James O'Donnell
www.jamesodonnell.info

Mailing Address:                                                                        Phone:
17766 NE 90th ST, Apt P-277                                                 (425) 891 - 9688
Redmond, WA, 98052                                                              jeodonnell@gmail.com

Software Knowledge

• Adobe Photoshop
• discreet 3dsmax
• Newtek Lightwave 3D
• Pixologic zBrush
• Luminox ShaderFX
• Microsoft PIX

Language Knowledge

• HLSL
• Maxscript
• Some C++

Educational Background

• Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah, Georgia
• Bachelor of Fine Arts - Interactive Development/Game Design ; Magna Cum Laude

Relevant Experience

            10/09 – 11/09 : 3D Graphic Artist (Contract),  Bungie

• Manager – Jim McQuillan, Creative Director of Visual Design, (425)-739-4969
• Prepared Halo: Reach content for use by external partners for toy production.

• Manager – Matt Collins, Environment Art Lead, (425)-722-4416
• Worked on Forza Motorsport 3, a first-party AAA title for the Xbox 360 platform.
• Created realistic and highly accurate environment art assets for real-world race tracks.
• Developed HLSL shaders for environment art in conjunction with lead artists, including procedurally animated vertex shaders.
• Produced Maxscript tools for artists to help expedite time-consuming tasks.

• Responsible for proof-reading and editing strategy guides and articles for the Company of Heroes section of GameReplays.org, a website dedicated to competitive RTS and FPS gaming.
• Wrote a 3000+ word article with statistical analysis and graphs to prove the existence of a patch error in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts patch 2.102, later confirmed by the developers as an accurate report.

• Responsible for modeling and skinning work for new meshes in the Battlefield 2 engine; includes experience working with generating and utilizing normal maps.
• Won fourth place for ModDB's 2007 “Mod of the Year” awards, as well as second place in “Best Unreleased Mod” in both 2005 and 2006.
• Mod team website: http://www.fhmod.org