Ely Cannon

Work History

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  Principal Level Designer 1

  Blizzard Entertainment

  September 2006 - July 2016

  World of Warcraft

  

  

  

  

  
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  Environment Artist

  ArenaNet

  July 2004 - August 2006

  Sub-lead on the environment art team. Artified zones, created textures for terrain, conceptualized new zones, managed region maps.

  
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  Adjunct Instructor

  Laguna College of Art and Design

  January 2008 - 2011

  Teaching 3d Environment Art for Games and Texturing and Lighting for Games

• VFX Artist

  Freelance

  April 2004 - September 2006

  Production of 3d/VFX elements for feature film
  Projects included: IRobot, Catwoman, Fantastic Four, Shaggy Dog, SpiderMan 3, Super Volcano(BBC), Transformers

• Assistant Professor

  Henry Cogswell College

  2003 - 2005

  I taught a full range of 3d art classes at all levels- animation, modeling, texturing, environment, etc...