Nelson Brown
Character Animator
Brownimation(at)Gmail.com
www.Brownimation.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Summary of Qualifications:
Character animator with expressive work that displays personality,
weight and flow.  Expertise includes 3-D and 2-D animation, rigging, storyboarding, and illustration.  
Team-oriented collaborator with a strong ability to lead and organize group settings.  Noted for having 
a professional commitment to content and artistic excellence.

Experience:


Foundation 9 Entertainment– Lead Animator – November 2007 – Present

- Rigging and animating 3d characters for real-time, multi-platform engine.
- Storyboarding, animating and scripting real-time cut scenes.
- Shipped Titles:
	“Where the Wild Things Are” – Xbox 360/PS3/Wii
	“Spiderman: Red Vs. Black – Amazing Allies Edition” – PSP/PS2 – 2008

- To Ship:
	“The Princess and the Frog” - Wii



Griptonite Games - Lead Animator - March 2005 – November 2007

- Designing, rigging and animating 3d characters for a real-time engine.
- Leading a core team of animators, as well as leading meetings and
  activities to push animation quality studio-wide
- Other responsibilities include producing concept art, animating and
  processing 2d sprites, and game testing   
- Shipped Titles:  
	 "Crash of the Titans" - Nintendo DS - 2007
	 "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Nintendo DS - 2007
	 "Lego Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy" - Game Boy Advance - 2007
	 "Over the Hedge: Hammie Goes Nuts" - Nintendo DS - 2006
	 "Eragon" - Nintendo DS - 2006
	 "Shrek Super Slam" - Nintendo DS - 2005
	 "Shrek Super Slam" - Game Boy Advance – 2005


Flying Lab Software - Animation Intern - February - July 2005

- Produced Character Animation for PC game 
- Shipped Titles:
       "Pirates of the Burning Sea” - PC


Education

AnimationMentor.com
- Advanced Studies in Character Animation – 2009.

The Art Institute of Seattle 
- Associate of Applied Arts in Animation Art and Design - 4.0 GPA - 2004.



Skills


Software:
- Maya
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
- 3ds Max
- Flash MX
- Vegas Video
- Nintendo Nitro Tools
- Adobe Premiere


Traditional:
- 2-D animation
- storyboarding
- watercolor
- acting