Casey Hages

Los Angeles based visual artist.

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SUMMARY:

Los Angeles based visual artist. Delivering state of the art creativity & production to clients. Always looking for new creative endeavors.

SOFTWARE:

Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere
Autodesk: Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox
Microsoft Office Suite
WordPress

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Visual Artist at Freelance Artist
2000 – Current
Helping clients effectively convey ideas visually.
• Art direction.
• Graphic design.
• Corporate branding.
• Concept art.
• Animation.
• Illustration
• Storyboarding.

Lead Production Artist at Avanquest Software
October 2012 – Current
Avanquest is a world leading developer and publisher of consumer software and business solutions.
• Team Management.
• Photo editing, post production, retouching.
• Graphic design.
• Preparing files for printing.
• Website quality assurance.

Creative Director & Co-Founder at Buttercup Game Labs
July 2011 – July 2012
Buttercup was a San Francisco based independent video game studio.
• Completed demo for a puzzle game.
• Wireframing.
• UI and UX design.
• Level design.
• Character animation.
• Managed a five person art team.
• Game tester.

Cinematic Director at Telltale Games
February 2010 – June 2011
Telltale was the first digital publisher to release interactive episodic content on a monthly schedule.
• Responsible for creating cut scenes and interactive dialog.
• 11 shipped titles.
• Camera set up and actor staging.
• Character animation.
• Game tester.

Motion Capture Animator at Mixamo
August 2009 – February 2010
Mixamo provides motion captured game ready animations which can be selected, customized, and downloaded into a production pipeline.
• Responsible for creating motion data in MotionBuilder.
• Character animation.
• Modeled, textured and rigged characters.

Teacher Assistant & Lecturer at SAE Expression College
June 2007 – August 2009
Expression offers programs in Animation, Audio, Digital Film, Game Development, and Entertainment Business.
• Animation.
• Figure drawing.
• Painting.
• Sculpture.
• Digital compositing.

Motion Capture Animator at Telemetric Media
September 2008 – November 2008
Telemetric is a Bay Area animation company.
• Captured dancers for a game prototype.
• Cleaned up the optical marker data.
• Created animation loops for game play.

Cinematographer at Rick Giachino Films
January 2007 – January 2008
Rick is a Bay Area film maker.
• Camera operator for the documentary, Forgiving God.
• Field producer.

Production Artist & Software QA at Bellamax
2004 – 2006
Bellamax was a software company that created applications used in professional labs and portrait studios for automated image enhancement.
• Responsible for digital files ready for print.
• Graphic design.
• Photo restoration.
• Tested beta software for quality assurance.

EDUCATION:

SAE Expression College – Emeryville, CA 2006-2008
BAS in animation & visual effects

College For Creative Studies – Detroit, MI 1995-1999
BFA in Graphic Art

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