Daniel Rutter
rutterdesign @sbcglobal.net

software

Maya 2010 Boujou Bullet Illustrator Eyeon Fusion 5
Cinema 4D Shake Silhouette Final Cut Pro
Photoshop CS Zbrush Bodypaint InDesign
Painter 8.0 XSI 6.02 After Effects QuarkXpress

experience

Compositor/CG Artist, Get Smarter, Element fx, San Rafael, CA 2007 Created camera mapped cg elements in XSI 6.02, rendered and composited three shots in Eyeon Fusion 5. Rotoscoped actors and made paint fixes in SilhouetteFX. Matte Painter, In Bloom, Element fx, San Rafael, CA 2007 Finaled two matte shots, painted background hillside and sky replacement and composited the matte elements, revised and composited a second day for night matte shot to match other night shots in sequence. Freelance Storyboard Artist, San Francisco, CA 2001-Present Currently drawing shooting storyboards for production companies and advertising agencies. Clients include Kaleidoscope, Mekanism, Kaboom and Ogilvy Mather. Matte Painter, Doctor Island, R!OT, Santa Monica, CA 2006 Built geometry in Maya 7, painted mattes in Photoshop for a powers of ten pullback. CG Artist, Nickelodeon Twister Moves Giveaway, Wireframe Garage, San Francisco, CA 2006 Built and shaded geometry and virtual environment, set up camera moves and render passes for this commercial tie-in between Nickelodeon and Hasbro. Lead Concept Artist, Europa, San Francisco, CA 2005-2006 Worked with the director to storyboard key scenes and illustrate environments, props, sets for this television movie. Guided production groups in development of cg elements based on my concept art and schematic drawings. Teamleader, Digital Matte Team, PixelCorps, San Francisco, CA 2003-2004 Created 2D and 3D digital matte paintings including the creation of concept art, modeling, painting of mattes, pass rendering and compositing while directing the work of three Senior artists in a variety of projects while developing and integrating the Matte department within a production pipeline. CG Artist, Subaru Primalquest, Wireframe Garage, San Francisco, CA 2004, 2006 Created and textured displaced terrain geometry based on Digital elevation maps for an animated fly-through of the race course. Rendered passes for final in C4D. Comped in AE. CG Artist, Video Mods, MTV2, Big Bear Entertainment, San Francisco, CA 2004 Using lighting rigs, worked with the art director to light CG sets for a series of motion capture animated music videos. Made paint fixes in Commotion. ZapMe!, San Ramon, CA, Art Director 1999-2001 Created storyboards and animatics to guide in the creation of interactive media. Created illustrations and other elements for websites and interactive material. Created 3-D animation, supervised stage shooting of live action elements for use in corporate promotional videos.
Directed a team of web designers and artists in the design and development of rich educational interactives. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, Graphic Designer 19961998 Designed environmental graphics for a variety of exhibitions. Designed brochures, teachers guides, invitations, exhibition promotional booklets, maps and scientific diagrams. Created motion graphics elements for use in museum videos. Using 3-D modeling software, created previsualizations of upcoming shows to aid content development, fundraising and exhibition promotion. Beth Tondreau Design, New York, NY, Design Associate 1993-1995 Assisted in the design and production of books and related printed matter. Responsibilities included book layout from design specifications, font customization, digital image manipulation/retouching and illustration. HarakawaSisco Inc., New York, NY, Design Associate 1989-1993

publications

Megalopolis Image, Expose 4, Ballistic Publishing Borley Rectory, Concept Art, Ballistic Publishing Monster Island, Matte Painting 2, Ballistic Publishing MFA, Film, Columbia University, New York NY 1998 BFA, Painting, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR 1987