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Nathan McCall
surabaya@aol.com

Summary of Qualifications

Skilled traditional and digital animator/ illustrator.
Meticulous web design, and HTML coding.
Digital video encoding, and editing.

Computer Skills

Bbedit
Photoshop
Imageready
Flash

Freehand
Fractal Design Painter
Illustrator
Softimage 3D

Softimage Toonz
3-D Studio Max
Media 100
Premier
PC and Mac platforms

Work Experience

Apprentice Designer        2005-current
SONY Online Entertainment, San Diego, CA

  • Collaborating with a team of developers to constantly create new content for a massively multiplayer online game.
  • Writing and programming quests.
  • Writing dialogue.

Animator/ Designer/ Assistant Producer        1998-2000
POP! Multimedia, Seattle, WA

  • Collaborated with a team of animators using Flash to create original cartoons and games for online distribution.
  • Animated text and graphics for web pages.
  • Coded original web sites.
  • Designed and coded web pages to fit consistently with pre-existing sites.
  • Updated web site code and images weekly.
  • Designed banner ads, buttons and graphics.
  • Scanned/ prepared images.
  • Encoded and edited digital video using Media 100.
  • Assisted with testing and troubleshooting of sites using various browsers and platforms.

Animation Projects included:
"Superhero Roommate"- Icebox.com
"The Mackrosoft"- Z.com
"Pokemon Gold and Silver"- Nintendo

Designer/ Assistant Producer Projects included:
Toy Biz, Pets.com, PBS Online, Outreach Extensions, Becentric, Cornell University, Onvia, Nintendo, Bill Nye, Sportspage.com, Corus Brand, Highline Community Hospital, Evergreen Hospital and POP! Multimedia.


Freelance Graphic Designer        Fall 2000
Tetra Tech/KCM, Seattle, WA

  • Created a Power Point presentation for Tetra Tech, a world wide engineering firm.


Freelance Animator/ illustrator        Spring 2000
Protokult.com, Seattle, WA

  • Created backgrounds and storyboards for Protokult.com, an online animation company.


Education

Associates of Applied Arts in Computer Animation        December 1998
Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA.
  • Created short animation using 3-D Studio Max for my graduation portfolio.
  • Enhanced my traditional illustration and media skills.
Traditional Art Courses        June 1996
Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA.

References Available Upon Request