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RICHARD ALMODOVAR

Email:   r.almodovar@gmail.com

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EXPERIENCE

 

 

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC 

Cinematic Animator :    The Order 1886

  • Playstation 4


Freelance Culver City, CA

Character Set-Up artist :    Create  Highly articulated skeleton system for cinematic games

  • Next Gen Game

 

Art + Science Labs  Culver City, CA

Character Animator :    Multiple Game Applications for Mattel Inc.

  • HotWheels Ipad App

 

Hydrogen Whiskey Studios   Santa Monica, CA

Cinematic Character Animator       Military Simulation Movie

  •  animator

 

The Workshop Entertainment   Marina Del Rey, CA

Cinematic Character Animator      The Sorcery

  • Character animator
  • FaceFx polish animations
  • UnReal Editor Engine character creation
  • Motion Capture clean-up
  • Environment destruction cinematic creator

 

Hydrogen Whiskey Studios   Santa Monica, CA

Cinematic Character Animator      Star Wars Kinect 360

  • Character animator
  • Hand keyed animations and various creatures (Watto and Yoda)
  • Editor Engine character creation
  • Motion Capture clean-up

 

Cinematic Animator    Activision NASCAR Unleashed - Animator on the Trailer

  • Animated vehicle animations
  • http://www.sohood.com/crib/2011/09/22/nascar-unleashed-announcement-trailer/

 

Cinematic Character Animator     Generator Rex Agent of Providence

  • Animated Rex and various other shots
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f75zwPKsJVg

 

InXile Entertainment   Newport Beach, CA

3D Animator/ Character Setup    www.huntedthegame.com

Animator for Hunted: The Demon’s Forge

  • Character animator
  • Combat Cover System animator / implementer
  • Hand keyed Execution animations and various creatures
  • Character set-up rigging
  • Unreal Engine character creation
  • Motion Capture clean-up

3D Animator/  ChopLifter HD  2012

3D Animator/Character Setup -Heist (UnReleased Title)

Character Setup – BabyPals 2007

3D Animator/Character Setup -Bards Tale 2 (UnReleased Title)

 

 

University of Southern California

Animator  (freelance)  The Night Journey by Bill Viola 2007

http://www.thenightjourney.com

 

 

Digital Domain Venice, CA                                                                                                           

Pre-Visual Animator:   

  • Worked in the Pre-visual department for the  movie Stealth
  • Provide Preliminary camera animations for director Rob Cohen (director of “Fast and the Furious”)

 

USC Institute for Creative Technologies  Marina Del Rey, CA                                            
3D Animator

Leaders (PC)
SASO (PC)

  • Lead Animator
  • Provided character modeling and character texturing
  • Created concept art, character designs and storyboards

Worked in the capacity of a Lead Animator for Leaders

 

 

Paramount Studios  Hollywood, CA                                                                                         

Character Designer (contract)

Leaders (PC)

  • Created animations and character designs for the latest Unreal game simulator for U.S Gov titled Leaders for the Institute for Creative Technologies

 

Hydrogen Whiskey Studios  Santa Monica, Ca.      

Animator  (intern)

BloodRayne 2 (PC) www.bloodrayne2.com

  • Provided key frame character animation for cinematic trailer for BloodRayne2
  • Textured characters and provided character clean up

 

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EDUCATION:

iAnimate.net  Alumni  advance character animation training

  • 2011 Workshop in Feature quality Body Mechanics  - Instructor -  Sony Instructor
  • 2011 Workshop in Feature quality Facial Animation -Instructor -  DreamWorks Instructor
  • 2012 Workshop in Full body character animation - Instructor -  DreamWorks/Pixar Instructor
  • 2012 Workshop in Feature Sequence Animation -Instructor -  DreamWorks Instructor
  • 2013 Workshop in Feature Polish - Instructor - DreamWorks Instructor

 

Academy of Entertainment and Technology  Santa Monica, CA

  • Certification in Animation/Computer Animation

The Animation Academy  Burbank, CA

  • Workshop in Character Design

Associates in Art Institution, Sherman Oaks, CA

  • Certification in Refinement of traditional art skills / storyboarding

El Camino College, Torrance, CA

  • Associate’s of Arts, General Education

 

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SKILLS

  • Unreal Engine experience, 3D Max, Maya , Anzovin.Studio The Setup Machine and Face Machine, FaceFx Unreal Engine,  Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, DreamWeaver, After Effects, Adobe Premiere
  • Animation, Character Set-up Artist Maya/Max, Traditional Figure Drawing, Storyboards

 

 

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