Senior Visual Producer
Nationality: Australian Languages: English
New skills
- Producing technical project proposals and educational 3D presentations for Major developments in English and Arabic for the UAE civilian and military authorities. That have been watched by highest levels of the UAE government.
- Developing military educational courses using traditional and interactive software. Using subject focused 3D movies and interactive & 3D serious gaming environments. Along with evaluation and course deployment using the latest technologies.
- Working with clients in English and Arabic to Write, storyboard and script movie projects. Then independently produce all 3D models, animation, effects, renderings, recording dual dialog, sound design and editing to meet and exceeding client’s expectations on all occasions.
- Creating corporate images standards across multiply EAI subsidiaries covering everything from 3D animations, websites, PowerPoint presentation, office documents and stationary. Including building internal assets and templates, teaching and promoting internal corporate images and presentation standards.
Previous Skills
- Defense simulation development experimentation and concept planning room design. High detailed 3D modeling of the UAE Armed Forces created for 3D presentation and Simulation applications.
- Creative and Technical Director in Graphic and Animation for Print, Multimedia, TV and Film Production, Corporate Image and Logo Design, Conference and Exhibition stand design, Software tool development and Programming for CG Production pipelines.
- Architectural designer with deep knowledge and understanding of design theory and solid project planning methods, attained from designing & drafting thousands of domestic and hundreds of commercial buildings over many years.
- Software & training support my plug-in software developing over 5 versions of written manuals, video training, website and email support.
Core Job Skills with 5 years+ project experience
- Graphic’s Corporate Imaging & Logos, Web Site Design, Newsletters & Marketing Brochures, Interface & User Experience Logic.
- 2D Editing & Composing, Photoshop Images Alteration & Image Enhancement, Motion Graphic’s, Feature Film Rotoscoping, Video Editing, Animated Storyboarding & Technical Presentations.
- 3D Design & Modeling, Character Animation, Character Rigging, Technical Direction, Effect Artist, Scene Layout, Dope Sheet Timing, Lip Sync, Mocap Editing, 3D Software Plugin Developer.
- Design: Architectural & Mechanical Design & Drafting, 3D Prospective & Animation, Building Engineering & Infrastructure. Building Inspection & Quality Assurance.
- Planning & Management: Software Pipeline Consulting, Animation & Modeling Production Supervisor, Project Management Animation Series & Team Management.
- Education & Training: Contributing Author in Published Book, Producing Software Documentation & Training, Multimedia Educational Materials For Schools, Individual Training For Corporate 3D Animation Departments.
- Audio Production: Musician, Song Writing, Music & Audio Mixing, Audio Editing, Foley Effects Editing.
Software Production Experience In
All Adobe Creative Cloud Graphic and media software, Maya, Softimage, Lightwave, modo3D, AutoCAD, VectorWorks, 3DMax, Zbrush, Avid Protools, Light works, Motion Builder, Vue Xsteam, Project Messiah, Digital Fusion, Net Object Fusion, VR Forces, Unity 3D engine, 3D Game Studio, Microsoft Office.
Education
- 1992 High school (Southport High School Gold Coast QLD Australia)
- 1997 Building Designer BSA Gold Card cert (TAFE Collage Bundaberg QLD Australia)
- 2003 Small Business certification (TAFE Collage Brisbane Australia)
Teaching
- 2001-2009 – On site teaching Studios and corporate departments ( Boeing, Channel 7, Krome, University of Queensland ) 3D training in animation & 3D production methods.
Publications
- 2004 Contributing author on Lightwave 1001 Tricks & Tips http://www.wordware.com/tnt/
Software Published
- 2004 -2007 Thomas4D Rigging Tools for Lightwave 3D – Version 1 to version 3.1 http://www.thomas4d.com/html/t4d_rigging_tools.html
Work History
From 15/04/ 2009 / Till – Now
Center Of Excellences
In-house Military Consultancy, EAI group of Companies
Last Position held: Senior Visual Manager,
Producing 3D animation for project presentations and educational needs, Managing and controlling all graphics, presentations, reports, newsletters and educational material produced at CoE for a UAE Defense Forces. Consult parent company EAI and Knowledge Point on corporate image standards.
From 18/02/ 2008 / Till 15/04/ 2009
Global Communication and software systems
System Integration, EAI group of Companies
Last Position held: Senior Visual Modeler,
3D Modeling for simulation, Animation and presentation of visual information
For a UAE Defense Force Related Project.
From 01/2/2001/ till 01/2/2008 :
Owner and Lead Creative for Thomas4D Creations
Freelance Artist for over 7 years, some of my clients credits include:-
Heat and Control (World’s leading manufacturers of food processing & packaging equipment systems)
Producing 3D animated sales, conference and exhibition material for Heat and Control worldwide. My task was to convert and manage the Huge Data sets from the Heat and Control CAM team and Animate and render the data in 3D environments detailing the processors in each production line.
Children’s Animated Bible (TV DVD 3D animated series worldwide distribution)
R&D consulate for 3D Production pipeline, moving to Technical Director creating tools and workflows for Character Animation pipeline and Character rigging and Effects, additional tasks included Layout artist and Character animator until the conclusion of the production.
Photon studios (Warner Brothers Studios, Gold Coast Australia)
Working as character animator and rotoscoping artist on Scooby doo Feature film
Cutting Edge Studio (Leading creative studio in Brisbane, Australia)
Working as 3D artist on for various television commercials and music videos.
Krome Studios (PlayStation, Xbox video game developers)
Worked many times with the Krome team as a concept designer, 3D modeler and animator on many games including the TY the Tasmanian Tiger series, The adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius and King Arthur (published by Konami)
Launchpad multimedia
Lead artist and interface designer working on Educational and Instructional Multimedia Products covering First aid, software education and training, School educational, Crime Scene Investigation and Virtual Plant.
Channel 7 TV Station
3D Artist Working on Program titles, 3D Set Designs, On Air animation & motion graphics, Commercial advertising and 3D productions. 3D-visualize News stories that had no camera footage.
Australian Custom Training Systems
Creating VR 3D training assets And designing software interfaces for the Australian customs service producing search and detection educational multimedia training.
From 01/01/1996 till 01/02/2001 : Cad Draftsman and Building Production Supervisor
Spaceframe Building
Head CAD Draftsman and Production supervisor for below 18 meter span Steel Structures
Designing, Planning, Engineering, Materials, Costing, procurement and Shipping. Working as part of team as Architectural CAD Draftsman for worldwide projects 3D prospective artist for larger projects
Lu Greffin Architects
CAD Architectural Draftsman for domestic, commercial and industrial Buildings all over the world. 3D modelling and rendering of multimillion dollars building projects using silicon graphic workstations
Ryan wood Plans and Designs
Training Architects in CAD drafting and developing Drafting & Planning systems for Computers. 3D renders and walk thoughts for commercial and domestic housing projects.