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Jaime Santana

Apopka,FL

Summary

Multi-faceted experienced animator with over a year in the industry on Triple-AAA projects. Proficient in Autodesk Maya, and focused on learning as much as completing projects with accuracy, timeliness, and artistic skill.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

3D Animator

CounterPunch Studios
05.2022 - 08.2023
  • Polished in-game facial animation for around 100 shots for the latest Mortal Kombat entry, each shot being 3~10 seconds long.
  • Polished facial cinematic animations for Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC. Intergrated body animations to facial animations as they kept being updated.
  • Trained for tracking, solving, and retargeting on Dynamixyz
  • Trained for Faceware retargeting
  • Trained for previs

Lead Game Animator/Artist

Bashabeth LLC, Freelance
03.2021 - 05.2022
  • Screenplay writing and storyboarding for promotional material.
  • Quality assurance for controllers and attributes, on 7 provided rigs.
  • Animated looping movements (idles, walks, interactions, reactions, and combos) for 7 characters.
  • Baked to FBX export, for use in PlayCanvas WebGL engine.
  • Animated JoshCam camera rig, for promotional material.
  • Used DaVinci Resolve to video-edit, for promotional material.

Cutscene Animator

LIVA Interactive, Freelance
08.2021 - 09.2021
  • Screenplay writing and storyboarding for in-game cutscene.
  • Quality assurance for controllers and attributes, on 3 provided rigs.
  • Animated approved cutscene.
  • Used Maya's Camera Sequencer, for multiple shots.
  • Baked animations for FBX export.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Game Art

Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL
03.2018

Skills

  • Consistent practice of the 12
    Principles of Animation
  • Proficient in multiple art-creation
    programs; Autodesk Maya, Adobe
    Photoshop/Animate, DaVinci
    Resolve, Abletone Live 11, etc
  • Caring interpersonal skills and
    fully bi-lingual in English and
    Spanish
  • Extremely flexible and adaptable
    to any environment or hours
  • Fascination for storytelling production

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

3D Animator

CounterPunch Studios
05.2022 - 08.2023

Cutscene Animator

LIVA Interactive, Freelance
08.2021 - 09.2021

Lead Game Animator/Artist

Bashabeth LLC, Freelance
03.2021 - 05.2022

Bachelor of Science - Game Art

Full Sail University
Jaime Santana