Brian J. Immel 3D Artist & Instructor 650.868.6859 (cell) http://www.jawa9000.com brian@jawa9000.com Computer Skills * 3D: Maya, 3D Studio Max, Deep Paint 3D * Video: Camtasia Studio, After Effects, Premiere, Encore * Image: Photoshop, ImageReady, Painter, Inspiration, Visio Technical, GIMP * Interactive: Dreamweaver, Director, Acrobat * Sound: Pro Tools, Sound Forge, Audition * Wiki: Oddmuse, Confluence, Tiddly * Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, Open Office * Online Learning Management: IntraLearn, Moodle, Blackboard, Sakai * Operating Systems: Windows 9x/NT/W2K/XP, Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu), Mac OS * Knowledgeable with HTML, CSS, MEL Scripting, Illustrator, Flash and Unix. **-- Experience --** * Training Specialist, PDI/DreamWorks (PDI). Redwood City, CA. 1.05 - current Teach and write documentation on proprietary and 3rd party software as well develop online documentation and materials for both wiki and online learning systems. * Adjunct Faculty ,The Art Institute Online (AIO). Redwood City, CA. 2.14.08 - 3.24.08 Taught basic Photoshop to an online class of 15 students. * Faculty, The Art Institute of Washington (AiW). Arlington, VA. 9.02 - 1.05 Taught all three levels of 3D animation, Materials & Lighting, Senior Project I & II, Advanced 3D Modeling, Intro to Audio Design, Special Topics in Animation, and Production Animation Team as well as conducted several workshops relating to 3D animation, modeling and compositing. * Adjunct Professor, George Washington University (GWU). Washington, DC. 8.04 – 12.04 Taught principles of computer graphics, which includes practical hands-on lecture and computer lab work both in Maya and Photoshop. * Tutor, TutorFind.com. Metro-DC area 9.04 – 12.04 Tutored students and individuals seeking help with basic questions and problems in areas of 3D modeling and animation, video capture, editing and output, web site construction, Photoshop and project management. * Teaching Internship, SCAD Assisted with teaching the Character Animation 2 class with Professor Greg Lemon 6.24.02 - 8.29.02 * Gaming Animation Internship, Artysta Studios Maya character animation and rig testing for next generation console game, Greg Gorsiski, Supervisor/Producer 6.02 - 8.02 * Maya Tutor, SCAD. Savannah, GA. 1.02 - 8.02 Assisted students with Maya related questions: modeling issues, character rigging, dynamics, rendering and output. Go to http://www.jawa9000.com/technical/index.htm to view the tutorials. * Computer Lab Assistant, SCAD. Savannah, GA. 9.00 - 8.02 Assisted students with a wide variety of software questions and problems. * Multimedia Developer, IPFW CELT Office. Fort Wayne, IN. 6.00 - 8.00 Interface designer, sound editor and editor for the nursing class educational CD-ROM project. * Associate Assistant Professor, IPFW. Fort Wayne, IN. 1.00 - 6.00 Taught the Computer Art & Design I class. **-- Freelance Experience --** * Freelance Consultant, Metro DC area, 1.03 – 12.04 Perform independent instruction to several individuals in subject matters of modeling, animation in Maya, Photoshop, website construction, and computer construction/maintenance. * Freelance 3D Artist, ShaveFX, Richmond, VA. 8.04 - 9.04 Responsible for modeling, animating, texturing, and lighting a recreation of how water flows in and out of a water treatment plant. * Freelance Rotoscope Artist, Memory Lane Portraits. Hilton Head, SC. 8.02 - 9.02 Performed basic retouch on high resolutions photographs and assisted with various web-related projects. * Freelance Artist, America 2000, Inc. Fort Wayne, IN. 2.00 - 5.00 Created multimedia CD-Rom with 3D animations displaying the effects of lightning on residential buildings. **-- Volunteer Work --** ACM SIGGRAPH San Fransisco, San Francisco, California * member, 8.06 - present DC_SIGGRAPH, Alexandria, Virginia * Vice-Chair and Education Coordinator, 12.03- 12.04 * Member-at-Large, 1.03 – 7.03 * Presenter, “Shoulder Rigging is the Pits”, 6.17.03 Art Institute of Washington, Arlington, Virginia * DVD editor/creator of the 2004 Student Show, 9.04 - 10.04 * Presenter, “Non-Linear Animation Techniques”, 8.17.04 * Teacher, Animation Summer Studio, 6.22.04 – 6.25.04 * Presenter, “3D Color Theory Workshop”, 4.20.04 – 4.27.04 * Judge, High School Scholarship, 3.15.04 * Judge, Student Show 2003, 10.15.03 * DVD editor/creator of the 2003 Student Show, 9.03 * Advisor of Interactive Studio Club, 1.03 - 10.03 * Committee member of the Gallery Committee, 10.02 - 10.03 * Committee member of the Faculty Technology Committee, 10.02 – 7.03 * Judge, High School Scholarship, 3.12.03 * Digital Editor of the 2003 AiW Faculty Show, 1.03 – 2.03 * Presenter Maya Workshop Series, 12.02 – 3.03 SIGGRAPH * Chapter Representative, Los Angeles, California. 8.6.04 - 8.12.04 * Student Volunteer, San Antonio, Texas. 7.21.02 - 7.26.02 * Student Volunteer, Los Angeles, California. 8.11.01 - 8.17.01 Savannah College of Art and Design * Chair of WireFrame: Student Chapter of SIGGRAPH, 1.02 - 8.02 * Vice-President of SAWUG: Savannah Alias|Wavefront Users Group, 4.02 - 8.02 * Student Volunteer at the Savannah Film and Video Festival, 10.27.01 - 11.03.01 Other Organizations * Judge, ITVA Peer Awards, Vienna, VA. 8.27.04 **-- Published Works & Honors --** * Eleven tutorials published at 3dlessons.com. 5.07 * Thirteen+ tutorials published online at learning-maya.com. 7.03 – 10.03 * Co-authored a chapter on animatics for the book entitled “Exploring Storyboarding” by Wendy Tumminello. 2.03 - 6.03 * Five tutorials published online at 3Dbuzz.com. 8.02 - 11.02 * SCAD Spring 2002 Demo Reel, clips from "Skelly and the Remote Adventure" and "Lightning God Hates Imacs". 6.02 **-- Education --** * Northern Virginia Community College (NoVA), Northern Virginia region. 9.04 – 12.15.04 Studied programming logic and problem solving. * Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, GA., M.F.A. 9.00 - 11.02 Specialization in 3D Animation, Character Rigging and Character Animation. * Indiana University Purdue University at Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort Wayne, IN. 1.99 - 8.00 Studied Fine Art with specialization in Computer Animation. Transferred to SCAD. * Ball State University (BSU), Muncie, IN., B.F.A. 8.94 - 12.98 Fine Art with specialization in Printmaking. **-- Exhibitions & International Study --** * Sixteen fine art exhibitions shown in Central and Northern Indiana and Washington DC. 1.92 - 2.05 * "Art in Italy", Ball State University 5.97 - 6.97