Selected Exhibitions
Big Arts Sanibel Island - International Society of Experimental Artists - Florida, Don’t Fall Asleep - pen on paper, 2017
Northville Art House - West of Center - Michigan, Loss of Her Self Control - pen on paper, 2017
Pine River Anthology - Alma College, Demon Possession – animation, 2017
Alden B. Dow Museum - Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Millennial - oil on canvas, 2016
Tangent Gallery - Damned IX Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan, Loss of Her Self Control - pen on paper, 2016
Marin Society of Artists - Dreams Exhibition - San Rafael, California, Don’t Fall Asleep - pen on paper, 2016
Chris Sorensen Studio - Geek Artistique Exhibition - Fresno, California, Your Best Friend – digital, 2016
Gallery 194 - Steampunk Show - Lapeer, Michigan, Fresh, Seasoned, Midst, and Ready to Fly – digital, 2016
Tangent Gallery - Damned VIII Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan, Unseen - acrylic on canvas, 2015
Meekers Classic Sheepdog Art Exhibition – Colorado, Puppy Love - acrylic on canvas, Children’s
Choice Award, 2015
Pine River Anthology - Alma College, The Haunting - pencil on paper and Pumpkin - colored pencils, 2014
Museum of Contemporary Art - Detroit, Michigan - AAW Exhibition, 20 of my art pieces, 2013
Clinton River Day Logo Contest - Michigan, First Place, design used for promotional materials, 2013
SAMPLING OF ADDITIONAL PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDSCrop calendar for Clarkston, Michigan Fruit Market
Trader Joes art exhibition
Rackham Symphony Peace Postcard, 1st place
AIM Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum
Stevenvlog - personalized artwork
Landmark Editions Logo Contest, 1st place
State of Michigan, DEQ Earth Day Poster
State of Michigan Severe Weather Awareness Contest, 1st place
Arts and Apples, grand prize winner
Anton Art Center, AAW exhibition
Lion’s Peace Poster, 1st in state
Detroit Zoo Year of the Frog, best in class
NewsCurrents Cartoon Contest, 2nd place
National Zoo Stomp Out Carbon
Red Vines - artwork copied in candy boxes
My Feenix art competition, 2nd place
My first competition at 9 years old:
International Environmental Children’s Drawing Contest, 1st place USA, exhibited at the United Nations in New York and Japan
I also illustrated for Stone Soup magazine from 2006 - 2009
I also self-published a book at age 14: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Buddies-Adventures-Dragon-Story/dp/0557829615/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1483369983&sr=8-2&keywords=dragon+zachary+meyer
Technical Skills
- Creator of UE4 and Unity assets including props, environment pieces, and characters for video games and other experiences
-Builder of high poly models to bake and low poly game resolution models to make topology and materials for game assets
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• ZBrush - Creating high poly character and environment assets for video games.
• Maya - Creating UV Maps, low poly and hard surface character and environment assets for video games.
• Substance Painter/Designer - Creating materials, textures, and baking for character and environment assets.
• Marmoset Toolbag - Baking high poly models into low poly game models
• Interpret Conceptual Art into 3D Models - Projects developed throughout graduate work
• Virtual Reality - Working with Unreal and Unity engines to develop VR experiences and research test instrument
• Adobe Suite - including Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, Flash, Lightroom, and Illustrator - Extensive use over several years
• Tiling/Pixel Sprite Design/2D Animation - Introduced to in classes, personal use for video games, joint projects, and for fun
• Figure drawing, character design, color theory, composition, concept art/multi-media, and promotional art - Extensive experience
• Pipeline and Workflow
• Teamwork and art lead positions
• Introduced to in FIEA classes - Rigging and skinning, 3D animation, Unreal Blueprints, lighting in Unreal, game analysis and theory, paper prototyping
• Other programs and computer languages - Internship, classwork, personal experience in - GameMaker 7, GamerMaker 8, and GameMaker Studio 1.4
• Introduced to 3D printing, Processing, Python using Pygame, C# within Unity