Paul Adam


11915 Stonehollow Dr #1635B
Austin, TX 78758
Phone 512.699.2292

E-mail:  killersquirrelz@hotmail.com


OBJECTIVE:

To apply my skills in concept design, character design, and 3D/2D modeling to creating highly original, top quality artwork.



WORK EXPERIENCE:

2004 - 2005	
Detour Films		Austin, TX
Animator – “A Scanner Darkly”
	- Digitally rotoscope and enhance filmed footage, freehand animate when necessary.
	- Photorealistically animate and embellish characters.
	- Accurately track and render 3D objects with spline and polygonal tools.
	- Digitally paint backgrounds. 
	- Use Color Engine ( the proprietary software used to animate “Waking Life”) to perform all digital art tasks.

2004	
Pirate Productions	Austin, TX
Art Director / Concept Artist 
	- Created character, vehicle and environment designs for use in a short film
	- Managed 2D art team 
	- Created tutorials and trained junior artists

2000 - 2004	
IBM			Austin, TX
OpenGL Staff Software Engineer
	- Maintain the Open GL API Pipeline for AIX
	- Upgrade the OpenGL debugger
	- Create OpenGL demos and testcases
	- Work on OpenGL API drivers for OEM graphics adapters
	- Perform feature verification testing on various 3D and 2D graphics adapters

2002	
Chimaera Comics		Austin, TX
Comic Book Artist 
	- Created, wrote and drew Renegade BLU, a 10 page vignette for an anthology 
	- Self-published the comic book anthology Tales from the Lair
	- Coordinated with two other artists
	- Worked San Diego Comiccon booth promoting comic book

1997 - 2000	
EPM			Fulton, MO
3D GUI Artist / Tool Developer 
	- Modeled and animated various heating and cooling equipment in 3D Studio MAX
	- Adjusted photographs, created textures, and icons using Paint Shop Pro
	- Created tools using Visual Basic which improved in-house data compilation
	- Built and configured remote server machines from scratch
	- Did R&D on a Linux based environment to reduce costs (Linux plan currently being implemented)

1996 - 2000	
University of Missouri	Columbia, MO
Cartoonist
	- Created, wrote, and drew the comic strip The Commuter
	- Published in The Maneater newspaper twice weekly
	- The Commuter is viewable at http://www.untameduniverse.net 




EDUCATION:

1996 – 2000	
University of Missouri	Columbia, MO
BS Computer Science
	- Minor in Mathematics
	- Additional coursework in Art and Electrical Engineering




SKILLS:

Art
  Concept Design
    Characters
      Costumes
      Weapons
      Vehicles
      Environments
    Storyboards
    Cartooning
    Animation
    Texturing
    Modeling

Portfolio can be viewed at http://www.untameduniverse.net/portfolio/

Programming Languages, APIs, Concepts, etc…
  C
  C++
  OpenGL (2D &3D)
  Java / Swing
  Visual Basic
  Perl
  Assembler
  HTML / Javascript
  AIX, Windows, Linux

Software
  Adobe Photoshop
  Painter
  3D Studio MAX
  Maya
  Color Engine
  Power Animator
  Dreamweaver
  GIMP
  Visual Studio
  Codewarrior