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Matt Beckman 360-584-5840 brickbeckman@yahoo.com www.MattBeckman-3d.com

 

 

 

 

Work Experience

Warner Brothers
Character Artist  May 2010 – November 2011

• Titles:
  • Lord of the Rings: War in the North (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
  • Unannounced Titles
• Created character and creature art assets based on concept art and photo reference
• Worked on Multiple projects with visual styles ranging from high resolution stylized realism, to low impact RTS style art
• Developed and created game art and concept art for creatures and characters  based on design documents and requests
• Assisted team members in troubleshooting and developing new techniques used in art creation and implementation

Surreal Software
Contract Character Artist             January 2008 – December 2009

• Titles:    
  • This Is Vegas (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
• Created full characters from scratch and through the use of interchangeable character pieces based on photographic reference and concept art.
• Managed a database of over 500 character art assets, ensuring compatibility with current software builds
• Developed rig weighting techniques used to create relatively natural deformation for skirt and dress type items fitted to predefined rig skeletons

 

United States Army   
Team Leader      January 2002 – January 2006

• Responsible for supervising and training the soldiers in my team
• Performed monthly performance reveiws of team members
• Created and distributed logistical and navigational plans for Platoon level combat operations using specialized communication computers and software

Education
The Art Institute of Seattle
Bachelor of Fine Arts Game Art & Design             Jan 2006 - Dec 2008
Graduated with Honors