Resume

Drew D. P. Goheen

Drewgoheenfx@gmail.com

 

SOFTWARE SKILLS

After Effects CS / Maya / Final Cut Pro / DVD Studio Pro / Toast 

Photoshop CS / 3DS Max / PF Tracker / Apeture / Live Type

Illustrator CS / Cinema 4D / Shake / HDR Shop / Avid Pro

Gamebryo / UDK / JIRA / P4V / Adobe Premiere / Microsoft Word 

EXPERIENCE

Petroglyph Games – April 3,2012 to April 3,2013

Victory – Pre-production – Art Lead and Senior VFX Artist

  • While facilitating all of the same roles that I did on "End of Nations", I have also been responsible for the following duties: Acting lead artist. Created an "art style guide”; made pre-production concept art and splash screens; implementations of new tactical UI; worked with environmental artists to help improve tactical game play and prop objects.

End of Nations – Release, TBD

  • Main duties: Include, but not limited to; creating environmental effects, explosions and projectiles with studio’s proprietary software; custom textures for "tactical UI", particle texture pages and mesh objects; modeling and unwrapping of 3D geometry; and data.
  • Additional duties: Include working with team engineers to better the particle editor and in-game debugging modes.

 

LEGO (FKA: Netdevil) – Lego Universe - Sept. 2009 to Jan. 4, 2012

  • Particle EffectsMain duty: Created particle effects for environmental and spell casts. Particle effects created by using the FORK particle system.
  • Mesh Effects – Created custom mesh to enhance particle effects and game play.
  • Shader Effects – Worked with programmers to design custom shaders and implement the shader tech on mesh objects.
  • Texture Artist – Created custom textures for particle texture pages and mesh textures.
  • Modeler – Modeled custom mesh assets to enhance gameplay and player experience.
  • Animator – Animated particles; using custom flipbook textures, animated UV and Maya shaders on mesh assets, animated mesh for simple objects. 

Terranova Pictures LLP - 2001 to 2010

  • Sound Technician - Field sound mixer and boom operator, postproduction sound editor.
  • Camera Assistant - Field assistant, driver, tape handler and schedule production assistant.
  • Technical Support – Provided technical support for FCP and the Mac operating system.
  • Editor - Video editor and color correction artist.

Clients

  • ABC: World News Tonight, Good Morning America, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - Camera Assistant
  • CBS: The Early Show, Evening News
  • NBC: Nightly News, The Today Show

INTERNSHIPS

KUSA News, Photography Intern – 2008

  • Interned under the photography department at KUSA. Worked closely with Eric Kehe, chief of photography, and photojournalist Corky Scholl, 2003 Photographer of the Year. 

RECOGNITION

  • LEGO Epic Property Contest Winner – 2011
  • Netdevil Sprint Hero - 2010
  • NPPA Documentary of the Year for “El Viaje Norte”, 2008 – best boy and key grip
  • Dean’s Honor Roll at the Art Institute of Colorado – 2004, 2005
  • Student of the Quarter – AIC – Winter 2008 

EDUCATION

  • Art Institute of Colorado - Bachelor of Arts, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics December 2008