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Education and Qualifications

Ramon Blake Guthrie
Digital Artist & 3D/2D Designer


Age: 32
Nationality: British
Birth place: London/England

•1999-2001 Newham College of F.E
HND in Graphic Design (Communications) (Distinction)
•1997-1999 Eastbury 6th form College
GNVQ Advanced Art & Design (Distinction)
•1996-1997 Eastbury 6th form College
GNVQ Intermediate Art & Design (Merit)
•1991-1996 Eastbury Comprehensive School: Six G.C.S.E Passes

Work Experience

Software Skills and Experience

FK3 June 20th 2011 (2 weeks freelance contract)
Roles: Flash Designer & Animation Artist
Duties:
• Reproduce a concept interactive presentation into a Flash animation to be used online training for SanDisk.
• Animation was constructed in After Effects, Flash CS and AS2 was used to call in the slides dynamically when requested for a low bandwidth, optimized web experience.
• Packages used for development are Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft PowerPoint, After Effects, Flash 5.5 and Actionscript 2
URLs: www.fk3.biz


Sit-Up TV April 28th 2011 (2 days freelance contract)
Roles: Motion Graphics Artist & Compositor
Duties:
• Produced a stylish Promo TV ad with added voice over's to be aired on Bid-Up www.bid.tv
• Designed Logo and artwork for TV and Marketing campaigns.
• Packages used for development are Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere Pro.
URLs: www.sit-up.tv


Crystal CG International December 10th 2010 (4 week freelance contract)
Roles: Senior Lighting & Animation Artist
Duties:
• Produced HD 3D animation fly-throughs for a sponsor of the London 2012 Olympics for Web / Tv campaigns using 3D Studio max, Vray & Vray RT.
• Advanced texturing & UV mapping.
• Advanced Lighting & Rendering (HDR, GI & Ambient Occlusion style rendering, Non-Linear, multi-pass rendering using Mental ray and Vray)
• Running a render farm, for producing animations with BackBurner.
• Packages used for development are 3D Studio max 2011, Vray 2.0, Mentalray, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.
URLs: www.crystalcg.co.uk & www.keyframestudios.co.uk

 

XFace April 27th 2010 (4 Months contract)
Roles: GUI Artist & Graphic Designer
Duties:
• User Interface (UI) designs for navigations, layouts and buttons.
• Re-designed and produced a user-friendly company website template, www.xface.co.uk/stage/index.html WIP
• Producing concept designs, created animated logos & splash screens.
• Image editing and vector artwork design.
• Working with Microsoft Surface touch screen technology.
• Software and skills used in development was Photoshop, Illustrator, Firework, Dreamweaver, Flash, After Effects CS5 and Microsoft SilverLight.
URLs www.xface.co.uk new layout coming soon!

 

Shimmer January 12th 2010 (4 Months freelance contract)
Roles: Head Web Designer
Duties:
• Designed and developed a fresh and funky website, for a brand new up and coming, female music artist called Shimmer.
• Updating and maintaining information on the website.
• Frontend and backend site development.
• Designed and developed new a Corporate Identity for Shimmer.
• Integrated streaming music, twitter feeds and media players.
• Software and skills used in development was Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver and CSS3.
URLs: www.shimmerbaby.com

 

J.Snobbies Ltd June 2nd 2009 (6 Months contract)
Roles: Marketing Strategist & Lead Web Designer
Duties:
• Designed and developed a fresh and clean e-commerce website, for a new start-up company.
• Updating and maintaining information on the company’s website.
• Frontend and backend site development.
• Designed and developed new a Corporate Identity for J.Snobbies
• Designed business cards, leaflets, posters, letterheads and ads.
• Planning marketing PR strategies with the company, street promotion, handouts, organised events.
• Software and skills used in development was Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver and CSS3.
URLs: www.jsnobbies.com or www.jsnobbies.co.uk

 

