VEERAPATRA JINANAVIN

701 Taylor St. Apt. 210
San Francisco CA 94108
Phone: 562.522.5982
E-Mail: keko 3 dr@hotmail.com
www.3d-create.com/keko/

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Pixar Animation Studios
Position as an animation intern; completed animation exercises with emphasis on principles, acting and storytelling. Jun 2007 – Aug 2007

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Summer Internship. July 2006 – Aug 2006 BurBank, CA Position: 3 d character animator - Have worked animation exercises with emphasis on principles and acting for Meet the Robinsons and American Dog

3 D-Create Studio ( 3 D Computer Animation School), Bangkok, Thailand In 2002 - 2004 A 3 D computer teacher assistant in the 3 D-Create Studio (Maya)

 

3 D freelance

Have worked on movies and cartoon animations in Thailand

 

SKILLS:

Organic & Character Modeling & Animation (Alias Maya, Rhinoceros 3 D)

• Have built characters in Alias Maya using both multi-patch NURBS modeling and polygon modeling

• Extensive background in life-drawing and knowledge of human anatomy

• Have designed characters working from my own original concept sketches to final rigged character with corrective blend-shapes.

• Experienced with Traditional animation, Can apply my 2 D animation skill to animate a 3 d computer character

 

Texture Mapping (Adobe Photoshop)

• Expert user of Adobe Photoshop, can apply my traditional art skills to paint original realistic texture maps

• Experienced at applying and adjusting custom color, displacement, bump, secularity and other types of maps using Maya

 

Compositing (Apple Shake)

• Experienced with integrating multi-pass 3 D renderings into live-action plates

 

EDUCATION:

Academy Of Art University, San Francisco, CA
February 2004 – December 2006
Specializing in 3 D Character Animation (MFA)
Major: Character Animation, Animation

Courses included:

  • Pixar 1 Advanced Animation ( 3 D) – Taught by Pixar Animators (Stephen Gregory and Billy Merrit)
  • Pixar 2 Advanced Animation ( 3 D) – Taught by Pixar Animators (Andrew Gordon and Mike Venturini)
  • Pixar 3 Advanced Animation ( 3 D) – Taught by Pixar Animators (Andrew Gordon and Scott Clark)

( All of the pixar classes are demoreel required)

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
September 1997- May 2002
Specializing in Fine Art, Painting Major (BFA)

 

 

ACCOMPLISHMENT:

• FROZEN FILM FESTIVAL in San Francisco, California

• Epidemic Film Festival 2007 Audience Choice Award (winner)

• Epidemic Film Festival 2007 Best Dialogue Test

• AAU Spring Show 2007 Best in Category Award for 3D Short Film

• AAU Spring Show 2007 the Award of Recognition

• AAU Spring Show 2005 Finalist in 3 d Short Animation

• AAU Spring Show 2005 Finalist in 2 D Pencil Animation Test

• Thailand Animation and Multimedia (TAM) 2005

• Thailand Animation and Multimedia (TAM) 2004