Resume
(Last Updated: 1/03/2007)

Name: Gregory Ronald O'Connor

Date of Birth: 12/04/1983

Address: Willoughby, Sydney NSW

Current Employment: I am currently working as a freelance VFX Artist.

Education:

2002-2003 Cert IV in Interactive Multimedia (East Perth TAFE, WA)

- Advanced skills in website, scripting, 2D drawing, , 2D animation, 3D building and design.

2003-2004 Diploma in Interactive Multimedia (East Perth TAFE, WA)

- Advanced websites design, advanced 2D drawing techniques, advanced 2D animation techniques, advanced 3D building and design techniques.

2004-2005 Diploma in Advanced Animation (Northbridge TAFE, WA)

- Advanced skills in 2D animation techniques, 3D modeling, UV-mapping, texturing, rigging, animation.

2007 – Current Cybergirl V (Online course with Steven Stahlberg)

- An advanced study into female topology and learning how to model, texture, surface, weight and render the female form. (http://workshops.cgsociety.org/courses/000031/)

Other skills development:

- Two years hands on experience with all aspects of Maya, Z-Brush, Photoshop and Aftereffects.

Work History:

April 2005 - Current - Freelance Visual FX artist

2001 – 2002 – One year spent at Curtin University WA doing Computer science.

1998-2005 - FAL Action: Worked as a part time shop assistant while studying.

Freelance Experience:

Lead Modeler – Short animation film “Cool Breeze” (under production) www.coolbreezeshort.com
Character Modeler – Half Life 2 mod “Enterprise: Temporal Cold War” (under production)
3D VFX – In house 3D animation presentation for BHP Billiton (sub-contracted for Cheesy Holdings)
3D Animation – TV Commercial for Centerlink (sub-contracted for Cheesy Holdings)
3D Vector – 3D website elements for Western Power (sub-contracted for Liquid Amber Design)
3D VFX – Film Commercial for West Australia Museum, (sub-contracted for Cheesy Holdings)
3D VFX – TV Commercial for Red Rooster (sub-contracted for Cheesy Holdings)
3D Posters – Still for print for ORS Campaign, (sub-contracted for Cheesy Holdings. Two posters)
3D VFX – TV Commercial for Transperth, (sub-contracted for Cheesy Holdings)
Titles – Title animation for "Learning by Osmosis" - Short film
2D Animation – In house 2D animation RAC (sub-contracted for Cheesy Holdings)

Software Program Experience:

Maya Unlimited – Expert
Lightwave - Beginner
Adobe Photoshop - Expert
Adobe Illustrator - Average
Adobe Encore DVD - Beginner
Adobe AfterEffects - Expert
Z-Brush - Good
Macromedia Director - Average
Macromedia Flash - Average
Pro-Tools Digital Audio - Average
DVD Studio Pro - Average

References:

Edmond Engelbrecht
Lighting TD
Animal Logic
Phone: 0403 878 570

Kurt Boulter
O’Studios
Administration
Phone: 0416 689 823