Dennis Price

With over 20 years experience creating digital art for print, web, multimedia, videos games, commercials, television, and film. Formerly of Blizzard Entertainment, Microsoft, and Digital Domain, my work can be seen in cinematics for World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Starcraft 2 and Starcraft Ghost as well as visual effects for various commercials and films (Supernova, Rules of Engagement). Dennis was art leadership for the development of Forza Motorsport 3 and Murdered: Soul Suspect.

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  Artist

  Turning Wheel Games

  Mar 2024 - Present

  1 yr 8 mos

  Remote
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  Principal Artist

  Traega Entertainment

  Feb 2018 - Feb 2024

  6 yrs

  Franklin, Tennessee
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  Advisor

  Burnout Game Ventures, LLC

  Aug 2014 - Oct 2018

  4 yrs 2 mos
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  Technical Art Lead

  Soulbound Studios

  Feb 2017 - Jan 2018

  11 mos

  Seattle, Washington
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  Advisor

  Reset Studios LLC

  May 2016 - Dec 2017

  1 yr 7 mos
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  Art Director

  Virtually Live

  May 2016 - Feb 2017

  9 mos

  Seattle, Washington
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  Art Director for Heroes of Newerth

  Frostburn Studios, Inc.

  Sep 2014 - Feb 2016

  1 yr 5 mos

  Kalamazoo, Michigan

  * Responsible for managing the art team which included 11 directs. Management comprised of performance evaluations through one on ones, mid-year and end of year check points. Champion education and growth for individuals. Responsibilities as hiring manager included strategizing team structure, job description writing, interviewing and offer negotiations.
  
  * As a member of the core management team I had studio level responsibilities which included engagement in new game development, pitch creation and evaluation, product management for new games(Art direction, task and budget tracking, and outsource management). I also had the pleasure of organizing a “Game Development Seminar” to educate ownership in Singapore.
  
  * For Heroes of Newerth I was integral in new hero development, which included cultivating the concept, preproduction, marketing needs, and execution of the assets into the game and their refinement(Icons, Surfacing refinements, Animation and VFX etc...).
  
  * One of my biggest accomplishments was the refinement of a pipeline for massive avatar creation (18 new avatars a month), and establish a new bar for quality. This effort required an update to every facet of the production, process, task tracking, ideation, and outsource resource management. I acquired higher quality outsource talent and resources to meet production demands. The success of this shown in avatar deliveries getting moved from 5-8 weeks to 6-12 months ahead of delivery schedules.

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  Adjunct Instructor

  DigiPen Institute of Technology

  Oct 2012 - Jun 2014

  1 yr 8 mos

  Redmond, Washington

  Help develop stronger curriculum and pipeline for the BFA program.

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  Art Director

  Airtight Games

  May 2012 - May 2014

  2 yrs

  Redmond, Washington

  Responsible for setting and maintaining art look and quality

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  Senior Cinematics Artist

  Blizzard Entertainment

  Sep 2009 - Apr 2012

  2 yrs 7 mos

  Irvine, California

  Lighting Compositing Lead

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  Visual Effects Lead

  Microsoft

  Sep 2008 - Aug 2009

  11 mos

  Responsible for dialing in the look and feel for tracks and vehicles. Overall stakeholder for art quality for Forza 3.

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  Senior Cinematics Artist

  Blizzard Entertainment

  Feb 2000 - Aug 2008

  8 yrs 6 mos

  Irvine, California

  Lighting Compositing Lead

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  Digital Artist

  Digital Domain

  Nov 1999 - Feb 2000

  3 mos

  Los Angeles, California

  Generalist, Lighting, Modeling, Texture/Shaders, Animation, FX etc..

• Digital Artist

  Foundation Imaging

  Aug 1999 - Nov 1999

  3 mos

  Santa Clarita, California

  Generalist, Lighting, Modeling, Texturing/Shading, Animation(Mocap Direction and Cleanup) etc..

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  Digital Artist

  Digital Domain

  Mar 1998 - Aug 1999

  1 yr 5 mos

  Los Angeles, California

  Generalist, Lighting, Modeling, Texture/Shaders, Animation, FX etc..

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  Technical Support

  NewTek

  Jan 1998 - Mar 1998

  2 mos

  San Antonio, Texas

  Lightwave Expert group, managed all online Tech Support issues.

• 3D Artist

  Epic Software Group

  Oct 1997 - Jan 1998

  3 mos

  The Woodlands, Texas

  Built over 400 models for a Model CD
  Generalist, Lighting, Modeling, Textures/Shaders, etc..

• Associate's degree in Computer Animation

  The Art Institutes

  1995 - 1997

• Art institute of Houston

  1995 - 1997