R. F. Riel

805-200-8117 illustratz@gmail.com Riel3D.com illustratz.com RebeccaRiel.com
COMPUTER ILLUSTRATOR, A IMATOR
3D / 2D Art & Illustration
Experienced computer artist and illustrator with an extensive background in computer art, animation as well as extensive traditional and scientific illustration. Shipped over 30 PC game products, including numerous award winning titles, plus more than 20 mobile products. Expertise includes: Restricted Palette to Full Color Extensive Mobile experience Interface Design Traditional Computer Animation 3D Modeling, Low and High Polygon Character Design and Modeling Environments Texture Mapping & Creation

TECH ICAL SKILLS

3D Studio Max Maya Z-Brush Adobe Photoshop ImageReady Proprietary Programs Traditional Art & Illustration

CAREER HISTORY

LimeLife
SE IOR / PRI CIPAL ARTIST / ART DIRECTOR Photoshop, 3D Studio Max, ImageReady, etc. Parachuted in mid-stream to head troubled projects and bring them back on schedule. Matched or complemented existing art style, refined and added to the project, successfully bringing the projects to conclusion Unified existing art styles in all projects, designed and created characters, animation, game design, logo and marketing materials, etc. Designed and created all aspects of the products, from art assets to marketing materials. Work varied from traditional animation to 3D for sprite based games, Web and Wap products. Intimately included in the entire design and decision process. Worked closely with in-house and remote engineers and programmers; designed new projects, Art Directed and mentored junior artists, interviewed incoming artists and producers.

2007 2008

Mofactor / Amplified Games / Seismic Studios
SE IOR / PRI CIPAL ARTIST / ART DIRECTOR / DESIG ER Photoshop, 3D Studio Max, ImageReady, etc.

2005 2007

Designed, directed and created all art assets for their Mobile and online products, as well as all marketing and promotional materials. Interfaced with in-house as well as remote contractors in the creation and implementation of assets. Over 20 Mobile and related products. Handled in-house assignments and remotely produced assets and crew.
THQ Video Production Department
POST VIDEO PRODUCTIO , 2D & 3D ASSET PRODUCTIO (CO TRACT) Maya, PhotoShop, 3D Studio Max, etc.
Part of the Video Production Department creating advertising assets for THQs game commercials and sales videos. Tasks included: creating 3D/2D Illustration / Animation for cut scenes and animated splash screens, post processing video footage, re-rigging and weighting characters, etc. Some of the franchises I contributed to include: Bratz, Full Spectrum Warrior, Nicktoons, Big Mutha Truckers et. al. 3D Environments, scenes and animated objects Animated splash screens, transitions, etc. Video post production Hi and Low Poly Art and Textures Hi Resolution 3D Environments and Architecture 3D/2D Interface design

The Edenbek Corporation

COMPUTER ILLUSTRATIO & A IMATIO 3D/2D Illustration / Animation for web based interactive products, including games, interfaces, for product branding and other intellectual properties. Low Poly art and Textures Hi Resolution 3D Environments and Architecture 3D/2D Interface design

Reflexive Entertainment

LOW POLY: OBJECTS, E VIRO ME TS, TEXTURES Richly detailed textures for normal mapping. Created traditionally and in 3D for maximum reusability. Low Poly objects, structures, environment levels for both Isometric View and full First Person 3D products.

ew World Computing / 3DO

1996 2002
SE IOR ARTIST Contributed assets to more than 20 game products. Animated objects, intricate weapons, environments, cut scenes, landscapes, rich accent textures for high and low poly mapping, accurate tiling field textures, etc. Designed and animated 2D and 3D characters. Designed and created full weapons set for Might and Magic VI, which included over 90 high resolution 3D models of historically accurate weapons and armor, based on own research. Developed structures, created landscape and layered all objects for Heroes III expansion pack Armageddons Blade. Led texture design team for in-house and remote artists. Created tutorials and directed quality control for texture artists. Principal Artist for landscape and environments in Heroes IV, object creation and special effects.

The Dreamers Guild

ARTIST, A IMATOR Created Art Assets for limited palette online and PC games 2D computer art including characters, objects and environments Principal artist for historical based online game

1994 1996

Santa Barbara Museum of atural History / Zoological Gardens
SCIE TIFIC ILLUSTRATIO Created botanical and zoological illustrations and other art assets for educational installations and related projects.

Etcetera:

Work includes: Realistic Military illustrations (Secret Classification); Technical & Mechanical Illustration; Botanical & Zoological Illustrations for Museums, Zoos, Educational Installations; Photography and Graphics for full color printing applications.

EDUCATIO

Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Z-Brush Maya Surface Modeling Polygon Modeling Texture Mapping Animation and Visual Effects Lighting and Rendering Character Kinematics Character Skinning Characters for Games
California State University Long Beach
Juried Illustration program: Completed all courses for the Bachelor of Arts in Illustration

