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*2013 Resume--->
James Jones Jr.*2013 Resume--->
JamesJones914@gmail.com | www.JamesJonesJr.com | 410-937-9116
Skills:
Objective:
To be a part of a talented and dedicated team of artists, that share a similar work ethic and end goal of creating the greatest possible experience for our audience through storytelling and games.
-My technical background and training helps me quickly understand the tools that are used in production and can help evaluate ways to improve on them
-Very strong experience in high quality facial animation, heightened by a strong understanding of F.A.C.S.
-Strong experience with layout, story development and setup
-A lot of experience keeping high efficiency under very tight deadlines while managing a team of animators
-Self motivated and takes responsibility for the projects/tasks at hand
-My technical background and training helps me quickly understand the tools that are used in production and can help evaluate ways to improve on them
-Experience in character setup/rigging, and technical problem solving, while acting as a bridge between artists and TD's
-Very proficient at using hand key, motion capture, and a hybrid of the two to create the best possible visual performance
-Acted as well as directed Motion Capture performances
Work Experience:
Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
Animation Lead
July 2011 - Present (1 year 11 months) Greater San Diego Area
Responsible for cinematic animation, technical support and team management. These responsibilities include but are not limited to the following projects
Animation Lead
May 2011 - Present (2 years 1 month) off-site
Freelance performance capture cleaning and editing, cinematic layout, facial and body animator.
Pendulum Studios
Animation Lead
April 2007 - August 2011 (4 years 5 months) San Diego
Responsible for cinematic/ animatic layout and edits. Animation team management and animation direction. My responsibilities also included pipeline development, testing, and advising. As well as doing my best to keep the quality of animation consistent and as high as possible across the board, by continuing to better my skills and impart what I learn and know amongst my team members for optimum efficiency and quality. These responsibilities include but are not limited to the following projects
-Sega/Marvel Studios: Captain America
*PreRendered Trailer – Animation Lead/Preproduction/MoCap Actor/Layout
-THQ/Volition; Red Faction Armageddon
*in-game Cinematics - Animation Lead/Preproduction/MoCap Actor/Layout
-Sega/Marvel Studios: Thor
* PreRendered Trailer– Animation Lead/ Preproduction/Layout/Mocap Acting
-Sega/Marvel Studios: IronMan 2
*PreRendered Trailer and vertical slice Cinematics – Animation Lead/Layout
-Activision/Raven; Singularity
* in-game Cinematics and Teaser Trailer TV spot – Animation Lead/Layout
-Independent Film; Iron Cross
*Digital Facial double – Facial Animation for digital Roy Scheider
-Disney Interactive; Tron Evolution
*in-game Cinematics and in-game animations – Animation Lead/Layout
-THQ/Volition; Red Faction Guerilla
*Pre-Rendered Cinematics - Animation Lead/Preproduction/MoCap Actor
-Sega; Golden Axe: Beast Rider
*Pre-Rendered Cinematics - Senior Animator/Preproduction/Layout
-Konami; Silent Hill V: Homecoming
*72 minutes in-game Cinematics - Animator/Preproduction/Layout
-Multiple Pendulum Studios: In House Projects/Tests/Bids
|Bishop Animation| Honesdale, PA | Sept 06’ – Dec 06’ |
Responsible for rigging, setup and optimization for all projects. As well as animation and some modeling on multiple projects including Six Monsters Animated Short for Federator’s OhhYeah!! Cartoons/Nickelodeon, Jimmy Chow Anime Spoof for Camp Chaos, FartBot for Federator’s FedEx, and presentation video for Highlights Magazine
Software:
- Autodesk Maya
- Autodesk Motion Builder
- Adobe Premier
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
Education:
| University of Full Sail Real World Education | Orlando, Fl | 2004 – 06’
Associate of Science Degree in Computer Animation
| Computer Training.com (CTC) |Towson, MD | 03’
Emphasis in administering resources, active directory structure design, and thorough knowledge of a Windows 2000 environment
CCNA- Cisco Career Certification
MCSE- Microsoft Windows 2000
References: Available upon request.
