Eric Grotke

1388 S. Van Ness #2 San Francisco, CA 94110

egrotke@yahoo.com (415) 643-4871

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SUMMARY:

Hard working, creative and broad-skilled technical artist. Willing and able to do whatever it takes to create high quality products and finish on schedule. Seeking employment in the Gaming Software Industry.

SKILLS:

• 2D Art: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Equilibrium Debabelizer, Macromedia Director, Data and Art Processing.
• 2D Animation: Macromedia Flash
• 3D Art: 3D Studio Max, mesh editing, texturing, rigging, rendering and animation.
• Programming: C++, Flash Action Script
• Web Development: HTML, CSS, Flash, PHP, mySQL, DreamWeaver,

EXPERIENCE:

ZimAudio October 2004 - Current
PHP MySQL Database Coder
Worked in a small group to create a database-driven eCommerce website for Zimbabwean Recording artists.
Provided php code for website to dynamically create and update content from MySQL database.

HRL Laboratories May 2004 – July 2004
Experiment Preparer
Prepared Experiment for the OnStar driver assistance system.
Used C++ and automated script macros to create an interactive speech recognition system.

WebTactix March 2004 – Current
Flash ActionScript Coder
Provided actionscript coding for a standalone Flash Presentation for Hewlett-Packard.
Provide a variety of other flash development and ActionScripting coding as needed on a per project basis.

Flash actionscript coder for WebTactix, March-Current, 2004

Provided actionscript coding for a standalone Flash Presentation for Hewlett-Packard.

Art Processor at Fluent Entertainment, April-June, 2003

Rendered and processed artwork for the new title, Majestic Chess. Job required extensive use of 3DSMax, Director, Debabelizer and Photoshop.

Software Gaming Artist/Junior Engineer Employed from 1991 to 2000 at Spectrum HoloByte/MicroProse/Hasbro Interactive.

Contributed in the production of numerous software titles including:

• Star Trek, Birth of the Federation (1999): Processed artwork for interface screens.
• Falcon 4.0 (1997-1999): Designed and created 3D Terrain art and logic for a full-scale war simulation covering all of Korea in high detail.
• Top Gun, Fire at Will (1996): Designed and created 3D "voxel" landscape for three theaters of action.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Final Unity (1994- 1995): Data conversion and logic for all game art. Served as Liaison between artists and programmers.
• MiG-29(1993): Mapped out 3d terrain to create 3 new theaters of polygonal landscape for Falcon 3.0.
• Operation: Fighting Tiger(1992): Coded the install program for the game in C++.
• Falcon 3.0 (1991): Terrain mapping.
• SuperTetris (1991): Artwork.
• Crisis in the Kremlin (1991): Edited and produced newsreel clips
• Flight of the Intruder (1991): Quality Assurance.
• Mac Vette! (1991): Quality Assurance

Chess Instructor, Know Chess! (2003)

Responsible for supervision and care of large groups of children while teaching chess strategy and tactics.

Website Artist/Technician

• MaryProenza - Artist (2004)
  Role: Design, implementation and maintenance.
  Technology Used on Project: HTML, CSS.
  Website:http://www.maryproenza.com/
• Meteor Lights (2003)
  Role: Design, implementation and maintenance.
  Technology Used on Project: HTML, Flash, CSS, JavaScript.
  Website:http://www.meteorlights.com/
• Lieberman Productions (2003)
  Role: Created html version of Flash site.
  Technology Used on Project: HTML, Flash.
  Website:http://www.lieberman.com/
• Condor (2002)
  Role: Design and implementation.
  Technology Used on Project: HTML, Flash, CSS, JavaScript.
  Website: http://www.condorcondor.com/
• California Riverside Ballet Website (2001)
  Role: Design and implementation.
  Technology Used on Project: HTML, Flash, JavaScript.
  Website: http://www.crballet.org/
• Poonis Community Website (2000)
  Role: Design and implementation.
  Technology Used on Project: HTML, Flash, JavaScript.
  Website: http://www.poonis.com/
  

EDUCATION:

University of California at Los Angeles 2004

• B.S. in Cognitive Science
• Studied Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Animation and Film

Pixel Corps- Guild for study of Digital Media and 3D Film Effects 2004
Junior member

REFERENCES:

Upon request.