GAME CREDITS / REVIEWS

LimeLife Top Chef Challenge (for Bravo, to complement the popular television reality series) Law & Order Celebrity Betrayal (to complement the popular television adventure / drama series) Hollywood Hangman Deluxe (a complete redesign and re-skin of LimeLifes successful Hollywood Hangman trivia game) Chocolatier (port for Playfirsts popular online game) (more products currently covered by DA: popular casual games geared to female and family audiences)
Mofactor / Amplified Games Duckshot (nominee for Mobile Game of the Year 2006) Paintball Challenge Star Wars: Battle for the Republic Seaward Ho! Egg vs Chicken (port to mobile) Oasis (port to mobile) Golo Golf Dice (port to mobile)
(more products currently covered by DA: sports, traditional board games, classic horror ,fantasy, et. al.)
THQ Bratz, Full Spectrum Warrior, Nicktoons, Big Mutha Truckers et. al.
The Edenbek Corporation My Corkboard Disney (covered by DA)
Reflexive Entertainment: Ravenloft
3DO / ew World Computing Might & Magic IX: Writ of Fate Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War Heroes of Might and Magic IV Legends of Might and Magic Heroes Chronicles: The Final Chapters Heroes Chronicles: Master of the Elements Heroes Chronicles: Clash of the Dragons Heroes Chronicles: Conquest of the Underworld Might & Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer Heroes Chronicles: Warlords of the Wastelands including cover art Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddons Blade Won Add-On of the Year for 2000 from Computer Games Magazine Might & Magic VII: For Blood and Honor Heroes of Might and Magic III Might & Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
For The Dreamers Guild: Nick of Time (Historical educational) Skulls, Bones & Buccaneers (Online multiplayer) Faery Tale Adventure II Halls of the Dead

Game Soundtracks 3137 songs, 3.8 days, 6.34 GB
Artist Akemi Kimura, Masakazu Sugimori, Atsushi Mori Arata Iiyoshi Asuka Ohta, Hajime Wakai, Koji Kondo Baldur's Gate Blizzard Entertainment D.I.C.E. David Rippy, Stephen Rippy Doo Freespace 2 Graeme Norgate Grant Kirkhope Halo Ichiro Shimakura iNiS Jeremy Soule
Generated by Foxit PDF Creator Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only.
Jun Ishikawa Katamari Damacy OST Kazumi Totaka Keiichi Suzuki Kelly Bailey
Kevin McMullan, Stephen Rippy Koji Kondo
Koji Kondo, Shinobu Tanaka Konami Sound Team Mario Galaxy Orchestra Masanobu Matsunaga, Ken-ichi Nishimaki, Masa. Masato Nakamura Matt Uelmen Nintendo Nintendo Sound Team Paul Romero ProtonJonSA Sega Shinobu Tanaka Square Stafford Starcraft
Album Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time a. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time a. New Super Mario Bros. Baldur's Gate II Warcraft III Warcraft III Expansion Battlefield 2 Battlefield 2142 Age of Empires Original Soundtrack Trackmania United Freespace 2 Blast Corps Goldeneye 64 Banjo-Kazooie Donkey Kong 64 Perfect Dark Halo Original Soundtrack Mario Party 3 Elite Beat Agents (NDS) Game Rip Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (NDS) Game Rip Dungeon Siege Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Morrowind OST Oblivion OST Total Annihilation Kirby Super Star Katamari Damacy Yoshi's Story Earthbound Half-Life Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2: Episode One Half-Life 2: Episode Two Portal Age of Empires II - The Age of Kings + The Con. Super Mario 64 Super Mario Bros. 1 Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 Super Mario World LIVE! Super Mario World OST Yoshi's Island Original Sound Version Super Mario Sunshine Soundtrack Dance Dance Revolution - Mario Mix Original So. Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack Platinu. Wario Ware: Touched! Sonic the Hedgehog OST Diablo Diablo II Pokemon Gameboy Sound Collection Tetris DS Console Boot Sounds Might and Magic VIII - Day of the Destroyer Orig. Super Smash Bros. Brawl Gameplay Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll Mario Kart DS Super Mario Rpg: Legend Of The Seven Stars Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness Starcraft OST

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Total Time 58:23 3:51:10 3:52 1:21:15 52:08 1:16:26 37:52 10:49 32:53 32:30 45:25 17:28 1:01:05 2:37:58 5:34:40 6:00:00 4:12:43 1:06:34 1:16:06 9:46 3:01 2:05:52 1:56 45:47 59:27 32:43 1:14:56 1:15:12 51:52 2:59:28 2:38 1:09:37 24:11 27:02 38:03 17:52 1:07:03 18:07 15:21 47:47 46:30 27:17 36:32 48:45 45:29 2:10:33 1:43:05 18:28 32:31 1:32:04 1:04:29 33:42 2:21 36:06 27:42 1:05:50 1:43:32 1:38:21 40:59 1:16:07

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Game Soundtracks
Artist Steve Baca, Robert King, Paul Romero, Jennifer W. Stewart Copeland Studio Pixel Tom Salta And The Seattle Sinfonia Total War Valve Symphony Orchestra Various Artists Yasunori Mitsuda Yoko Shimomura Yoko Shimomura, Koji Kondo Yuka Tsujiyoko Yutaka Minobe, CHAMI.Ishi Zsolt Marx Various Artists
Album Might and Magic VI - The Mandate of Heaven Or. Spyro 2 - Ripto's Rage! Original Soundtrack Spyro The Dragon OST - Disc 1 Cave Story Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. Total War: Eras - Musical Score Team Fortress 2 Pacific Assault DE Soundtrack Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! Original Soundtrack *Unof. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon Yoshi's Island DS Trackmania Sunrise F-Zero GX/AX Original Soundtrack F-Zero X: Guitar Arrange Halo 2 Original Soundtrack Pokmon Diamond/Pearl World of Warcraft

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Total Time 51:29 1:36:06 1:05:22 40:58 8:17 46:30 8:08 57:32 56:49 58:48 1:31:33 1:17:22 1:49:44 47:58 3:05 2:26:08 36:46 2:19:33 4:42:59 1:05:05

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