Work Experience

• Pacific Digital Image, San Francisco, CA          07/08 – (current)
  Creative Direction, Animation, Character Design, Story Boarding, Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Lighting, of characters and products for broadcast and print commercial work.


• XY3D, Palo Alto, CA                                           06/09 – (current)
  Free-lance Animation, Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Scripting and File export of Video Game characters, and models for console games.


• Ethereal Muse Studios, San Francisco, CA        12/07 – 07/08
  Animation, Character Design, Story Boarding, Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Lighting, of main and auxiliary characters for a TBA Xbox Live Arcade game.


• Pixar Collaborative Short “Virgin Voyage”        05/06 – 06/08
  Animation, Character Design, Story Boarding, Layout, Modeling, Texturing, Rigging. Worked Closely with Directors and fellow Animators on assigned scenes. Responsible for bringing several shots from concept to completion.

Relevant Coursework

•   Pixar Animation 1-4 - (admittance through portfolio review)
  Instructed by Directing and Supervising Animators at Pixar
•   Pixar Storyboarding - (admittance through portfolio review)
  Instructed by Story Artists at Pixar

•   Maya for Traditional Animators – 3D character animation class
•   Maya 1 - Character creation and setup class.
•   Character Development - 2D character animation class.
•   Experimental / Stop Motion Animation
•   Other Classes - Figure Drawing, Anatomy, Figure Sculpting,   Character Design, Animatics, and Acting for Animation.

Awards

Best Stop Motion Animation - Short Film
for "Annie's Room" at Epidemic Film Festival - May 2007

Software Knowledge

References

• January 14, 2010
  “Chris does all the things we need him to. He has great ideas and is able to execute them! What more do you need to say?”

  - Alex Langston, SVP Managing director, Pacific Digital Image

• February 2, 2010
  “Chris has a can-do attitude and "just gets it", usually nailing animations on the first try. He is adept at problem-solving, and will go beyond the call of duty to meet demanding deadlines.
  Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Expert."

  - Eric Brian Smith, President, Director of 3D, XY3D Inc.

• January 12, 2009
  “If I had to chose one artist to work on my production it would be Chris Turner. He is extremely talented in his craft and I was very impressed in his work. His talent, high ambitions and passion for what he does can easily separate him from the rest of the group.
  Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Creative."

  - Roderick Lizardo, President, Executive Producer, Ethereal Muse Studios Inc.