photoshop, Perforce.

Experienced in Mudbox, xNormal, VRay, Marmoset Toolbag, Maya Live, CySlice, AfterEffects, Final Cut Pro, Alienbrain.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Sanzaru Games Inc., Foster City, CA 10/09 - 03/13

Sr. Artist

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

Bentley’s Hackpack

Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident

-Created realtime architecture, environment and prop models, UV’s, and shaders. Managed large amounts of assets during full level ownership. Created dynamic and static lighting. Created basic procedural animations. Worked on PS3, PS Vita, and Wii consoles as well as iOS.

REALSCAN 3D, Inc., Redondo Beach, CA 05/09 - 10/09

Freelance Artist

-Worked closely with Realscan 3D to provide re-surfaced meshes from highly dense 3D scans that would easily plug in to existing character rigging & animation pipelines for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

Created high resolution, hand-built models to act as digital replacements for existing real-world set pieces.

CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, Redwood City, CA 07/07 - 01/09

Artist

Tomb Raider: Underworld

Tomb Raider: Underworld - Beneath the Ashes/Lara's Shadow

-Modeled detailed architectural environments. Worked closely with material artists and designers to redesign a convincing, moody atmosphere for an iconic location in the series. Also worked within an established art style to help create content for exterior locations.

VISUAL CONCEPTS, Novato, CA 03/06 - 06/07

Artist

Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer

-Created environment models and textures to be used both in-game and as an example of quality for an external outsourcing company. Processed and touched-up entire outsourced rooms/architecture to be game-ready assets.

PERPETUAL ENTERTAINMENT, San Francisco, CA 08/05 - 03/06

Environment Artist

Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising

-Creation of large scale MMO environments involving modeling and texturing. Worked closely with the design team to keep the game space interesting throughout multiple kilometers of terrain.

ODDWORLD INHABITANTS, San Luis Obispo, CA 09/03 - 04/05

Realtime Artist

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

-Performed stylized architectural, environment, and prop modeling and texturing. Created atmospheric lighting in large interior environments. Created and edited basic script files to trigger events and destructibles.

3D EYETRONICS, Inc., Redondo Beach, CA 03/03 - 09/03

3D Artist

-Full body, face and object scanning and compiling. Re-surfacing highly dense full bodies, faces and creatures with animation-ready topology in multiple LODs for feature film, television and commercial use including The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Paycheck, The Last Samurai, Scary Movie 3, and many others.

EDUCATION:

Ex’pression College for Digital Arts. 10/01 - 02/03

Associate of Applied Science in Comprehensive Digital Visual Media

Maya Certification