Laurie Franks

Work History

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  Generalist

  Unity Technologies

  April 2000 - Present
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  Artist

  Epic Games

  November 2018 - December 2018

  Cary, North Carolina, US
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  Environment Artist

  Hulu

  October 2016 - July 2018
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  Artist

  Toys for Bob

  February 2004 - October 2014

  Build and texture environments/props and took on overflow rigging/animation.
  Games:
  Skylanders Trap Team - Environment, Creature/Prop, Animation, Rigging, & Concept
  Skylanders Giants - Environment, Creature/Prop, Animation, Rigging, & Concept
  Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure - Environment, Creature/Prop, Animation, Rigging, & Concept
  Guitar Hero Van Halen - Character Rigging/Skinning Tech & Prop Lead
  Guitar Hero 5 - Animator
  Madagascar 2 - Prop & Environments
  Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam - Prop & Environments
  Madagascar - Environment Modeler & Lip Synch Data Cleanup

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Character Modeler

  Big Ape Productions

  November 2000 - November 2002

  Modeled and textured 30 + game ready character models and mouth shapes based on puppet reference from the tv show Celebrity Deathmatch. Consulted with outsource studio employees for production of "create a player" assets. Magpie lip synch data cleanup.

• Animator

  WLOX-TV

  1999 - 2001

  Character animator on MDEQ educational film project.
  Character animator + Producer for various commercial spots.