Michael R. Gold
813-956-6305
ubersock@yahoo.com                                                                                                                     

OBJECTIVE_________________________________________________________________________________________
I'm a Senior 3D Environment Artist looking to find a creative position creating environments and props while also helping contribute to design

EDUCATION________________________________________________________________________________________
1999 - 2003          Ringling College of Art and Design     
                             -Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts majoring in computer animation

SOFTWARE_________________________________________________________________________________________
Maya, 3D Studio Max, Houdini, 3D Coat, Unreal Editor 3 (UDK), Infernal Engine, Alchemy Engine, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Mental Ray, Zbrush, Vue Professional, Perforce file management software along with Alien Brian, SVN and Windows

EXPERIENCE________________________________________________________________________________________

01/11- 12/12    MICROSOFT GAME STUDIOS (FILTER)

-Lead Environment Artist on Pod Racing
Lead Environment Artist on the Star Wars Kinect pod racing mode
Rapid prototyping\whiteboxing, level designs and object creation for in game assets.
Experience working alongside with our outsource-rs from around the world. Ranging from art direction feedback to problem solving bugs in addition to having weekly teleconferencing meetings with the outsourcing heads.
I help out with teaching new team members our pipeline and tools within the engine we use called Infernal engine.

10/06 – 08/10      N-SPACE INC.

-Sr. Environment Modeler
Creating from concept interior and exterior 3D assets, lighting, and taking on all responsibilities from the lead if not available including answering any of the team members questions and knowing the ins and outs of  our current games pipeline

2/05 - 9/06           ELECTRONIC ARTS -TIBURON

-Environment Modeler
Modeling and texturing NCAA college stadiums and environments,
Also responsible for overseeing outsourced work and evaluating their quality to make sure it was up to EA standards

01/04 – 01/05       WACKY WORLD STUDIOS

-Lead Environment Modeler, also Animator
Modeled lead characters for direct to DVD movie The Roach Approach-  The Main Event!
Modeled environments and animated characters for the direct to DVD movie The Roach Approach- Don’t Miss the Boat

05/01 – 08/01      ELECTRONIC ARTS - MAXIS

 -Intern
Modeling and texturing in game objects, Character Animation and directing
hired actors

SHIPPED TITLES                                                                                          ________________________________________
-Tron Evolution: Battle Grids -------Nintendo Wii
-Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2   -------Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2
-Star Wars The Force Unleashed --Nintendo DS
-Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare ---Nintendo DS
-NCAA Football 07 ---------------Xbox 360
-The Sims 2 ------------------------PC