Micah A. Betts
3007 N. Declaration Ct. | Waldorf, MD 20603
Home - (301)645-9664  |  Cell - (240)899-0657 | Email - mabmanz@mabmanz.com

Portfolio / Demo Reel Website – http://www.mabmanz.com


Objective

To contribute and gain experience in a game development studio as a character animator and/or technical artist.

Education

University of Maryland, Baltimore County, May 2007
Bachelor's of Art, Concentration in Animation 

Technical Experience

Primary Focus:		3D Character Animation

Additional Skills: 	Low/High Poly Character/Object modeling, Character Rigging/Weighting, Texturing & UV Layout,
			3D Asset Exporting/Importing, Basic Programming (C, C++, C#)

3D/2D Art:	 	Maya (some MEL), 3DS Max (Biped/Character Studio), ZBrush, Photoshop, Painter, After Effects, Premiere
Game Pipeline: 		Emergent Gamebyro, Unreal Editor 3 (some UnrealScript), Valve Hammer Editor, XNA Game Studio, UNITY 3D
Web Development: 	Flash (some ActionScript), Dreamweaver, PHP, CSS

Operating Systems: 	Windows, Mac, DOS Command Prompt

Content Management: 	Overlord, ProjectPath, SVN

Professional Experience

(www.odesk.com), Freelance 3D Artist 		May 2008 – Present
	- Model, rig, and animate several biped and quadruped characters for use in UNITY 3D game engine.
	- Model junior athlete characters from photos and concept drawings for casting and prototyping into 
	STL, 3DS, and OBJ formats.

iD Gaming Academy, 3D Instructor 			June 2008 – August 2008, June 2007 – August 2007
	- Work with a team to educate students with skills using Maya and 3DS Max for use in Unreal
	Tournament 3 mods and Beyond Virtual game engine.
	- Teach Basic  C++ programming for games

UMBC Imaging Research Center, 3D Art Intern 	February 2007 – May 2007
	- Model, Animate, and texture various components of NASA satellite devices for Goddard Space Center

Personal Experience

-Animator and Rigger for Half-Life 2 mod, Firearms 2(Release Early 2009)
-IGDA Member #20076057, regular attendance at Baltimore Chapter meetings
-Lead Artist and Animator for UMBC Game Development Club, 2006-2007
-Development of personal XNA Game Studio projects using C# and Maya/Max
-Competitive/Tournament player of Soul Calibur, Street Fighter, Tekken, Firearms 1, and Team Fortress 2
-Japanese 201 foreign language classes at UMBC


REFERENCES AVAILABLE AT REQUEST