Elliot Contreras

							  Elliot Contreras
  3017 22nd st. #5                                                                      elliot@elliot-contreras.com
  San Francisco, CA 94110                                                                          (415) 894-0619

  SUMMARY
  Digital Artist experienced with fast paced environments, specializing in CG Lighting and Compositing.

  TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
  Highly Skilled              Proficient                   Knowledgeable                Platforms
  Photoshop                   PFTrack                      C++ Scripting                Windows
  Maya                        Mental Ray                   Python Scripting             Mac OSX
  Nuke                        ZBrush                       Renderman                    Unix
  After Effects

  SKILLS
 Willingness to learn new tools and methods, able to work long hours to meet deadlines.
 3D skills include modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering through Mental Ray, animation and motion capture.
 Compositing skills include keying, rotoscoping, matchmoving, color correction, projection mapping.

  EXPERIENCE
  Jake’s Dead (Independent Film)                                                       December 2009 – Current
  Matchmoving, wire removal, and rotoscoping. Currently in
  production.

  Entourage (Student Project)                                                                    November 2009
  Matchmoved, animated, motion captured, matched CG lighting
  and composited a CG crab robot into a live action plate.

  Fresh World (School Project)                                                 September 2009 – October 2009
  Textured and shaded characters, props and environments in a
  toon shaded style. Lit and composited five shots.

  EDUCATION
  Ex’pression College for Digital Arts, Emeryville, CA                                May 2007 – January 2010
  Bachelor of Applied Science, Animation and Visual Effects

  EMPLOYMENT
  Fast Money, San Francisco, CA                                                          June 2007 – April 2008
  Provided quick turnaround time while processing new customers
  for check cashing, or payday advance accounts.

  United States Marine Corps, Camp Pendleton, CA                                    February 2003 – March 2007
  Organized, maintained, and accounted for weapons, optical
  equipment, and tactical vehicle within a mobile assault team of
  four Marines.