Ashley Fountain

                                                 Bremerton, WA 98310

                                                    Phone: (360) 674-0106

                                             E-mail:ashleechan22@gmail.com

 

 

Objective: To obtain an entry level position in the Media Arts industry with a special interest in filming production and Game Art

 

Profile:  Highly creative and skilled 3D modeler and texture artist.  Committed, Fast-paced and efficient artist. Excellent at quickly building models to facilitate production. Versatile to all various styles and designs. Vast knowledge of commonly used 2D and 3D software, human and animal anatomy, topology, perspective, and texturing.

 

Skills (Software): Autodesk Maya (Modeling, texturing, lighting, animation, hair and cloth dynamics)

Pixologic Zbrush (importing and exporting maps and sculpting high resolution detail on low poly models, retopo)                                                                                                                                 

Adobe Photoshop (layer animation, masking, concept and texture painting, image manipulation)                        

Adobe Flash (symbol animation)

 

Education:  

The Art Institutes-Dec 16 2013
Santa Monica, CA
Media Arts and Animation                                                                            

 

Accomplishments:

• Nominated for Best of Quarter for Background and Layout                                                             

• Salutitorian-3.9 GPA in High school

• Graduated B.S. Degree with a 3.3 average GPA

 

Employment:    

• Game Artist

  Diamond Game Enterprises-Los Angeles, CA (July 2016-present)

  -Responsible for creating 2D and 3D game elements as well as storyboards, concepts, andmotion graphics/animation. Delivered assets on and sometimes before deadlines.Directed/trained new artists in how to deliver, develop and use specialised software for trackingassets. Participated in executive board meetings while producing new gaming concepts and ideas/opinions.

link: http://www.diamondgame.com/casino-products/games/

 

• Character Artist

       University of Southern California-Los Angeles, CA (Sep 2014-Jan 2015) Contract

       -Lead Character Modeler for the virtual reality gaming project, "The Leviathan". Modeled concepts for a VR                 game (prototype pitch for Intel)

 

• Storyboard Illustrator-Freelance (Mar 2014-April 2014)

      -Illustrated a rough board for a pilot series on HBO

 

• Lead Character Modeler

       Red Giant Productions-The Art Institues of LA (Mar 2013 – Jun 2013) 

      -Modeled the lead protagonist in the 3D short, "Clocks of Circadia" and animated scenes