Crafterlife Studios 3D Animator

8504 67th Rd. Allison Frank Apt 2. Rego Park, NY 11374 3D Animator at Crafterlife Studios (724) 854-8065 www.allisonfrank.com [email protected]

EXPERIENCE 3D SKILLS ● 3D Studio Max Crafterlife Studios — 3D Animator Mar 2016 - PRESENT ● Maya ● Animated 8 robots interacting with each other and blowing each other up in comedic ● Unity ways

● Collaborated with team members to take the passes from rough to final, focusing mostly on polish.

2D SKILLS Robit Studios — 2D Animator ● Adobe Flash Jan 2016 - PRESENT ● Animated dozens of traditional and puppet Flash characters to breathe life into the ● Adobe Photoshop landscape of Treasure Adventure World. ● Adobe Illustrator

● Collaborated with team members to decide animation pacing and the number of ● Adobe Premiere animations needed to complete a character. ● Adobe After Effects

What Pumpkin Studios — 3D Animator Jan 2015 - Oct 2015 ● Animated dozens of 3D characters across a six act adventure game to produce immersive, quirky cutscenes and in-game animations using Maya.

● Worked closely with programmers and designers to guide cutscenes through the entire pipeline from storyboarding, to rigging and animating, to integration in Unity.

● Created realtime cutscenes and timed battle sequences by using proprietary tools and Unity's Mechanim system.

● Took the lead in maintaining a cohesive vision so that all characters felt like they belonged in the world.

● Demonstrated range with a variety of animations from menacing monsters to idling kids.

Titmouse — Assistant Animator

May 2013 - Dec 2014 ● Responsible for raising the quality for several projects such as SuperJail, Turbo:Fast and China, IL by cleaning, coloring and correcting rough animations, to provide a professional touch.

● Ensured consistent, high quality work across all projects by maintaining correct line weight, consistent colors and proper layering. App Partner Development — Lead Artist

Nov 2011 - Mar 2013 ● Lead animator for several mobile games including Crushin' Robots NYC and Quake Escape.

● Created 3D models in Maya for mobile games such as Epic Evil Twins and Phoenix Bird.

● Collaborated with programmers to deliver high quality art within the constraints of mobile limitations

Dreamkind — Lead Artist

Mar 2010 - Jun 2010 ● Drove projects such as Fuzzoodles from brainstorming and concepting to production with animated characters using Adobe Flash.

● Trained employees to learn several applications such as Flash and Photoshop, helping us deliver more games at twice the speed.

EDUCATION

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania — Applied Media Arts 2004 - 2009 Concentration in Animation

Volunteering

Staten Island Zoo — Wildlife Education Intern I helped teach children about various reptiles around the zoo. I also cared for the education animals and kept the parrots company when they were lonely and bored.