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Mingyang Xu

Mingyang Xu

Salt Lake City,UT

Summary

I'm passionate about video game design and 3D animation. I would love to learn more and dig deeper into creative development. I grasped strong communication and collaboration skills through my education and employment experience. I also have persistent intentions in learning programming, new software, game engines, and pipelines.

Work History

3D Animator

EAE3650 Motion Capture Course Project
Salt Lake City, UT
11.2023 - 12.2023

The course final project is a short motion capture animation with combat interaction between two characters.

  • Raw Motion Capture Data Cleaning
  • Motion Design
  • https://youtu.be/HkZ83tMeyLs

SFX & Music

Gladiator Lighting
Salt Lake City, UT
09.2023 - 09.2023

Gladiator is a 2D combat game made for a game jam: GameCraft September 2023. “Roseau Six” was the name I used in this development team.

  • Background Music Composing
  • Sound Effects Production
  • Gladilator by Trigonaut001 (itch.io)

Retail Specialist

University Of Utah Campus Store
Salt Lake City, UT
11.2021 - 05.2023
  • Inventory Management
  • Merchandise Purchase
  • Customer Complaints Handling & Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science - Games

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
05.2025

Skills

3D Animation

  • MotionBuilder
  • Maya

3D Modeling

  • Maya
  • Houdini
  • Cinema 4D
  • Zbrush
  • Substance Painter

Game Engine

  • Unreal 5
  • Unity

Music & SFX

  • Ableton Live
  • Melodyne
  • Audacity

Languages

English
Professional
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native/ Bilingual
Japanese
Limited

Affiliations

  • Understanding of Film, Art, Design, Psychology and Philosophy Theories.
  • Experienced in UI, 3D Modeling/Animation, Motion Capture, and Rigging.
  • Played Musical Instruments (Piano, Guitar, Drum, etc.) for 15 years.
  • Experienced in Film Production (Camera, Storyboard, and Editing)

Timeline

3D Animator

EAE3650 Motion Capture Course Project
11.2023 - 12.2023

SFX & Music

Gladiator Lighting
09.2023 - 09.2023

Retail Specialist

University Of Utah Campus Store
11.2021 - 05.2023

Bachelor of Science - Games

University of Utah
Mingyang Xu