Julia Nelson
Lawndale,CA
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Animator
Halon Entertainment, LLC
04.2022 - Current
- Shipped 30 trailers in 3 years while on the Fortnite Cinematics team, often having either minimal downtime between projects or overlap.
- Built logic to create simulated hair and clothing of characters, even hand-animating to camera in order to meet directors' desired look.
- Awarded the Peer Recognition Award 3 times in Q1 2024, Q2 2024, and Q1 2023 - "Julia is an essential part of our team. We are stronger both with and because of her."
- Crafted over a dozen documents detailing various dynamics and physics procedures to support efficient workflow.
- Assisted artists with skinning, rigging, physics/dynamics within animation blueprints and topology optimization of characters or other miscellaneous models, and tool creation for cinematic production purposes.
MMART Tech Support
Berkeley City College
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Developed step-by-step recording demonstrations to aid in remote student learning.
- Working one-on-one with over 5 classes worth of students to troubleshoot any issues relating to software like Autodesk Maya, Adobe Suite, Toonboom Harmony, and Unreal Engine.
- Created an online server for the Multimedia Art to give students and teachers a way to connect for more direct and immediate responses to support their curriculum.
3D Game Intern
Independent Studio
06.2021 - 09.2021
- Worked on a team to update a UE4 game project and incorporate a VR-Interactive Tabletop game within Unreal Engine 5 with Oculus capabilities.
- Compiled AI/character logic, setting up behavior trees, and animation blueprints.
- Created 3D models to support set dressing
- Developed appropriate lighting and VFX for environments.
Associate CG Generalist
HYETUS, LLC.
04.2021 - 09.2021
- Worked collaboratively on a small team for a third-party company.
- Created clean, detailed concept art for RFPs (request for proposal).
- Met regularly to discuss optimization, workflow, performance, and play-testing
- Completed various level designer tasks such as set dressing, creating character & prop models, and placing mechanics as needed.
Education
Associate of Arts - AA, Animation & Game Design
Berkeley City College
Berkeley, CAAssociate of Arts - AA, Fine and Studio Arts
El Camino College
Torrance, CACertificate - 3D Modeling & Character Design
Berkeley City College
Berkeley, CACertificate - Game Design: Level 2
Berkeley City College
Berkeley, CASkills
- Shot Building
- Simulated Physics & Dynamics
- 3D Modeling
- Rigging
- Communication & Team Collaboration
- Problem Solving
- Python & Visual Blueprint Scripting
- Concept Art
- Documentation
- Binging Anime & K-dramas
Certification
- 3D Modeling & Character Design Certificate - Berkeley City College
- Game Design Level 2 Certificate - Berkeley City College
Software
- Unreal Engine
- Autodesk Maya
- Perforce
- Zbrush
- Adobe Suite
- JIRA/Confluence
Timeline
Technical Animator
Halon Entertainment, LLC
04.2022 - Current
MMART Tech Support
Berkeley City College
06.2021 - 06.2022
3D Game Intern
Independent Studio
06.2021 - 09.2021
Associate CG Generalist
HYETUS, LLC.
04.2021 - 09.2021
Associate of Arts - AA, Animation & Game Design
Berkeley City College
Associate of Arts - AA, Fine and Studio Arts
El Camino College
Certificate - 3D Modeling & Character Design
Berkeley City College
Certificate - Game Design: Level 2
Berkeley City College
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