Lynne Startup Phone: (425) 232-9875

Email: lynnestartup@gmail.com

Portfolio: http://www.lynnestartup.com/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lynnestartup/

- Modeling hard surface and organic.

- Sculpting detailed hi-poly meshes in ZBrush.

- Creating optimized and densely packed UV Maps.

- Texturing (photo based and hand painted).

- PBR Texture Creation (Metallic and Specular) pipelines.

- Rigging characters and environment objects.

- Animation (2D and 3D) for in-game and cinematic.

- Motion graphics design and video editing.

- Sketching and story boarding.

- Illustration and Graphic Design.

- Identifying and resolving technical issues in engines and art pipelines.

- Working with engineers to develop engines, tools and art pipelines.

- Working on multiple projects at the same time.

- Working with outsource firms, external contractors and developers.

- Agile development.

           

Primary Software:
Modeling/Animation: 3D Studio Max, Maya, ZBrush, Flash

Illustration/Paint/Texture: Photoshop, Illustrator, Substance, xNormal

Video: After Effects, Premiere Pro

Commercial Engines: UE4, Unity

Other: JIRA, SVN, Perforce

Professional Experience

Nectar Game Studios 2014-current
Environment Artist – contract

Project Resurgence – in production

- Create low poly models in 3D Studio Max.

- Create densely packed and optimized UV maps.

- Sculpt highly detailed models in Zbrush.

- Created normal maps with xNormal

- Create photo sourced and hand painted textures.

- Create PBR materials for UE4.

- Rig and animate environment models.

- Integrate assets in UE4 and build levels.
NCR Pearson, Inc
Character Animator – contract 2015-2016

Various projects

- Created around 50-70 human and animal character animations per week (body animation and lip-sync (both English and Spanish). I have created around 2000 animations in total.

- Created an augmented reality app in Unity with the Viewforia plug-in to test a project idea. Went on to rig and animate the characters and create the UI for the app.

- Rigged characters.

- Created illustrations.
Double Dutch Jump, Inc 2015-2016
Character Animator, UI Artist, Environment Artist – contract

Double Dutch Jump (2015, mobile)

- Created UI.

- Created Environment Art.

- Animated Character and Environment objects.

- Created Marketing Materials (Banners, flyers, website, Facebook page art, Twitter page art, Iads, art for Play Store, art for hoodies and t-shirts).
Swiftcreek Games Redmond, WA 2012-2014

Artist/Animator - contract

Fish vs. Crabs (2013, PC and mobile)
- Designed and Created UI
- Created 30 Environment Levels
- Modeled, Textured, Rigged and Animated 30+ characters
- Created Marketing Materials
- Created Game Trailer

Jar of Marbles II (2012, mobile)
- Created illustrated player icons from sketches
- Created 30% of the UI art
- Created 80% of the achievements
- Created icons and marketing ads and web banners
- Created a lot of marbles

Jar of Marbles III (2012, mobile)
- Created illustrated player icons from sketches
- Created 30% of the UI art
- Created 30% of the achievements
- Created icons and marketing ads and web banners
- Created a lot of marbles
Real Plums Huntsville, AL (telecommuting from Seattle) 2010-2014
VP – Creative - contract

SoPlum (2013, Facebook and mobile)
- Set Art Direction
- Designed UI

Scored (2012, Facebook and mobile)

- Collaborated on the game design.

- Set the art direction and designed the look of the game.

- Created and delivered all game art.

Auction Plums (2011, Facebook)

- Managed art, development and design teams.

- Designed and storyboarded UI flow.

- Collaborated and creatively designed ways to integrate Proxibid’s commercial auction platform into our Facebook game and to integrate aspects of our game into their platform.

- Created Flash prototypes during early game design.

- Oversaw all aspects of art design and production.

- Hired and managed all artists.

- Created the 2D UI, various 3D characters and environment objects.

- Animated avatars, NPCs and environment objects.

- Prepared all art and delivered it as optimized Flash files.

- Created logos, marketing and website art.

- Created game play videos and power point presentations for investors.
Screenlife Seattle, WA 2008-2010

Artist/Animator - contract

Sceneit? Disney 3 (2010, DVD)

- Oversaw art production.

- Created 3D art and animation for the puzzle beds and UI.

- Used After Effects to create UI and puzzles.

- Oversaw art production.

- Created new puzzle backgrounds from composited video stills.

- Used After Effects to create UI and puzzles.

- Created and animated 3D Charlie in the box.

Sceneit? Online (2009, website)

- Oversaw production of 67 3D icons and created 27 of them within a 2 week

deadline.

- Created animated banners using Flash for the marketing of the website.

- Created a majority of the UI and puzzle beds.

- Used Photoshop and After Effects to create 20 animated

movie posters.

- Integrated all puzzle and video content.

Twilight Sceneit? (2009, interactive DVD)

- Created 7, 3D game board movers for 3D printing.

- Created animated banners using Flash for the marketing of the game.

Crayola Color Stories (2009, interactive DVD)

- Created 70% of the characters and rigged all of them.

- Animated short interactive stories.

- Oversaw art production and managed other artists after art director left.

General Responsibilities:

- Worked with software engineers to create a game engine that supports the next generation of online games and to develop tools and processes that allow artists to create great game art efficiently.

- Managed small internal art team.

- Created game trailers.

- Critiqued and approved box art for external publishers.

- Interviewed potential employees.

Polar Pool (2008, PC)

- Directed all aspects of the game.

- Created art and animation lists for all game assets.

- Evaluated outsource firms for appropriate fit.

- Worked with a concept artist to create concepts for all levels and characters.

- Created initial level, rigged and animated a main and secondary character as a working example to the outsource firm.

- Led small internal team and worked with large outsource firm to create art assets.

- Worked with engine team to add game specific abilities to the engine.

- Worked with the game programmer and producer to design and play balance the game.

- Programmed the Flash UI. Scaleform was used as the middleware.

- Worked with an external developer to produce game.

- Provided updated characters.

- Created art asset list to facilitate port.

- Evaluated Game and provided feedback for play balance and look.
3D Artist/Animator

Sea Life Safari (2007, PC)

- Modeled, UV mapped and animated 20% of characters.

- Animated 10% of penguins and a number of environment characters.

- Modeled and textured 15% of penguin costumes.

- Modeled and animated interactive environment objects.

- Created 2D art (posters wallpaper) for online purchase.

Final Drive Fury (2006, PC)

- Retrofitted and optimized environment.

- Managed external art development team.

- Worked with external software engineers.

- Integrated all art into the game engine.

Run-n-Gun Football (2006, PC)

- Modified mocap animation data and key animated missing pieces for the center, receiver and 50% of the quarterback.

- Created a majority of the UI art.

- Completed the game after the art director left.

- Vertex colored and optimized environments.

- Resolved bugs and technical issues.

- Completed the game after the art director left.