David Simieritsch Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cell: (778) 847 - 8644 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (778) 847 - 8644 end_of_the_skype_highlighting			Email: artworkds@gmail.com			Web: www.artworkds.com
Work Experience
July 2003 – Current : Character / Environment Artist (July 2008 - Current) Microsoft - Vancouver - Joyride
Senior Character Artist (march 2006 – June 2008) Silicon Knights – St. Catharines, Ontario – Too Human Created high res and low res characters, armors, weapons, props and vehicles from provided concept art Daily tasks consist of modeling, unwraping, texturing, shader creation in Unreal Engine 3 Lead the creation of all weapon types including swords, glaives, hammers, shields, pistols, cannons, and rifles Created concept art for the weapons then proceeded to create the weapons in 3d Assisted in creating generic armor for the main character, modular undead armor, and optimized weapon workflow Attended weekly super move design meetings where we discussed types, uses, and visual look Contributed to the game’s design process consisting of 115 super moves, enemy setups, combat controls, weapon naming and visual genres Lead Pre-production Character Artist (2months) Electronic Arts Canada - Burnaby, B.C.– Next Gen Pre-production Created templates for next gen. player head production Templates consist of hand painted layers of color per region of the face. There are 3 - 5 different versions of each layer to account for different skin tones, skin types and greater variety and flexibility Mentored artists in the production of player heads to achieve the highest quality Co-Lead Character Artist (2months) Electronic Arts Canada - Burnaby, B.C.– NHL 2007 (Current Gen) Created a generic character creation workflow for fast and efficient head creation Assisted in the hiring process by interviewing candidates Created new star player heads (Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby, among 20 others) Senior Modeler / Texture Artist (4months) Electronic Arts Canada - Burnaby, B.C.– Fifa Soccer 2006 (Next Gen) Created concept art for 15 shoes Created Nike Air Zoom shoe with color, specular, and normal maps with 5 color variations Modeled 8 base uniform geometries for 3 different body types Created 7 sideline characters Lead Character Artist (7months) Electronic Arts Canada - Burnaby, B.C.– Need for Speed Most Wanted (Next Gen / Current Gen) Developed visual look for the characters through pre production process Textured color map, specular map, and normal map’s for 5 next gen., and 5 current characters Held monthly review sessions with the art director Delivered weekly status reports and participated in weekly status update meetings Modeler / Texture Artist (4months) Electronic Arts Canada - Burnaby, B.C.– Fight Night 2005 Textured boxer Jeff Lacy. Textures were created from provided front and side reference shots Created 1 ring girl with 4 variations of bikinis Assisted others with art related issues with their models Assistant Lead Character Artist (2months) Electronic Arts Canada - Burnaby, B.C.– Champions League 2005 Created 41 player heads with provided head reference Trained 2 people in head production and overlooked their work to ensure quality benchmarks were met Weighted 9 manager bodies Fixed all technical bugs that were received from game testers Texture Artist (5months) Electronic Arts Canada - Burnaby, B.C.– March Madness 2005 Created 302 player uniforms. Uniform’s designs were drawn in illustrator then brought to photoshop where a wrinkles layer would be applied along with other shading and stitching details Modeler / Texture Artist (2months) Electronic Arts Canada - Burnaby, B.C.- NHL 2005 Created 55 player heads with provided head reference Assistant Texture Artist (3months) Electronic Arts Canada - Burnaby, B.C.- NBA Live 2004, March Madness 2004 Added cloth wrinkle layers and detail passes to base uniform kits in photoshop Added blending layers to pre-existing court logos to properly blend logos with the court
Education
February 2002 – February 2003: Vancouver Film School - Vancouver, B.C.				Diploma in 3d animation and visual effects
Software Knowledge
Unreal Engine 3.0 3d Studio Max Maya Zbrush Mudbox Softimage XSI Blender (LSCM Unwrap Tool)		Photoshop Painter Deep Paint 3d BodyPaint 3d			After Effects Combustion Illustrator Premiere Sound Forge		Alien Brain DevTrack Perforce

References
Chris Turcotte Senior Character Artist, Action Pants Inc. Vancouver, B.C.	· Phone: (604) 456 – 4394 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (604) 456 – 4394 end_of_the_skype_highlighting · Email: cturcotte@actionpantsinc.com
Randolph Stayer Lead Environment Artist, Threewave Software Vancouver, B.C.	· Phone: (604) 456 – 3175 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (604) 456 – 3175 end_of_the_skype_highlighting · Email: rstayer@threewavesoftware.com
Bobby Bath Lead Character Artist, Radical Entertainment Vancouver, B.C.	· Phone: (604) 601 – 6961 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (604) 601 – 6961 end_of_the_skype_highlighting · Email: bbath@radical.ca