During the day I have an ordinary 9-6 job. Well – not that ordinary. I work at an animation studio as a Rigging Pipeline Technical Director. That means that I write scripts and tools and put skeletons into 3D characters so they can be manipulated by an animator.
Resume
Mainframe Studios (formerly Rainmaker Entertainment):
- Current: Rigging Pipeline TD
- 2018 – 2019: Lead Rigging Artist for Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures
- 2017 – 2018: Rigging Artist
- 2016 – 2017: Junior Rigging Artist
Other Work:
- 2016: 3D Freelancer, working on animated advertisements for TV and web
- 2014 – 2016: Student tutor at Darmstadt University for Technical Art and 3D Projects
Education:
- 2012 – 2016: Bachelor of Arts (Animation and Game)
Graduated with First Class Honours from University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany
Skills and Software
- Autodesk Maya
- Python/PyMel
- Proficient in rigging, animal anatomy, in-depth knowledge of dynamics systems
- Toolbuilding and pipeline integration
- Experience in having a lead position and working across departments, with outsourcing or with clients
- Trilingual (English, German, Russian), basics of French