OBJECTIVE
Seeking Media Arts projects where excellent creative and problem solving skills are needed to produce high quality projects.
EMPLOYMENT
Stories AG - May 2011 – current
Lead 3D Artist and Technical Director.
Freelancer - October 2010 – May 2011
LeMob - October 2009 – September 2010
Lead 3D Artist and Technical Director.
Team Stratenwerth - April 2009 – August 2009
Employment as a lead 3D Artist and Art Director for several CG projects. I Helped the company win a design competition for
an upcoming expo in Berlin.
Freelancer - January 2008 – April 2009
I Worked on several projects such as TV ads, music video and a movie as Modeler, Texturer, Lighter, Animator and Compositor
for LeMob and Online Video.
Military Visualizations - October 2006 – January 2008
Modeling, UV Editing, Texture Painting and Animation of aircraft intended for flight simulators, aircraft magazines and The US Army.
Six Foot Studios - August 2003 – September 2006
Created in-game videos for id's "Doom 3" video game, broadcast design for HBO's "Sex And The City" and "Entourage", web design for HBO's "Everybody Loves Raymond", animated banners for 20th Century Fox and Newline Cinema, 3D animations for clients in Texas and California, USA.
Keystone Resources - March 2003 – August 2003
Created web sites, interactive presentations and company logos for clients in the area of Houston, TX USA.
Homburger Lawyers - August 1998 – August 2000
IT support.
CG SKILLS
Texture Painting, UV Editing, 3D Modeling, Particles, Fluids and Dynamics, Scripting
MAIN TOOLS
Cinema 4D, Houdini, Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE
3D Studio Max, modo, Fusion, zBrush, Mudbox
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Houston - 2007
Bachelors Degree in Media Arts and Animation
The Art Institute of Houston - 2003
Associates Degree in Interactive Media Design
Berufsmaturschule Zurich - 2000
Associates Degree in Business Law
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Silver Screen debut with a scene for the movie "South", released 11.11.2010
- Best of Show award at the Winter 2007 Portfolio Show at The Art Institute of Houston
- Portfolio selected to be part of The Art Institutes National Recruitment DVD
- Developer of Aviation Arthouse and Mil Art
- Acted as Ambassador at The Art Institute of Houston
- "Memphis Belle" art piece published in Issue #12 of the HDRI 3D Magazine
- In-game videos for the game "Doom 3" published by "id"
- Member of the National Vocational Technical Honor Society
LANGUAGES
Ability to read and write in: English, German
Seeking Media Arts projects where excellent creative and problem solving skills are needed to produce high quality projects.
EMPLOYMENT
Stories AG - May 2011 – current
Lead 3D Artist and Technical Director.
Freelancer - October 2010 – May 2011
LeMob - October 2009 – September 2010
Lead 3D Artist and Technical Director.
Team Stratenwerth - April 2009 – August 2009
Employment as a lead 3D Artist and Art Director for several CG projects. I Helped the company win a design competition for
an upcoming expo in Berlin.
Freelancer - January 2008 – April 2009
I Worked on several projects such as TV ads, music video and a movie as Modeler, Texturer, Lighter, Animator and Compositor
for LeMob and Online Video.
Military Visualizations - October 2006 – January 2008
Modeling, UV Editing, Texture Painting and Animation of aircraft intended for flight simulators, aircraft magazines and The US Army.
Six Foot Studios - August 2003 – September 2006
Created in-game videos for id's "Doom 3" video game, broadcast design for HBO's "Sex And The City" and "Entourage", web design for HBO's "Everybody Loves Raymond", animated banners for 20th Century Fox and Newline Cinema, 3D animations for clients in Texas and California, USA.
Keystone Resources - March 2003 – August 2003
Created web sites, interactive presentations and company logos for clients in the area of Houston, TX USA.
Homburger Lawyers - August 1998 – August 2000
IT support.
CG SKILLS
Texture Painting, UV Editing, 3D Modeling, Particles, Fluids and Dynamics, Scripting
MAIN TOOLS
Cinema 4D, Houdini, Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE
3D Studio Max, modo, Fusion, zBrush, Mudbox
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Houston - 2007
Bachelors Degree in Media Arts and Animation
The Art Institute of Houston - 2003
Associates Degree in Interactive Media Design
Berufsmaturschule Zurich - 2000
Associates Degree in Business Law
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Silver Screen debut with a scene for the movie "South", released 11.11.2010
- Best of Show award at the Winter 2007 Portfolio Show at The Art Institute of Houston
- Portfolio selected to be part of The Art Institutes National Recruitment DVD
- Developer of Aviation Arthouse and Mil Art
- Acted as Ambassador at The Art Institute of Houston
- "Memphis Belle" art piece published in Issue #12 of the HDRI 3D Magazine
- In-game videos for the game "Doom 3" published by "id"
- Member of the National Vocational Technical Honor Society
LANGUAGES
Ability to read and write in: English, German