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Resume: Selected Work
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RESUME

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EXHIBITED ARTWORK & AWARDS

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  • 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 AWARDS

  • Crop 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

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

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Accomplished and experienced creator of assets including props, environments, and characters for simulations, marketing, games, and other interactive experiences. Builder of high poly models to bake and low poly game resolution models to make topology and materials for game assets. Passionate about bringing ideas to life through visually striking and immersive designs. Skilled in creating high-quality 3D models, animations, and digital content that elevate brand storytelling and user engagement. Adept at blending creativity with technical precision across diverse platforms, delivering compelling visual experiences that push creative boundaries and drive results.
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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

 

3ds Max - 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

 

Unreal - Rendering models in engine and creating interactive experiences.

Unity - Rendering models in engine and creating interactive experiences.


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, Illustrator, and InDesign - Extensive use over several years

 

UI/UX Art/Figma/Miro - Creating UI/UX 2D and 3D assets to use for Cross-Hairs, Health Bars, and Menu  Screens, and application prototypes

Microsoft Suite - Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Google Workspace - Gmail, Drive, Meet, Calendar, Chat, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Vids, etc.

Digital Art - Illustrations, graphic design, etc.

Game Design - art, programming, rendering, level design, character design, storytelling, production

 

Motion Graphics - Animation, video editing, short form content, etc.

Spine 2D  - Animation program for 2D game assets

Print Design - Maps, logos, books, brochures, etc.

Marketing - Taking various courses through LinkedIn.


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, print, and promotional art -  Extensive experience

 

• Pipeline and Workflow

• Game analysis and theory

• Paper prototyping

• Unreal Lighting and Post Processing

• Photogrammetry

Teamwork and art lead positions

Shipped 2+ games through graduate program

TCMS - Wix

Brand identity

Storytelling

Set design

• Introduced to in FIEA classes - Rigging and skinning, 3D animation, Unreal Blueprints, 

Other programs and computer languages - Internship, classwork, personal use in - GameMaker 7, GamerMaker 8, and GameMaker Studio 1.4, etc.

• Familiar with 3D printing, Processing, Python using Pygame, C# within Unity, HTML & CSS

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