Art of Charlie Roode
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Professional
Experience
  Green Shoe Animation, LLC. - Atlanta, GA / September 2010 - February 2011
Production Artist
 * Designed, created, and animated vector assets for Playdom's ESPN Sports Bar & Grill as well as penciled/inked illustrations
    for a Playdom/Marvel Entertainment game

Anthem Game Group - Alpharetta, GA / July 2008 - August 2010 (full-time) / May 2007 - June 2008 (contract)
Lead Animator / Production Artist

  * Led and assisted in a variety of duties in 2D and 3D for mobile / handheld games, interactive websites, and a music video.
    Worked closely with programmers to implement art in games
  * 3D duties included character rigging, animation, efficient modeling within engine limitations, UVing, texture painting, game FX,
    and FBX file conversions for asset transfers from Maya to Max and Unity
  * Created and optimized 2D sprites and tiles

Shipped titles: Prey Mobile, Guitar Hero III Mobile, Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile, Prey Invasion, Don't Forget the Lyrics

Radical Axis - Atlanta, GA / June 2007 - January 2008
Character Animator
  * Responsible for overseeing a small team of 3D artists on the pilot for Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of
     Sugar Town Candy Fudge.

  * Completed rigging, animation, lighting, and rendering on 3D shots for integration with 2D Flash animation and backgrounds for
     an animated short.
  * Created traditional animation and designs on paper for the television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Radical Axis - Atlanta, GA / Summer 2006
Animation Intern
  * Animated and colored on a TV production schedule using Flash with a Wacom Cintiq for Freak Show and 12oz Mouse

 
     
Education
 
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation
Savannah College of Art and Design 2004 - 2007
Mercy College 2003 - 2004
White Plains, New York
Computer Arts + Design
 
     
Skills
 
* Maya (modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, dynamics) * After Effects
* Adobe Photoshop since (15 years of experience with compositing, color
* Illustrator
   correction, digital painting, and more) * Pro Motion
* Adobe Flash (nested symbol and traditional animation) * Unity
* Ability to easily adapt artistic styles
* Traditional Cel Animation
     
Awards and Exhibitions
  Animadness 2007 - Audience Award, Best Writing, Best Music Score, and 2nd Place Overall
Directed a team of students for the Flash-animated short, "Shadows," in three weeks for an international animation competition. It has been screened at Cinéma Le Festival: Les Nuits Magiques in Bègles, France, December 3-14, 2008
     
    Vernissage Art Exhibition
Lacoste, France - Savannah College of Art and Design
November 11-13, 2005
     
    Artistic Honors Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design
     
    Dean's Award for Excellence, Mercy College
     
     
    References available upon request.