Thursday, February 11, 2010

Bret Church
2D/3D/Artist

Contact Info:

Email: mbcburt@gmail.com


EXPERIENCE:
  • 11/2010 – Present                  Janus Research Group, inc.             Evans, Georgia
Senior Artist

  • 03/2010 – 11/2010                  University of Advancing Technology          Tempe, Arizona        
Full time Faculty – Art /Animation instructor
Classes taught include
  1. Zbrush
  2. Concept Art
  3. Digital Painting
  4. Digital Illustration (Adobe Illustrator)
  5. Organic Modeling

  • 02/2010 – 02/2010                  UNITY Game Technologies             San Francisco, CA   
Freelance Artist
Created the in game and cut scene animations for the UNITY 3.0 Soldier Demonstration featured in the 3.0 release.


  • 03/2001 – 01/2010                  Rainbow Studios (THQ)                   Phoenix, Arizona      
Senior Artist / Animator

Games Completed and Shipped:
DARKSIDERS: Xbox 360
MX vs ATV REFLEX: PS3, Xbox 360
DEADLY CREATURES: Wii
MX vs ATV UNTAMED: Wii, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360
ATV OFFROAD FURY 2: PS2
MAT HOFFMAN’S PRO BMX 2: PS2, Xbox
STAR WARS RACER REVENGE: PS2
SPLASHDOWN: PS2, Xbox

Games that never made it to the shelf;
WWE WRESTLING: 2007, animation.
TASKFORCE 121: 2006, Military first person shooter.
WOLF: 2005, Medieval Warewolf game.

  • 01/1998 – 02/2001                  Aston Entertainment                        Sarasota, Florida
Artist / Lead Animator
Animation Lead for a "direct-to-video" children's 3D animated film "A Christmas Adventure: From a Book Called Wisely's Tales."

  • 01/1991 – 01/1993                  IdentiT                                               Mesa, Arizona
Artist
Responsible for the art, design, and layout for a t-shirt print shop.


EDUCATION: 

  • Art Institute of Phoenix - Phoenix, AZ / 1996 - 1998
 Associates Degree / Art Animation


SKILLS & ACTIVITIES:

Strong traditional drawing skills that include, illustrations, concept art, character rigging, 3ds Max, Maya, Zbrush, Blender, Sculptris, Motionbuilder, AnimeStudio, Flash, Unity, Mudbox, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Inkscape, modeling, rigging, and animating.