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 

Security Clearance – Top Secret (2010)

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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, CSS
Networking/Server: 	Windows, Mac, DOS Command Prompt, Citrix, Active Directory
Content Management: 	Overlord, ProjectPath, SVN, Remedy

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Professional Experience

U.S. Dept. of State, IT Systems Admin 		March 2010 - Present

	- Provide hardware/software support for users in the U.S. State Dept. Network	

Whizzkit,v.o.f., Freelance 3D Artist 			May 2008 – March 2009

	- 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


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Personal Experience

–	Animator and Rigger for unreleased Half-Life 2 mod, Firearms 2
–	Lead Artist and Animator for UMBC Game Development Club, 2006-2007
–	Development of personal XNA Game Studio projects using C# and Maya/Max
–	Japanese 201 foreign language classes at UMBC

REFERENCES AVAILABLE AT REQUEST