Kaelen Cook
Los Angeles
Summary
Personable and creative individual with strong understanding of character design and animation principles, as well as programming fundamentals. Highly passionate and communicative; a good listener with a brain that is always on and paying attention. Love of problem solving, as well as training in industry-standard tools such as Unreal, Blender, Unity, Substance Painter, Houdini, DaVinci Resolve, etc.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Character Animator
Avatarlabs
09.2025 - 10.2025
- Created 3D character models using Maya and Blender for animation projects.
- Collaborated with developers to implement realistic mascots using Metahuman and Livelink in Unreal Engine.
- Drafted concepts for original characters and art to be used in high definition innovative 3d pipelines.
Capture Artist
Darkburn Creative
10.2024 - 08.2025
- Communicated with clients about their trailers, listened to feedback, and made sure clients felt heard.
- Paid attention to property and facilitated organization between multiple parties to ensure all members understand one another.
- Maintained high level of service and hospitality, contributing to corporate service recognition for property.
3D Artist
Lightlink
08.2024 - 10.2024
- Created 3d videos to help win investor approval for a wifi based tech startup.
- Used exciting camera techniques and illustrations to point out various features and specifications.
- Listened to company feedback and incorporated suggestions for a final product more in line with their vision.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Art & Game Design
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California, CA06-2024
Skills
- Character Animator
- Communication, Humor & Listening
- Texture Painting
- Improvisation, Quick Thinking, Design Prototyping
- Memory, names to faces
Accomplishments
- Won a Young Playwright's Award for a one act play.
- Served as Lead Writer for a one night sketch comedy show in los angeles.
- CEO of company needed a gif of game to showcase to Clients for approval; game wasn't working, yet I filmed gif by adding art assets to Unity to film basic 30 second gif.
Timeline
Character Animator
Avatarlabs
09.2025 - 10.2025
Capture Artist
Darkburn Creative
10.2024 - 08.2025
3D Artist
Lightlink
08.2024 - 10.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Art & Game Design
University of California, Santa Cruz
Awards
Young Playwright's Award in 2019: for a one act play that I wrote and published.