AXH Animation :: Anatole Hernandez :: 3D Animator

email.anatole@axhanimation.com
ph.917.589.8573

	Anatole X. Hernandez 29 Clinton St. apt. 1D Nyc Ny 10002 e. anatole@axhanimation.com p. 917-589-8573

Work Experience: 2006-2007	BCW: My colleague and I created the animated intro for the BCW website. It was a short Earthquake scene done with the aide of the plug-in, Megaton Blast Code, in Maya. The same plug-in was used for all the destruction effects on buildings in King Kong, 2006.
2006-2007	Mr. Ray & Renee Towell Productions: Worked on the Mr. Ray children's' DVD "Songs From The Stickered Guitar", as a Maya artist and After Effects compositor. I was responsible for two music videos, and the intro of the DVD. I created animated characters, props and backgrounds in Maya. Then I took already keyed footage, and composited it all together in After Effects.
2006	KOS OutDoors: Created the banner for the site in flash as well as smaller animations that were used through out the site. http://www.kosoutdoors.com/
2006	Dionicia Hernandez & Stuart O' Sullivan Photography: Worked as a PhotoShop expert extracting, re-touching, color correcting and creating props for photo shoots. The work was used for these photographer's portfolios and commercial clients.
2005-2006	Architectural Body Research Foundation: "Architecture Contre La Mort" Worked as 2nd head modeler for two great artists, Madeline Gins + Arakawa. I was responsible for transforming their concepts into 3D space using Maya. My work was shown at a conference Arakawa held in Japan. http://www.reversibledestiny.org.
2004-2006	StarBucks: I worked part time at Starbucks doing night shifts while pursuing my career as an animator. In the process of picking up any freelance jobs I could, I completed the Croog Studios job and the beginning months at ABRF.
2005	Croog Studios: I worked on a small animated short called "Sprouts". I was responsible for Character Setup and aided in administrating the pipeline. I also modeled and rendered a background for one scenes of the short.
2004	PyroCell: I created a small 2D animation on RDPBS (Rapidly Deployable Portable Ballistic Shelters). The film was presented at the Jocotas Committee Meeting on military shelters in Natick, Massachusetts in May, 2004. The hand drawn animation was scanned into Photoshop, colored and then composed in After Effects. This was a proposed military project that aimed at saving lives by supplying medics with fast, and efficient shelters that could be created in the field.
2003	Basic Furniture: Employed as a photo retoucher and web graphics expert for the Basics Furniture web site. Extracted objects from photographs of furnished interiors, created new composites and often was required to create or redraw sections of objects that were missing or obstructed.
2002-2003	Isis Post: Interned at ISIS Post, a post-production studio specializing in documentaries and commercials. In addition to animating in After Effects, I assisted editors at the Avid and Final cut Pro workstations.
2002	Man Financial: Created an animated movie in Flash as part of a proposal for the new Man Metals website.
2001	MMG Studios: Worked on a team with two other editors on a small animated feature film. The Comedy was entitled Star Ballz. As well as editing, we created 2d effects and motion graphics in After Effects.
2001	Buzz Co. Associates: Interned as an animation assistant for school credit. I practiced traditional animation while fulfilling office duties. I also took part in some projects involving PhotoShop and After Effects.

Education: August 2002	Bachelors of Arts from TISCH, New York University Major: Film and Television - Concentration: Animation - Minor: Computer Programming
Relevant Course Work: Fall 1999 - Fall 2001	3D Animation Production: Completed Intro through Advanced level course work in 3D animation. The course work consisted of learning Modeling, Rigging, Texturing and Rendering while completing 2 animated shorts. My final project was a skit in which I used a traditional Central American story technique in which the inanimate come to life.
	Animation Production: During this course I made two shorts films for which I completed all production work; taking the short from the initial stage of story boarding through the final editing process.
	Stop Motion Animation: Refined animation skills while experimenting with puppets.
	Media Design: Studied Multi-media/Internet Design and learned all applicable programs: Director, Flash, SoundEdit 16, PhotoShop, Illustrator and Premier.
Additional Course Work:	Story Boarding, Programming in Java, Programming in C

Animation Skills:	Character Animation 2D/3D Abstract Animation 2D/3D Motion Graphics Drafting Dynamics	Lip-sync 2D/3D Modeling Rigging Compositing Story Boarding Rendering
Proficient In the Following Programs:	Maya 5 - 8.5 Wonder Touch - Particle Illusion v3 Megaton Blast Code 1.5 Flash MX Mac OSX / Windows XP	Adobe After Effects 6.5+7 Adobe PhotoShop Cs2 Adobe Illustrator Cs2 Adobe Image Ready Cs2 Final Cut Pro

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