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Gary LaRochelle

2875 Greenwich Street #102 San Francisco, CA 94123 Tel: 415-292-6807 E-mail: glarochelle@earthlink.net Portfolio: www.garylarochelle.com
OBJECTIVE To make video games visually appealing. EDUCATION California College of Arts and Crafts, BFA Center for the Electronic Arts
Studied Illustration, Printing and Graphic Photography Studied 3D Studio R4 (3D MAX)
SKILLS Computer: Photoshop, 3D MAX, Illustrator, Flash, ImageReady, Freehand, PageMaker, Acrobat Illustration: Art Direction, Airbrush, Cartooning, Marker Comps, Animation EXPERIENCE Flea Ranch Games, January 2009 to Present Art Director, Digital Artist, Game Designer Freelance Digital Artist and Game/App Designer providing art and design work for all forms of video games. Kuju America, January 2008 to January 2009 Senior Background Artist Provided interface artwork, 3D in-game shapes/ textures for the Nintendo Wii game Circus Games. SurvivorSoft, March 2001 to December 2007 Art Director, Lead Artist, Game Designer SurvivorSoft develops Game and Life Style applications for wireless devices. My responsibilities were to develop game and application content. I also designed and created artwork the for the interfaces, game play items, logos, animations, manuals and marketing ads. Applications include: Agony, Game Design/Artwork. Agony was awarded Staff Pick from Handango.com. Agony is now available for the iPhone as Fleck. Juggler, Game Design and Artwork. Juggler is a puzzle game designed for PDAs. Hurricane Tracker, Artwork and App Design. Hurricane tracker for Smart Phones. @Sat, Artwork. Application that tracks certain man made objects in space for PDAs. Eidos Interactive/Domark Software, San Francisco, CA Sept.1995 to Dec.2000 Tomb Raider Level Editor Manual: Coauthor of Manual/Tutorial for the Tomb Raider Level Editor. Produced and designed the User Manual and Tutorials using PageMaker and Acrobat. Tomb Raider: The Lost Artifact: Lead Artist/Game Designer Responsible for fine tuning game design, 3D Shapes and their Textures, some of the Environmental Textures, Interface art, Marketing Art Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines and Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty: Strategy Consultant I was responsible for seeing that the strategy of the game worked properly and was playable. Coordinated manual information as well as wrote strategy articles for game magazines. Coedited the Prima Strategy Guide for Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty. Confirmed Kill: Senior Lead Artist/Level Designer Responsible for Interface Art and coordinating the artwork with the Interface Programmers. Also produced terrain tile artwork. Developed Level Designs. Provided marketing department with promotional art. Flying Nightmares 2: Art Director/3D Modeler/Interface Artist/Level Designer Responsible for Art production and coordination of 3D Shape Textures, Terrain Textures, Interface Art, Bitmap Cockpits. Also worked on the Game/Level Design Team. Flea Ranch Graphics, San Francisco, CA October 1984 to September 1995 Freelance Illustrator/Graphic Artist experienced in all aspects of Graphic Arts, from concept to final printing. Skilled in both computer and traditional art production methods. Projects included logos, illustrations, advertising art, book design, and event merchandising graphics. Wrote and illustrated a comic strip for The Marina Times newspaper.