Daniel M. Briggs

Dbriggs714@gmail.com 1250 N Melanie Dr, Anaheim, CA 92807 www.3dbriggs.com 714.743.5291

Reactor Hard Surface Modeling C++ C# TopoGun Box 2D

3D Studio Max xNormal Road Kill/Headus Maya Adobe Premiere

Z-Brush Photoshop XNA Max Script Visual Studio

Work Experience

TIGAR-HARE Studios, Sherman Oaks, CA

Lead Character Artist– March 2011 – June 2011

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  Created Saruman the main character for a Lord of the Rings Online Cinematic
  
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  I made all of the hair and fur for Saruman, the Urukhai, and the Horses. Baked out hair dynamics for tower speech and horse scene.
  

Quality Assurance Tester – September 2010 – September 2010

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  Played through Fallout: New Vegas looking for glitches, bugs, and problems. Reported Findings to the team.
  

Quality Assurance Tester – June 2008 – July 2008

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  Playing through the game finding blockers and priority one glitches
  
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  Assessing the cause of the glitches and explaining verbally why the game is crashing
  
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  Typing up the glitch information on the network so the programming team can fix it
  
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  Worked with lead programmer testing specific blockers and glitches
  
  
  

Freelance Character Artist– November 2010 – March 2011

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  Modeled, rigged, and textured a cinematic character
  
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  Modeled, textured, and lit the environment
  
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  Animated cameras
  
  
  

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  Vast knowledge of numerous programs and engines – Visual Studio, xNormal, UDK engine, Dark GDK engine, XNA, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, RoadKill, Headus, Topogun, Galaxy Map editor, Box2D physics engine
  
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  High proficiency in 3ds Max, Maya, Photoshop and an Expert knowledge of Zbrush
  
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  Solid understanding of Color Theory
  
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  Comprehension of Object Oriented Programming including outstanding debugging practices in C++ and C#
  
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  Experience using MaxScript and MEL for use in visual effects and basic tool creation
  
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  Ability to produce both high and low poly models with clean edge loops and geometry
  
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  Exceptional hard-surface and organic modeling skills
  
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  Resourceful with the ability to come up with several solutions in both programming and 3d modeling situations
  
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  Understanding of character art pipeline and development from concept to in game model
  
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  Ability to set up bones and skinning for rigs in both Maya and 3dsMax. Understanding of exporting and importing skeletal meshes and animations for the Unreal UDK
  
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  Strong understanding of Maya and Cascade visual FX, including particle emitters, fields, fluid effects, soft and rigid bodies
  
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  Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both programmers and artists