Contact Me

Please email me at briantolin@yahoo.com

for any inquiries. Thanks!

 

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Career History

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2014

Jetpack Interactive

 

Position: Lead Technical Artist

-Set up game art management, tools, and integration systems using PhyreEngine

-Integrate UI elements (Scaleform)

-Create 3d assets and world prop animation

-Work with programmers to create physics system for use on tablet

-Assist in defining visual target for game

 

​2011 - 2013

PopCap Vancouver

Hidden Agenda for Facebook
Position: Lead Artist
-Create and integrate environment models (city buildings) for isometric town in game.
-Design and create all 2D User Interface art.

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2010-2011​
Silicon Sisters Interactive

School26 (Iphone, Ipad HD)
Position: Senior Artist
-Designed and painted all 2d environments for game
-Animated 2d characters

2005-2010​
Deep Fried Entertainment
In addition to the games listed below, at Deep Fried Entertainment I also conceptualized environments for game proposals, and helped to create pitch documents and budgets for game proposals for PSP, Wii, and DS.  I also directed teams of artists to create three undisclosed projects which were all completed to target.  Additionally, I reviewed and interviewed all artists that were hired.

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2009
ShadowPlay (Wiiware)
Position: Art Director & Game Design
-Provided input into core game mechanic, design, flow, and layout
-Designed a quarter of the puzzles in the game
-Designed and created all environments and props
-Created front-end and HUD content
-Worked with lead programmer to create art pipeline for game mechanics

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2008
MLB 2K9 Fantasy All-Stars 2 (DS)
Position: Art Director
-Provided input towards game design for features in game
-Led team of concept artists as well as conceptualized baseball stadiums and character designs
-Oversaw all art production for the game including tracking daily art content production
-Applied final polish on baseball stadium art
-Animated a portion of character animation and world prop animation (game play feature)
-Responsible for providing all monthly art deliverables to publisher (Take 2)

 

MLB Superstars (Wii)
Position: Art Director
-Led team of artists to design as well as conceptualized environments, characters, and FE
-Oversaw all art production for the game including tracking daily art content production
-Modeled and textured some of the environments
-Completed final lighting and tweaks on most of the environments
-Worked with technical artist and lead programmers to set up art pipeline for environments, character rigs, and real-time lighting

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2007
MLB 2K8 Fantasy All-Stars (DS)
Position: Lead Character Animator
-Worked with concept artists to conceptualized and design environments (baseball stadiums)
-Worked with game designers to create lists of necessary character animation requirements for all actions in game
-Animated large majority of baseball player’s movements.  All animation was done from scratch

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2006
Full Auto 2: Battlelines (PSP)
Position: Lead Vehicle Designer/Creator
-Conceptualized and designed majority of vehicles. Also conceptualized environments (roads)
-Led a team of four artists to create all vehicle models and associated damage and weapon models as well as upgrade gifts
-Worked with lead programmers to set up vehicle pipeline and modification systems
-Responsible for ensuring timely delivery of vehicle assets for monthly deliverables to publisher (Sega)

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2003-2005​
Electronic Arts Black Box

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2005
Need for Speed Most Wanted (Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2, Gamecube)
Position: Senior Vehicle Artist
-Modeled and textured licensed vehicles
-Reviewed and created improvement list for other artist’s vehicle models for final approval

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2004
Need for Speed Underground 2 (PS2, Xbox, Gamecube)
Position: Senior Vehicle Artist
-Modeled and textured majority of licensed vehicles
-Reviewed and created improvement list for other artist’s vehicle models for final approval
-Provided external contractors with direction to improve quality of their work
-Tweaked vehicle shaders (paint) to provide more variety

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2003
Need for Speed Underground (PS2, Xbox, Gamecube)
Position: Vehicle Modeler/Texture Artist
-Modeled and textured licensed vehicles
-Refined and improved vehicle upgrade parts that were received from external contractors

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2002
National Research Council, Ottawa
Position: Summer Student Placement as 3D Artist
-On site, created 3D model of interior of Ottawa’s historic Train Station for use as conceptualizing potential renovations.

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Education

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2000-2002
Received a Diploma in Animation and Graphics Technology from NBCC Miramichi, New Brunswick
-The six semester program primarily covered classical animation for characters and background layout.  Classes also covered life drawing, 3D graphics and 3D animation.
-Received Animediafest 1st Place Computer Special Effects for Animation 2004 award

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1998-2000
Received a Diploma in Civil Engineering from Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology, Sudbury, Ontario

 

Software and Skills

 

Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds MAX, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Lightroom

 

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