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Justin Thomas

              

   

WOrk Experience:

Take-Two Interactive/Firaxis Games; Hunt Valley, MD 
      (2/4/04 - Present)

Full-Time: Senior Animator/Artist  
     

• XCOM: Enemy Within -XPack- (PC, XBOX 360, PS3)

- Hand keyed character animations for human and non-human characters (in-game and cinematic).     

• XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PC, XBOX 360, PS3, iOS)

- Hand keyed character animations for human and non-human characters (in-game and cinematic).

- MOCAP (motion capture) actor for human and alien characters during R&D phase of pre-production.
- Mentored and supervised contractors on animation creation and implementation.

- Assisted in manage/scheduling outsourced animation material with 2K Shanghai.

• Civilization Revolution (XBOX 360, PS3)

- Co-wrote and Co-directed intro movie animatic.
- Rigged, skinned, and animated leader heads.

- Modeled and textured in-game building assets.

• Railroads! (PC)

- Co-Wrote and Co-directed intro movie animatic.

- Skinned, posed, and rendered baron characters.

- Modeled and textured in-game building assets.

- Digitally rendered matte paintings for information screen backgrounds.

• Pirates! (PC/XBOX)

- Skinned 3D character meshes for animators.

- Modeled and textured in-game level environments and assets.

- Digitally rendered matte paintings for information screen backgrounds.

- Assisted Lead Concept Artist in making icon art for game interface.

- Set up lighting for in-game levels and characters.

• Civilization 4 (PC)

- Digitally painted all button icons for game interface.

- Modeled and textured low poly in-game building assets.

       BigHugeGames; Hunt Valley, MD Studio
       (12/1/03 - 12/18/03)

       Contract Work: Artist                                               

- Digitally painted interface icons for Rise of Nations expansion game (PC).

       MicroProse/Atari Interactive; Hunt Valley, MD Studio
       (5/28/02-11/4/03) 

       Full-time: Arist

• Dungeons and Dragons Heroes (XBOX)

- Modeled, textured, and animated in-game assets.

- Modeled and textured set elements for intro movie.

Shipped Titles:  XCOM:Enemy Within (PC, XBOX 360, PS3), XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PC, XBOX 360, PS3, iOS), Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (XBOX 360, PS3), Sid Meier’s Railroads! (PC), Sid Meier’s Pirates! (PC, and XBOX), Sid Meier’s Civilization 3, and 4 (PC), Sid Meier’s Sim Golf (PC), Dungeons and Dragons Heroes (XBOX)

Skills:  Maya, 3DStudio Max, Character Studio, CAT animation tools, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Premiere Pro CS2, Unreal Engine 3, Gamebryo, Macromedia Flash, MOCAP (motion capture) Actor

Education:           

• Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration (cum laude) received 
            May 20, 2002.