Portfolio :: Gregory Hopkins Humes - 3D/2D animator/artist

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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

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Art Director, Multimedia Producer, Digital Artist, and Animator, with over 10 yrs. experience designing and producing rich media content

Extensive skills in 3D/2D illustration & animation, graphic design, (print, web, GUI), A/V editing, and photography, using standard industry software on Windows & Mac

Proven ability to provide creative ideas, with strong design, communication, written, and organizational skills to accomplish corporate objectives

12+ years exceptional record of customer service skills and client/vendor relations

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

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Software expertise with Adobe CS: PhotoShop, Illustrator, Flash, Premiere, 3D Studio Max, Matrox Digisuite/Speed Razor, Quark Xpress, Microsoft Office

Proficient with Swift 3D, Adobe After Effects, Dreamweaver, Director, ImageReady, Strata StudioPro 3D, DeBabelizer, Audacity, Media Cleaner, Nero, Toast, hand-coded HTML, Flash Action Scripting (basic)

Experience with 3D modeling, 2D texture, normal, and UV mapping, character rigging and animation

Superior skills in concept art, drawing, painting, storyboarding, markers, pen & ink illustration

Web Design, including knowledge of HTML, XML, CSS, and Javascript

Excellent verbal and written skills, used in copy writing and editing

Experience with CD-ROM production: concept, development, mastering, burning, testing; package design for CD and DVD

Experience in video and TV production & post-production, non-linear DV editing, CG effects & teleprompting

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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APEX LEARNING Inc., Seattle, WA
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER/DESIGNER — 2006 - Present
Full-time and Freelance designing and creating instructive animations and graphics for online educational coursework in Math, Science, English, Health, World History, and Arts

Creating assets, including animated interactive scripted slideshow content, and still images, photographs, and diagrams, using Adobe Flash, PhotoShop, Illustrator, ImageReady, and 3D Studio Max, Swift 3D, Audacity

Work independently, or closely with content writers and project managers

Asset cataloging using proprietary database

Content development, photo research, and copy editing

Freelance Graphic Designer, 2006: Yorktown Caps; T-Shirt and cap design

Freelance Graphic Designer, 2005: All Weather Refrigeration; Logo design

Freelance DV editor, 2005: "A Polarbear Adventure," 23 min. custom video with soundtrack, edited from over 2 hrs raw footage

RE-MARKS Inc., Seattle, WA
Bookmark Production — 2005 - 06
Assembly and production of various bookmark designs and catalogs.

VIDEODISCOVERY Inc., Seattle, WA
ART DIRECTOR - ASSOCIATE MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER — 1997 - 2004

Responsible for designing, creating, producing, editing and integrating video, animation, digital 2D/3D & print graphics. Managed workflow in fast-paced environment, for education corporation. Co-produced over 16 shipped titles, NASA, NSF and NIH grants, and converted older titles for cross-platform CD-ROM, WWW, and network delivery.

Art Director, lead graphics designer and video editor for 18 title Health Sleuth CD-ROM series on Health education, including: video capture, compositing, compression, audio sweetening, 3D/2D animation, interface design, graphics creation and packaging design; also content development and copy writing

Extensive digitization of analog graphics and video for CD-ROM and WWW, including video capture, encoding, optimization; graphic scanning and color correction; Paradox and Access database cataloging and updating; Asset back-up and archiving

Diverse in areas of photo research, contract negotiation, video shoot production, acting, lighting, equipment wrangling, teleprompting, writing, script and copy editing

Created over 1000 instructive graphics, including: medical illustration, informational charts, diagrams, Powerpoint presentations, scripting, and cartoons

Created extensive web graphics and website designs, including content and copy

Producer and designer of all CD-ROM titles (1999-2004); managed all phases of development, through mastering, testing, and distribution

Producer and designer of all print materials (2001-2004); developing and creating corporate identity, product logos, collateral, and package design

Contributed to sales, customer support, public relations, and marketing

Shipped Titles co-produced:

1. Health Sleuths (18 title CD-ROM series)
2. Computer Performance Based Assessment (2 CD-ROM series)
3. Bioethics Forums CD-ROM version (Laserdisc conversion)
4. NASA Space Sleuths - Web based module
5. Arctic Connections CD-ROM
6. Chemistry at Work CD-ROM version (Laserdisc conversion)
7. Astronomy at Work CD-ROM version (Laserdisc conversion)
8. National Institutes of Health (NIH) CD-ROM series: NCI:Cancer
9. National Institutes of Health (NIH) CD-ROM series: NHGRI:Genetics
10. National Institutes of Health (NIH) CD-ROM series: NIDA:Drug Abuse
11. National Institutes of Health (NIH) CD-ROM series: NIEHS: Environmental
12. National Institutes of Health (NIH) CD-ROM series: NIAID:Diseases
13. National Institutes of Health (NIH) CD-ROM series: NIDCR: Dentistry
14. Neuroscience Graphical database
15. Videodiscovery Sampler CD-ROM
16. Videodiscovery Digital Library collection - Server database

Canoe & Kayak Magazine, Kirkland, WA
Design Intern - 7 months 1997
Trained in the publication process for full color magazine.

Illustrated geographical maps, graphics, and diagrams
Work with Art Director on magazine and newsletter lay-out
Work with Sales Department, designing and placing ads
Freelance Illustrator

Swedish Hospital Medical Center
Surgical Supply Specialist — 2005

Senior Auxillary Technician/Pharmacy Tech 2 — 1988 - 1996
Extensive experience ordering and organizing surgical supply materials, instrument care and assembly, material charts and ordering forms; AIDS and cancer patient home health, pharmaceutical and infusion supply delivery to patient’s homes

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EDUCATION

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2006 Certificate Award 3D Game Animation, University of Washington Extension

AA: Multimedia, Shoreline Community College Dean's List, 3.9 GPA Major

BA: Visual Arts, (Graphic Design) Seattle Pacific University Honor Roll

Additional:University of Washington (3+ years): Art and Art History major

Seattle Art Museum: Venetian Painting Techniques, instr. William Elston

Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Oil Painting, instr. William Elston