CityScape Ltd June 23rd 2004 (5 years permanent contact)
Role: Last position: Advanced Lighting & Texturing Artist
Duties:
• Low / High polygon modelling and organic modelling using 3D Studio max, LightWave and Zbrush.
• Advanced Lighting & Rendering, (HDR, GI, Toon & Ambient Occlusion style rendering using FPrime, Mental ray, Vray and Maxwellrender)
• Advanced texture & UV mapping (Normal Mapping, Relief Mapping & texture Baking)
• Camera matching to 3D scenes.
• Produced 3D animation fly-throughs for clients using 3D Studio max and LightWave.
• In charge of animation game research and development (Serious Gaming, 3D internet Game Engines).
• Worked with some incredible developers like Candy & Candy, Land Securities & British Land and with some of the world's most influential architects such as Make, Zaha Hadid, KPF, Ian Simpson, Foster + Partner, Terry Farrell and Partners & Fletcher Priest.
• Blended Digital photography with 3D to produce photo real solutions.
• In charge of running a render farm, for producing animations and large print marketing stills (Butterfly NetRender & BackBurner)
• In charge of image and photo manipulation, retouching and art working.
• Designed, aided and produced maps, plans and business documents.
• Packages used for development are 3D Studio max, LightWave, Modo, Zbrush, Vray, Maxwellrender, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver and InDesign.
URLs: www.cityscapedigital.co.uk


Stimulus Ltd January 2004 (4 Months contract)
Roles: Head Web & Graphic Designer
Duties:
• Designed and developed a fresh and funky web site, for a new start-up company.
• Designed and developed new a Corporate Identity for Stimulus.
• Designed business cards, leaflets, posters, letterheads and ads.
• Web site development.
• Packages used for development were Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, Flash MX and Dreamweaver.
URLs: www.stimuluspromo.co.uk


Churston Heard Ltd August 2003 (3 Months contract)
Roles: Art worker & Retouch Designer
Duties:
• Designed and produced maps, plans, business documents and brochures.
• In charge of image and photo manipulation, retouching and art working.
• In charge of Reprographics and Printer maintenance
• Used advanced machinery for collating documentation.
• Organising deliveries and Stock.
• Packages used for development were Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Office, Quark Xpress and Adobe Acrobat/Writer.
URLs: www.churstonheard.co.uk


Bluething Ltd (website & database design, network support & hosting) June 2003
Roles: Web Designer & Art worker
Duties:
• Designed and developed a corporate professional fresh web site, for a new
start-up company.
• Web site development.
• Having a strong bond with the company I also help to produce sites from other company linked within Bluething.
• Designed a new Corporate Identity for Integer and www.bluething.co.uk
• Packages used for development were 3D studio max, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, ImageReady, Firework and Dreamweaver.
URLs: www.bluething.co.uk


Yourdiggs (I.T Solutions) May 2002 (7 Months contract)
Roles: Lead Web & Graphic Designer
Duties:
• Designed and developed corporate professional fresh web sites for a small
start-up company.
• Designed business cards, letterheads and ads.
• Designed and developed new Corporate Identities for Yourdiggs.
• Packages used for development were Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady and Dreamweaver.
URLs: www.yourdiggs.com


Freeman Business Information plc July 2001 (10 Months)
Roles: Junior Web & Graphic Designer
Duties:
• Web site development.
• Designed banners for the new look sites www.freemansnews.com,
www.freemansshop.co.uk and www.freemansguide.com.
• Designed a variety of ads with different styles and looks.
• Produced ads with a corporate fill but with elements of fun in the design.
• Designed a new Corporate Identity for www.freemansguideplus.com.
• Packages used for development were Photoshop, ImageReady, Dreamweaver and Flash.
URLs: www.efreeman.co.uk

 

Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe ImageReady CS, Fireworks CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5, Painter 9 and SketchBook.
Multimedia/Web Design: Flash CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, ActionScript 2, CSS3 and Java.
3D modelling & Animation: 3D Studio Max r8/2011(MentalRay, Vray, Vray RT, Maxwellrender, finalRender, Brazil and Swift3D max plugins), LightWave 9.6 (fPrime) Maya 2006, Zbrush 3 and Modo.
Desktop Publishing: InDesign CS, QuarkXpress5, Adobe Acrobat/Writer, Microsoft Office, Open Office, Blogger, Tumblr and WordPress.
Video editing & effects: After Effects CS5, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, Composite, Quicktime Pro, Cubasis and Apple Logic.
Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista/7 and Mac OS9/0SX.


Workplace Experience: Retouching & Matte Painting, Web Design (HTML, CSS3, Flash, XML, PHP, jQuery & Java), Logo Design, Illustrating, Package design, 3D Lighting & Rendering, Texturing/Surface Baking & UV mapping, 3D/2D Animation, Motion Graphics, Game Engines (Unreal Ed 3, CryEngine 3 beta and Unity 3), RenderFarm management (ButterflyNetRender(BNR) & BacKBurner), Digital Photography, Wacom Tablet, Printing, Computer Hardware troubleshooting and Installation Experience.




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