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Name: Tom Poon
Email: contact@tompoon.com

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Technical Skills: High poly modeling & normal mapping Low poly modeling & optimizing UV unwrapping Texturing & Digital painting Lighting & vertex coloring/blending Rigging and Skinning Keyframe, skeletal and morph target animation

Software Proficiency: Autodesk 3D Studio Max Autodesk Maya Autodesk Softimage Pixologic ZBrush Autodesk Mudbox Adobe Photoshop Perforce & TortoiseSVN

Experience:

Artist at Colossal Games

Dec 2011 - Current

- Tasked with designing, modelling, UVing and texturing levels and props.

Junior Artist at Ideaworks Game Studio

Jul 2011 - Sep 2011

- Tasked with optimizing existing assets, creating LoDs, placing props in levels, light-baking, editing textures, rigging and exporting using a proprietary game engine.
- Involved in testing, identifying and fixing or reporting related bugs.

Environment Artist at InterWave Studios

Jun 2009 - Apr 2011

- Tasked with modelling, unwrapping, texturing and compiling assets for level designers using the Source engine.
- Modified/improved existing assets.
- Work towards deadlines and responsible for logging time spent on the tasks each day.
- Involved in play testing the game for testing new features, game balance, bugs and providing feedback.

3D Artist at Sandswept Studios

Apr 2009 - Sep 2009

- Responsible for creating the overall art style for the game "Detour", including the design, modelling, UVing and texturing of all 3D assets.
- Involved in testing the gameplay, controls and overall interface while giving suggestions for improvement and reporting errors/bugs.

Education:

BSc Hons First Class in Computer Games Design - Staffordshire University, Stafford, UK	Sep 2005 - Jul 2008
BTEC National Diploma IT Practitioners - MK College, Milton Keynes, UK	Sep 2002 - Jul 2004
G.C.S.E’s - Stantonbury Campus, Milton Keynes, UK	Sep 1998 - Jul 2002