JustinRaschResume2010

Work Experience

High Impact Games / Burbank, CA 2006 – Present

Unannounced Racing – Prototype – PS3 - Xbox 360 - Nintendo Wii

Lead Animator

§ Animated many In-game Playable Characters and Cinematics.

§ Oversaw Team of Animators.

§ Coordinated – Directed all animation for Prototype.

§ Created Toy Prototypes for Characters and Functionality within game.

Jak and Daxter -The Lost Frontier - PSP

Lead Animator

§ Created 45 Minutes of Pre Rendered Cinematics for Game

§ Oversaw Team of 6 Animators and Post/Effects Team.

§ Coordinated – Directed additional Outsource Team for added Cinematics

§ Animated many In-game Enemies and Bosses.

Secret Agent Clank - PSP

Lead Animator

§ Created 35 Minutes of Pre Rendered Cinematics for Game

§ Oversaw Team of 6 Animators and Post/Effects Team.

§ Animated many In-game Enemies and Bosses.

Ratchet and Clank – Size Matters- PSP

Lead Animator

§ Hired , Trained, and Lead new High Impact Animation Staff

§ Created 30 Minutes of Pre Rendered Cinematics for Game

§ Animated many In-game Enemies and Bosses.

§ Oversaw Team of 5 Animators

Screen Novelties / Los Angeles , CA 2009

The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack – Cartoon Network

Stop Motion Animator

§ Animated for Various Episodes.

§ Completed Final Shots based on storyboards and Direction.

Bionic Games / North Hollywood, CA 2008

Spyborgs – Nintendo Wii

Animation Consultant

§ Hired and Trained Bionic Animation Staff

§ Set up Animation Pipeline

§ Prototype CG Animation

Luxoflux Corp / Activision Santa Monica, CA Jan 1999-2006

Shrek 3 - preproduction - PS2

Lead Animator

5 months of preproduction till Luxoflux became solely a True Crime house and Shrek 3 was moved to another Activision house.

§ Preproduction Animation

§ Analysis of prior Shrek title with aim to improve mechanics in sequel

§ Work with programming team to prototype new core features for Shrek 3

Shrek 2 – The Game - PS2

Lead Animator

§ Completed 8 fully playable Characters and several Enemies

§ Completed many in-game Cinematics

§ Oversaw a Team of 5 Animators

§ Worked with the Art and Programming leads to deliver a AAA title on time and under budget

§ Personally Animated about 60 % of the game

True Crime 1 and 2 {Streets of Los Angeles } { Streets of New York } -PS2

Sr. Animator

§ Responsible for hand keying a variety of in-game Animations

§ Take existing Mocap and exaggerate it

§ Motion Capture Acting for Cinemas and In-game

§ Provide Prototype Animations for the programming staff

§ Completed Animatics in preparation of Mocap arrival

Finding Nemo – The Game (Demo for Pixar) -PS2

Lead Animator

Team was contracted by Activision to furnish a demo for this property

§ My responsibilities were to Animate Nemo and various other Characters for demo

Ghost -PS2,

Lead Animator

In the later phases of project we partnered with EA and Cerny games, but our studio was bought by Activision and the game was cancelled by Luxoflux Corp.

§ Animated Main Character and New Characters as they developed

§ Animated 40 in-game Enemies

§ Did Pre Rendered conceptual Animations to express Design

Star Wars Demolition - PS1

Sr. Animator/Artist

· In-game animations

Vigilante 8 Second Offence -PS1, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast

· Pre rendered Cinematics - Animator/Artist

· One of 2 artists who completed all pre rendered Cinemas for this title

· Asset creation, Fx creation as well as Editing

Vigilante 8 - Nintendo 64

Animator/Artist

· Still creation for Comic Book Story teller

KONAMI, Redwood City, CA Jan 1996 – Nov 1998

Survivor / Day One- Nintendo 64

Animator / Artist

§ Modeled, Rigged and Animated characters

§ Animated conceptual pre rendered Cinematics

§ Worked closely with design to develop and implement Main Character and Enemies

Spawn- GameBoy Color

Animator / Artist

§ Modeled, Rigged and Animated characters

§ Animated conceptual pre rendered Cinematics

§ Worked closely with design to develop and implement Main Character and Enemies

FILM and Television Experience -

Screen Novelties / Los Angeles , CA 2009

The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack – Cartoon Network

Stop Motion Animator

§ Animated for Various Episodes.

§ Completed Final Shots based on storyboards and Direction.

Imaginal Cells Filmworks / Van Nuys, CA Jan 2008

Mythic Journeys –

Stop Motion Animator

§ Animated many characters for Film.

§ Completed Final Shots based on Storyboards and direction.

Shadow Machine Films / Los Angeles, CA Jan 2008

Robot Chicken Season 4 –

Stop Motion Animator

§ Animated many styles and characters for show.

§ Completed Final Shots based on Storyboards and direction.

Stunt Puppet Pictures / Los Angeles, CA Jan 2007 - Present

Gerald's Last Day – Multi Award Winning Animated Film

Lead Animator – Writer - Director

§ Animated 8 main characters in the film and over 10 minutes of Footage

§ Sculpted – Molded - Fabricated all characters in Film.

§ Designed all Characters

§ Scriptwriter

§ Storyboarded Entire film

EDUCATION

Art Institute of Pittsburgh 1994 - 1996

Major: Computer Animation & Multimedia

Richard Williams Masterclass 1998

Animationmentor.com 2005