Jim Donovan

Work History

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  Animator

  Lunar Animation

  November 2016 - December 2016
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  Character Animator

  Schell Games

  April 2017 - September 2017
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  Senior Animator

  Framestore

  October 2015 - October 2016

  Creatures

  
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  Animator

  343 Industries

  March 2014 - September 2015

  Halo

  

  
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  Cinematic Animator

  Bungie

  October 2012 - September 2013

  I was a character/cinematic animator on Bungie's highly anticipated video game, "Destiny". My main responsibilities included:
  - Keyframe animation
  - Motion capture animation editing and cleanup
  - Previz, scene layout, and cinematography
  - Bringing rough mocap facial animation to final polish.

  
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  Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2011 - April 2011

  animator on "Green Lantern"

  
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  Animator

  Reel FX

  April 2011 - July 2011

  Animator on "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas"

  

• Animator

  343 Industries (Microsoft)

  January 2012 - September 2012

  I was an animator on the video game "Halo 4"
  My main responsibilities included:
  - Animating characters for gameplay and cinematics
  - Keyframe animation
  - Motion capture editing and cleanup
  - Creature/quadruped animation
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  Animator

  Hive-FX

  December 2011 - December 2011

  Animator for Colorado State Lottery commercials
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  Animator

  Bent Image Lab

  November 2011 - December 2011

  Animator on a Coca Cola commercial

• 3D Character Artist

  Treite Productions

  June 2008 - March 2009

  Model, texture, & rig characters in Maya for a TV show.

• 3D Modeler/Texture artist

  Holomatix Ltd

  July 2005 - September 2005

  Freelance artist responsible for modeling and texturing realistic low-poly mobile phones and printers for clients such as Motorola, Epson, Kyocera, & Sagem.

• Internship as a Medical & Entertainment 3D artist/animator

  XVIVO

  January 2005 - May 2005

  Worked as a 3D artist in the Medical animation field using Maya, XSI, and After Effects. Also worked on stylized, cartoon-like projects.