PERSONAL

• Name: Quinn Paynter

• Date of birth: 24th / October / 1983

• Nationality: New Zealand

• Current location: Melbourne CBD, VIC, Australia.
  
  

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

• Anim8 Studios in Auckland, New Zealand, doing traditional animation for Disney's “Dave the Barbarian”. During this time I worked after my animation classes in a Disney studio doing key, inbetweening and clean up drawings. I was at this job until the series finished and the studio closed down.

• (Current) Freelance Animation – Working as a freelance artist for clients. I have done this off and on over the last few years, working in multiple areas from corporate advertisements, animated logos for the beginning of business videos and magazine adverts.

  - Golem Productions.

  - Futuratech Distribution - Dutchmaster.

  - Chong Newztel Media-watch.

  - Zeal.

  - H-I-S Realty.

• (Current) Optus Account Management - While I have been working as a freelance artists, developing my art skills and gaining experience I have worked at two different call centers. Slingshot in New Zealand and currently Optus in Melbourne central. While these rolls are in no way tied to the art work, I love to do they have helped me develop good team work skills as well as the mindset to adapt to given challenges and situations that arise. I deal with hundreds of people daily in regards to their accounts, which means I need to have good communication skills to help someone with no knowledge of a given subject and completely understand the specific process they will need to follow. I feel these skills will help me when it comes to communicating ideas and helping others grasp ideas I am trying to share. Reference: Marisa Sellitti 0403050947

SOFTWARE

• 3ds Max ( all versions)

• 3ds Max tools - Character Studio and Biped, Motion capture tools, VRay, Reactor etc.

• Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects.

• Toon Boom Animation.

• Unreal Engine 3 (Level design)

• Currently learning ZBrush and Maya.
  
  

SKILLS

• 2d Cel Animation, Cartooning, Story-boarding, Conceptual, Life Drawing.

• Animation, Character Rigging, 3d Modeling, Lighting and Effects.

• Character Studios, Animation tools, Mocap/Biped Importing and Exporting.

• Writing 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 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 to detail.
  
  

LANGUAGES

• English.

• Basic Japanese.
  
  

INTERESTS

• Gaming on console, PC and hand-held.

• Game design and development (writing game dev documents).

• 3d and traditional animation in both film and TV.

• D20 RPG's, Tabletop wargames and board gaming.

• Street magic and illusions.

• Martial arts.