Kyle Lopes Artist/Animator

175 Comfort Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
Willing to relocate.
(617) 980-9508; kwl@kylelopes.com
www.kylelopes.com

Skills
• Experienced with low poly character rigging, skinning, and animating in Autodesk Maya.
• Experienced with aspects of asset creation including hard surface modeling and organically sculpted meshes, low-poly modeling, unwrapping, texturing, and materials.
• Experienced with version control, Git and Subversion.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to adhere to a strict schedule, work under pressure, and prioritize tasks.
• Learn and adapt quickly to new programs and material.

Software
• Autodesk Maya
• Zbrush
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Flash
• Crazybump
• nDo2
• Unreal Engine
• Unity 3D
• 3D-coat

Work Experience
Animator
Emergent Media Center
June 2012 – August 2012
Worked with the Ford Foundation to create a game that teaches people about rural wealth creation. Used Flash to create the animations that were then imported into Unity 3D. Found ways around many problems with our in-house animation editor tool.

Graphic Artist
Emergent Media Center
October 2012 – December 2012
Worked on the Champlain.edu website to create logos and icons through rapid iteration.

Project Experience
Lead Animator
Crisis of the Superverse
December 2012 – Present
Worked in a group with ten core team members. I rigged and skinned all of the characters, created three animation sets for the five characters in game, and managed a team of two other animators to keep the aesthetics of the game cohesive.

3D Artist/Animator
Urban Defense
January 2012 – May 2012
Sole artist on a team of five. Modeled, textured, rigged, skinned, animated, and imported 3D models from Maya into Unity.

Education
Champlain College, Burlington, VT
Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Art and Animation; Class of 2013
• GPA of 3.2.
• Member of the student chapter of IGDA.
• Participated in: Champlain Ski and Ride Club; Speed Painting, Speed Sculpting, Gathering of Game Artists, Champlain College Game Developers Association.

E-mail: kwl@kylelopes.com