Mikaela Garcia

mikogarcia.com

408.316.2077

miko.garcia@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position at a company that offers professional growth and an opportunity to apply my skills.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Highly Skilled:

Maya, Photoshop, After Effects, Mental Ray, Microsoft Office, Windows

Proficient:

Lightwave, Mudbox, MatchMover, Unfold3D, Vue, Mac OS

Familiar With:

Shake, Nuke, Premiere Pro, Zbrush, Linux/UNIX

SKILLS

Drawing, painting, sculpting, compositing, lighting, rotoscoping, rendering, animation, photo restoration, match moving, very organized, team player

EMPLOYMENT

Rapscallion Collaborative, Los Angeles, CA, February-October 2009

Animation Production Intern

• Production assistant duties including errands, paperwork, spreadsheets, and keeping files up to date.

• Applied textures and shaders for some characters.

• Helped set up lights and render attributes to a few scenes.

Dtrain FX, Venice, CA, April 2009

Junior VFX Artist

• Rotoscoped a few shots for a commercial.

Limbo Lounge, LLC, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2008- Feb. 2009

Freelance VFX Artist

• Motion tracked, rotoscoped, and applied digital paint fixes to several shots for an independent film.

Remnant Studios, San Jose, CA, June-August 2008

Intern

• Created 3D landscapes to be used in a CG short.

EDUCATION

Mission College, Santa Clara, CA, Sept. 2010-present

C programming, UNIX/Linux courses

Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, Emeryville, CA, Oct. 2005- May 2008

Bachelor of Applied Science, Animation and Visual Effects

MEMBERSHIPS

ACM student member, SF SIGGRAPH chapter

References available upon request