Experience

• Game Art Full-Time Faculty at Ringling College of Art & Design

  Sarasota, United States of America

  August 2019 - Present

• Faculty II at Art Institute of Houston

  Houston, United States of America

  July 2016 - June 2019

  I teach both introductory & advanced courses on previsualization, worldbuilding, interactive storytelling, game design, background illustration, character art, 3D animation, single/multiplayer level design, technical material scripting, prop modeling/texturing, environment art, Unreal Blueprinting, and game prototype planning/production for approximately 70 students per quarter.

• Freelance Technical Artist at Self-Employed

  Houston, United States of America

  October 2015 - Present

  Independent contracting for game art, design and programming for Vertex Inc. and Ghost Technologies. Scripting and sale of some of the most popular assets on the GMODStore. Additionally, work on several creative media projects including animated short films, a free JavaScript/JQuery API, scripting, and educational services.

• Instructor at University of Central Florida

  Orlando, United States of America

  January 2014 - January 2015

  Taught courses on introductory 2D/3D animation fundamentals, advanced modeling for real-time systems (low-poly & high-poly workflows), advanced web design and scripting (JS/JQuery), programming for games and 2D graphics scripting.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Central Florida

  Orlando, United States of America

  August 2012 - December 2013

  Taught labs on digital video editing for film and animation departments. Rebuilt and acted as system admin for graduate computer laboratory.

• 3D Artist at Virtual Prophecy Entertainment

  Coral Springs, United States of America

  August 2010 - August 2011

  Worked on several projects predominantly on environment art, but additional character art, rigging, animation, and 2D illustration published under Namco Games and Big Fish Games.