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Steven Rynders
steven.rynders@gmail.com
SKILLS:
- Illustrating and digitally painting characters, environments and textures
- 3D character modeling, texturing and animation
- Storyboarding for animation
- HTML/Web page design, scripting in a Unix/Windows environment
- Basic Programming/Shell Scripting
SOFTWARE:
- Autodesk Maya, MotionBuilder, 3D Studio Max
- Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Flash
EDUCATION:
California State University, Fullerton - 2006
- Bachelor of Fine Arts - Dual Emphasis in Illustration and Entertainment Arts/Animation
EXPERIENCE:
Cleanup Animator
The Jim Henson Company September - December 2008
- Cleaned motion capture character animation using Autodesk Maya for the PBS program 'Sid the Science Kid'
- Fixed limb penetrations, floor penetrations and finalized interaction with props, hair and skirts
Comic Strip Artist
Indelible Marks/StudentStuff.com. April 2008 - Present
- Designed all characters and illustrated a weekly comic strip for an upcoming web portal targeted towards high school and college students
Motion Capture Animator
Xtrackrz, Inc. - Hollywood, CA July - Sept 2007
- Cleaned up motion captured character animation using Autodesk MotionBuilder and Maya for an upcoming CG animated feature film
- Animated characters where motion capture was not available, blocked out camera movement for scenes without camera layout
Production Intern
Nickelodeon Animation Studios - Burbank, CA - Fall 2006
- Prepared production materials such as storyboards, layouts, and exposure sheets for creative and production staff, and shipment to offshore studio
- Assisted in checking storyboards and exposure sheets for accuracy according to script and direction
Technical Services Engineer
ISD Corporation - Corona, CA 2001 - 2004
- Re-designed e-commerce site “Epay-it.com” to be consistent with company branding; created all graphics and layout using Adobe Photoshop
- Administered Windows NT and Unix workstations and development servers
- Automated daily tasks and maintained production software scripts
Technical Support Lead
PE.net - Riverside, CA 1998-2001
- Provided customer technical support for a leading Inland Empire ISP across multiple user platforms including Windows, Macintosh, and Linux
- Documented user and internal support procedures
Webmaster/Assistant Illustrator
Gimetzco.com 1998-2002
- Designed and maintained website portfolio, provided illustrations for apparel design, and laid out graphics and text to prepare for shipment to print facilities