Patrick Vidal Vancouver, B.C. Canada E-Mail: vidal.patrick@gmail.com Objective: 3D Modeler / Lighter / Shader Website: www.patrickvidal.com Demo Reel: http://vimeo.com/5358555 Summary * Vancouver Film School Graduate (class 3D74, April 2009) * One-year intern at Knott Laboratory, LLC * Four month part-time intern at Gates Planetarium dome theatre @ Denver Museum of Nature & Science * Concept Artist for the production “Bamboo” by CU Denver’s Digital Animation Center * Experience using Autodesk Maya 7.0-2009, Autodesk 3DS Max 9, Softimage XSI 6-7.5, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects Education: * Vancouver Film School Graduate - Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, British Columbia - Diploma received for 3D Animation & Visual Effects April 24, 2009 * Three Semesters of study - University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado - B.F.A. Major: 3D Animation Experience: One month of production experience with Frogchildren Studio (July 2009 – Aug 2009) www.frogchildren.com www.clockworkgirl.com - Completed promotional trailer for the feature film “Clockwork Girl”, which was screened at Comic-con 2009, San Diego. - Hired as a 3D lighter, shader, and renderer. - Worked with a very short timeline; efficient application of lighting and rendering techniques. Nine months of production experience at Vancouver Film School (Oct 2008- Jul 2009) http://vimeo.com/5358555 - Completed short film “Fairlady Z” - Collaborated with classmates and mentors throughout production One year of forensic animation experience at Knott Laboratory (Feb 2007 - Mar 2008) www.knottlab.com - Modeling and texturing vehicles & terrain - Lighting & Rendering scenes and animations - Animating with Autodesk 3DS Max & Havok Reactor - Experience working with Autodesk AutoCAD files 3D Content Creation for Gates Planetarium dome theatre (Mar 2007 - Jul 2007) http://www.dmns.org, http://domefest.com/index_2007.html - Cinematic dome camera animation - Worked with Mental Ray “fish-eye lens” rendering plug-in - Production of short film “Splat” completed in two months - Produced with Troy Whitmer (www.uni3d.com) Concept artist for CU Denver’s DAC production of Bamboo (May 2007 - Aug 2007) - Experience working in a full production pipeline - Experience producing concept art for a full-scale short film production Graduate & Mentor for the Digital Evolutions program at Smoky Hill HS (2004 - 2008) - Independent study of Maya & Adobe Photoshop - Experience tutoring students in 3d/2d softwares Judge for 2007 Skills USA 8hr. Competition; regional level - Member of the panel of judges that decided the top three teams Languages English: First language French: Basic (written) References Available upon request.