Vincent Sparacino

Work History

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  Senior Technical Artist

  Apple Inc.

  September 2016 - Present
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  Senior Technical Artist

  Electronic Arts

  February 2010 - August 2016

  Project: The Sims 4 (PC)
  
  • Responsible for developing and maintaining all Maya animation tools and workflows on the project.
  
  • Authored several key shaders and worked closely with art and engineering to ensure they met our aesthetic and performance standards.
  
  • Created concept art for clothing, decals and other game assets by working directly with modeling, design and art leadership.
  
  • Implemented the Maya side of an IK targeting/blending system that allows a single animation to be played on characters of different sizes and shapes.
  
  

  
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  Technical Artist

  Pandemic Studios

  July 2006 - November 2009

  Project: Unannounced (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
  
  • Implemented and rolled out a Material Library system that both streamlined how artists worked with materials and helped to optimize texture memory usage
  
  • Created a base set of common materials that helped the artists take full advantage of our shader set’s capabilities.
  
  Project: Lord of the Rings: Conquest (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
  
  • Authored all custom tools requested by the art team.
  
  • Helped orchestrate a team-wide optimization effort on all platforms during the end of production.

• Art Director

  Curiosoft Games

  2002 - 2006

  Project: Jr Series and Genius Series (PC)
  
  • Penciled and inked original characters and backgrounds for a series of educational games that were distributed by Scholastic.
  
  • Managed other artists and created a coherent aesthetic for the game.