Resume ~ St. John PeasterEP

St. John Peaster

3D Generalist

(352) 422-6266

www.StJohnPeaster.com

3D Generalist Summary

Software	Specialties	Capabilities
Maya, Blender	Modeling	Modeling, Animation,
Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, Motion Builder, SynthEyes, Illustrator,	Animation	Lighting & Texturing, Sculpting, Primitive Rigging, Compositing, Rotoscoping, Camera Tracking, Motion Graphics, Lower 3rds, Character Animation, Motion Capture, Rendering & Compiling

Skills ApplicatioN

3D Graphics/ Animation Work

· Construction of organic and inorganic models using Blender or Maya.

· Creation of 3D environments and landscapes using Blender or Maya.

· Character animation experience including lip-synching, various walk & run cycles, and lift animation.

· Motion graphics experience using Cindema4D, Blender, & Maya;

animating: Characters, Text, Cameras, and Logos.

2D Graphics/ Animation Work

· Created logo, business card, game menus, & website designs both freehand and with the use of Photoshop and Illustrator.

· Traditional cell animation pencil test, including walk, run, and jump cycle. Hand drawn, then rendered using either Quick-Time Checker or MonkeyJam.

· Skilled in character design and presentation using front, side, back, and three-quarter poses.

Editing Video/Audio

· Proficient with use of After Effects for post production, including smoothing transitions between clips with fades, cuts, and title presentation effects.

· Ability to composite render passes and stock footage to achieve various effects.

· Ability to track camera movement for compositing using After Effects, SynthEyes, and Blender. Exporting the camera data to Maya, After Effects, or Blender for compositing work. And finally incorporating 3D and 2D graphics with matched camera motion.

· Ability to synchronize audio with video footage using Sound Booth and After Effects.

Industry Experience

Overland Missions

· (2011) Worked under Martin Lopez, U.S. Director of Operations, developing a logo animation using Blender, PhotoShop, and After Effects. -- Link to the video: http://youtu.be/rtxs1K8Cddk?hd=1

Sealund & Associates

· (2011-Present)

· Compositing with After Effects, Character animation (full body & lipsync) in Maya

· Modeling, Rigging, Animation,Textures/Materials, Lighting & Rendering in Maya & Blender

· Editing sound in SoundBooth and creating some motion graphics using After Effects

· Creating graphics for Fliers and Email Campaigns

Honors & Awards

· Much of my work has been put on display at IADT, and included in their Demo Reel.

· Recipient: IADT Presidential Scholarship

· Recipient Bright Futures Medallion Scholarship

· My tutorial featured on BlenderNation.com and WTV3D.com

Education

International Academy of Design & Technology, Tampa, FL

will graduate with a Bachelor of fine Arts in Animation - 2012

Magna Cum Laude - GPA 3.9

Self Taught

Modeling, Animation, & Game Design since 2004

Related Coursework

Editing and Color Correction with Adobe Photoshop,

Flash Design and Animation

Modeling I, II,

Animation I, II, III

Studio Techniques (After Effects Compositing) I, II

Match Moves special topic (After Effects & SynthEyes)

Motion Builder special topic

Mo. Graph Cinema 4D special topic

The Nature Academy (special topic with Andrew Price)

Self taught Blender & GameMaker since 2005

Employment

Agape Kids Day Car & Preschool, Afternoon Teacher, Inverness, FL (2006 – 2009)

Patrick's Painting, Painter, Lakeland, FL (Summer 2008)

Activities

Creating Educational Tutorials, http://www.stjohnpeaster.com/p/tutorials.html

Children’s church multimedia manager, 2007-2009.

Volunteer, Fall Festival 2005-2007

Choir Tenor, Victorious Life Church 2010-2011

Portfolio

Please visit my portfolio by clicking http://www.stjohnpeaster.com/p/portfolio.html.