SketchUp Robot
I have basic SketchUp skills which can be useful in preparing concept art and layouts for games, animation and comics. I don't have advanced skills so generally do not do organic modeling.
About Me
I am an versatile and innovative problem solver with a wide range of skills including graphic and web design, marketing, translation, writing and more. Experience -Marketing & Design at Accent Building Restoration December 2008 - Present (4 years) I create promotional flyers, product and service information sheets, design visualization (Photoshop paintovers), create training and trade show materials, create and manage internet and intranet sites, video editing and Flash animation, create and manage basic Miva templates and code for an online store, handle SEO, manage our social networking, write original content and provide basic tech support for 30+ users. -Illustrator at Animax Entertainment May 2007 - March 2008 (11 months) Flash and Photoshop illustration, concept design for games, interfaces and props. Texture design and basic animation. -Office Manager at BF Designs Inc January 2001 - April 2007 (6 years 4 months) General office duties, Quickbooks, creating and managing the company websites and computers. -Business Owner at Brainrescue June 1996 - January 2001 (4 years 8 months) Created and maintained several content driven websites related to computer programming and art. Writing and publishing technical articles, product and book reviews. Create and sell site advertising. Contract with authors and software developers to create technical content. Create and promote contests for software developers. Freelance technical book review for several companies including Wrox, FriendsofEd, Wiley, Sams and MacMillan books. Search engine optimization for companies like ezboard.com. One of the community sites I built, VBExplorer, grew to over 3 million monthly page views before I had to let it go (in 2001 after the major dot com explosion of 2000). -Languages English (Native or bilingual proficiency) Spanish (Native or bilingual proficiency) -Area of Expertise Photoshop (advanced) Flash Illustration SketchUp 3D (basic) Microsoft Publisher Digital Painting Background Layouts 2D Textures Storyboarding Game Testing Search Engine Optimization Writing (content, creative, reviews, tutorials etc) Website and Online Community Management SEO -Education Brooks College Associates, Animation, 2005 - 2007 University of Miami Computer Programming, 1997 - 1998 NRI Schools Associates, Computer Programming, 1995 - 1997 -Personal Recommendations \"Burt is a talented illustrator and pleasure to work with. I was impressed with the fact that he is constantly striving to improve his art and his craft, keeping up with the artistic and technical trends that drive our industry. He is thoughtful, creative, reliable and dedicated and professional.\" * Tim Jones*, Head of Production, ANIMAX*, managed Humberto indirectly at Animax Entertainment \"Burt is a talented and resourceful member of the of a team. As an illustrator he\'s able to move fluidly from 2D to 3D work. He also further developed his character animation skills - in particular Flash animation - on a few of our game development projects. He\'s a dependable and reliable team player who can easily shift from games to online to traditional animation production work.\" * Michael Bellavia*, CEO, Animax Entertainment*, managed Humberto at Animax Entertainment \"I have worked with Burt for about 9 months and I found him to be a very talented artist. Burt was senior to me in the company but was very accommodating to me and was quick to answer any technical questions I had when I first started. I have since sought out his opinions on art work and would collaborate with him on other creative projects. Burt is extremely dependable and I found his artwork at Animax to be outstanding. I Have very much enjoyed being in the company of Burt and I hope that I have the pleasure of working with him in the future. Sincerely, Luis De Luna\" * Luis De Luna*, Illustrator, Animax Entertainment*, worked directly with Humberto at Animax Entertainment \"Humberto is as talented as he is gregarious. I worked with him on several projects and he engaged the client\'s direction with focused and inspired results. I especially enjoyed how he contributed to Animax\'s creative environment by frequently passing around inspiring resources and professional events.\" * Matthew Marshall*, Graphic Designer, Animax Entertainment*, worked directly with Humberto at Animax Entertainment \"Burt is a solid dependable worker on every project he is given. He gives great attention to detail, and on more than one occasion provoked admiration around the office for the quality of his work.\" * Paul Manchester*, Art Director, Animax Entertainment*, managed Humberto at Animax Entertainment \"I managed Burt at Animax and found him to be a very honest and hard worker. I admire his strength and dedication to his work as well as the beautiful assets he created while we worked together. Burt had a knack for knowing what I needed and delivering it with the utmost humble attitude, he took constructive criticism well and always applied what he learned through others and critiques of his work. I am also impressed to see that he is constantly trying to learn more and more skills. For example, he recently posted a comment about learning the basics of Coldfusion. I found that interesting and asked him why he was learning server-side programming. He replied, âEURoe I want to be able to communicate with the developer I am working with.âEUR I find that willingness to learn extremely important and valuable in an employee.\" * Stephanie Warner*, Interactive Producer, Animax*, managed Humberto at Animax Entertainment \"Burt is a great worker and a talented artist. I hope to have the pleasure of working with him again in the future. He was very professional and humble.\" * Wyatt S. Miles, was Humberto\'s client and also hired Humberto to do some freelance Flash cleanup
