Michael R Padilla

Work History

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  Character Animator

  Insomniac Games

  June 2013 - Present

  Character Animator
  Animator on Ratchet & Clank
  Animator on Sunset Overdrive
  Animator on Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus

  

  
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  Professor

  California State University, Northridge

  July 2014 - Present

  Advanced Animation Class
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  Rough Layout Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  October 2011 - October 2012

  How To Train Your Dragon: The Series
  Dragons: Riders of Berk
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  Layout Artist

  WildBrain

  October 2011 - March 2012

  Rough Layout for How To Train Your Dragon: The Series

• Remote Freelance Animator

  Various

  2011 - 2012

  Character animation on several projects, working on my own projects and also available to work on other freelance projects.
  Project: Double Dragon Neon - Xbox 360 (XBLA), PlayStation 3 (PSN) Wayforward Technologies
  Project: Uannounced - Xbox 360 (XBLive), Inkling Games
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  Senior Animator

  High Impact Games

  January 2011 - October 2011

  Character Animator
  Project: Dreamworks SuperStar Karts - Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS

• Senior Animator / Technical Artist

  Institute for Creative Technologies at USC

  March 2010 - February 2011

  Character Animator / Technical Artist
  Responsible for keyframe animation for virtual human simulation research and game development. Create animation lists and estimates for animation. Additional storyboarding, character rigging and skinning.
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  Senior Animator

  High Impact Games

  2009 - 2010

  Character Animator
  additional modeling and rigging for other characters and props
  Project: Phineas and Ferb Across The 2nd Dimension

• Senior Animator

  Bionic Games, Inc.

  2008 - 2009

  Character Animator- Animated in game and cinematics
  additional storyboarding and layout
  Project: Spyborgs
  Consoles: Wii
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  Animator / Previs Animator

  Spark Unlimited

  June 2004 - May 2008

  Project: Legendary: The Box PS3, XBOX 360
  • Responsible for animation - creature,character, vehicles and object
  gameplay and cinematic animation, pre planning animatics
  • Implemented scripted scene animations
  
  Project: Turning Point: Fall of Liberty PS3, XBOX 360
  • Responsible for animation - character, vehicles and object
  gameplay and cinematic animation, pre planning animatics
  • Implemented scripted scene animations into game

• Animator / Fix Artist

  Turbine Entertainment Software

  January 2004 - June 2004

  Project: Asheron’s Call: Throne of Destiny
  Consoles: PC
  • Responsible for animation - character, touchup animations and texture fix
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  Animator

  Spark Unlimited

  January 2003 - January 2004

  Project: Call of Duty Finest Hour PS2, XBOX, GameCube
  • Responsible for animation gameplay and cinematic animation - character, vehicles and object
  • Implemented scripted scene animations into game

• Animator / Modeler / Artist

  Nueart Pictures

  2000 - 2002

  Project: CG Animated Film: AeroTroopers
  • Responsible for all aspects of production
  Modeling, Texturing, Animation, and compositing