Contact: Jeremy Lindstrom
Email: Dekard (at) Gmail.com

Jeremy Lindstrom
Lewisville, TX
Email: Dekard (at) gmail.com
(813)205-7914

Industry Skills
Software: 2D/3D: 3DS Max, Maya,  Motion Builder, Zbrush, Photoshop
Character Animation: Motion Builder; Core RETAS, Toon Boom
Compositing: After Effects, Shake

Education
International Academy of Design and Technology 2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Animation
Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Coursework included:
3D Studio – Obtained experience in modeling, rigging, weighting and animating characters in Maya.
Advanced Animation Techniques – Acquired data from motion capture suits and used Motion Builder to clean the capture material. Applied capture data to models and rendered from Maya.
Animation Drawing – Practiced drawing human form, expression, perspective and other techniques relevant to animation.

Skills Application
3D Graphics & Animation Work
•Created low and high polygon assets for environmental modeling projects.
•Developed high polygon assets to generate normal maps for low polygon assets.
•Constructed organic and inorganic models.•Produced character animation, lip sync, and camera movements within self constructed environments.
•Created 3D photo-realistic environments in Maya.

Editing Video and Audio
•Produced several projects editing and combining final products in After Effects and Sound Forge.
•Composited series of shots joining live action, 2D and 3D elements within Shake.
•Captured and edited video footage with Avid video systems.

Work Experience

Contract Artist for ElevateKids! @ Fellowship Church – Grapevine, TX 2010
2D Artist
•Create characters for ElevateKids! Bible Stories DVDs through Fellowship Church.

PlayNet, Inc. – Bedford, TX 2008 – 2010
3D Artist
•Create, model and texture environmental models for WWIIOL:Battleground Europe© using 3ds Max and Photoshop
•Create LOD’s and collision meshes for models.

Paradum Games (Independant Game). – 2008
3D Artist
•Create and texture low poly models for Paradum Games title called Multivaders 2.

Shooting Stars Post – Tampa, FL 2008
Production Intern
•Assisted on live video shoots as a grip and teleprompter operator.
•Created 3D sets and animation for television.
•Created motion graphics and graphic designs.

Kaman’s Art Shoppes –Busch Gardens Tampa, FL 2007
Caricature Artist
•Produced comical, exaggerated portraits of park guests using ink and pastels.

11th Dimension Films Port Richey, FL 2007
Texture Artist
•Designed character textures for Rock, Scissors and Paper an animated film short.

Threewave Capture the Flag (User created Game Modification for Quake3) 2003
Texture Artist
•Designed character textures for various game levels, weapons and props.