PERSONAL

  • Name: Quinn Paynter

  • Date of birth: 24th / October / 1983

  • Nationality: New Zealand

  • Current location: Melbourne CBD, VIC, Australia.

  • Mobile: 0401566868

  • Email: qrpaynter@hotmail.com

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Jan 2003 - Nov 2005 Diploma in Character Animation.

  • Studied at Freelance Animation School, Auckland, New Zealand.

  • National Diploma - Character Animation (3d)

  • National Certificate - Computer Generated Imagery (3d)

  • National Certificate - Character Animation (Foundation Skills ) (2d)

  • National Certificate - Character Animation (In-betweening ) (2d)

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • November 2011 - Present. Val Morgan Advertising - I am currently working for Val Morgan as a Senior Graphics Designer/Animator. My roll requires me to work with an Art Director and complete advertising requested by clients. I am working with products such as 3dsMax, Adobe After Effects and Realflow on a daily basis.
  • November 2008 - November 2011. Optus Account Management - I've been working as an account manager at Optus for nearly three years. While this roll isn't directly related to animation it has helped me develop the skills to work well with large teams of people, along with the mind set to adapt to any given challenges and situations that arise. I deal with hundreds of people on any given week in regards to their accounts, which means I need to have the communication skills required to help someone with little to no knowledge of a given subject and help them understand it in more detail. I feel these skills are valuable when it comes to communicating ideas with people. References: Shaun Paulet (Optus team leader) - 0418131526
  • July 2007 - September 2008. Slingshot Tier 2 - Slingshot is a telecommunications company that I worked for as a tier 2 representative in Auckland, New Zealand. This meant any unresolved issues that could potentially become legal matters were handled by us. We were required to negotiate issues while assisting customers with any problems at hand, keeping both the company and customer in mind. It also meant at times that I would assist customer service agents if they were having issues with an account before it was escalated. References: Susanne McConkey (Slingshot team leader) - +64 9 9842702 
  • January 2005 - Present. Freelance Animation/3d – I'm currently working as a freelance artist outside my office hours. I have done this off and on for a number of years now, working in multiple areas from corporate advertisements, conceptualizing ideas and storyboard development, animated logos for business videos and magazine adverts. Working with companies such as:

    - Comics to Movies.

    - Golem Productions. (My work can be viewed at www.dutchmaster.com.au)

    - Futuratech Distribution - Dutchmaster. (My work can be viewed at www.dutchmaster.com.au).

    - Chong Newztel Media-watch.

    - H-I-S Realty.

  • June 2003 - December 2004. Anim8 Studios in Auckland, New Zealand. There I worked as a traditional animator for Disney's morning TV show “Dave the Barbarian”. During my time at Anim8 Studios I worked on a number of scenes doing key, inbetween and clean-up drawings. I was at this job until the series came to an end and the studio closed down.

SOFTWARE

  • 3ds Max ( all versions) - Trained in all areas.

  • 3ds Max - Modeling, Rigging, Animation, Texturing, Lighting and Tools.

  • 3ds Max Character Studio and biped/motion capture tools.

  • VRay.

  • RealFlow.

  • Adobe After Effects.

  • Adobe Photoshop.

  • Toon Boom Animation.

  • Unreal Engine 3 (Level design)

  • Currently learning ZBrush and Maya.

SKILLS

  • 2d cel animation, cartooning, story-boarding, concept development and life drawing.

  • Animation, character rigging, 3d modeling, lighting and visual effects work.

  • Character Studios, animation tools, mocap/biped importing and exporting.

  • Writing and creating game design documents.

  • Creative writing and story telling.

  • Able to work unsupervised or effectively with fellow team members.

  • Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

  • Can learn new software and tools at a fast rate.

  • Creative thinker, HUGE imagination and good at problem solving.

  • Good interpersonal skills.

  • Extremely organized.

  • Always open for criticism and learns from critiques.

  • Attention and eye for detail.

LANGUAGES

  • English.

  • Basic Japanese.