Heber Alvarado - CHARACTER ARTIST - Online Portfolio
 
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RESUME

I have much experience in game development specifically with character creation and setting up pipelines using the latest toolsets and techniques, do not hesitate to contact me if you are looking for assistance in your project.

Services: Modeling/Texturing Asset Creation - Blend Shape/Morph target creation - Texture Map Painting / Uv (Bump/Spec/Diffuse/Others) - >Base Mesh Creation and optimization - Shader/Lighting Setup (3dsmax/Maya) - Sculpting in Zbrush/Mudbox for Rapid prototype output

_CLIENTS_

_WORK_EXPERIENCE_

United Front Games- (Character Artist) *TRUE CRIME 3 XBOX360/PS3*

Rockstar Games - (Character Artist) MAX PAYNE 3 XBOX360/PS3

Propaganda Games Disney -(Character Artist) TUROK XBOX360/PS3/PC

Electronic Arts - (Character Artist) FIFA 06/ NBA Live 06 XBOX360/PS3

Think Tank Training Center- Modeling Mentor

_EDUCATION_

Vancouver Film School •  Diploma in 3D Animation and Visual effects. 2004-2005

Art institute of Vancouver   Diploma in Character Animation 2002-2003

Killarney Secondary School   High school Diploma 1998-2002

_ACHIEVEMENTS_

•  CGHUB.COM featured front page artist for "Ibuki" June 2010

•  CGHUB.COM awarded master artist & gold gallery award June 2009

•  GNOMON GALLERY"el oso" sculpture chosen for the "gnomon gallery" and pixologic booth at siggraph 2008 July 2008

• MUDBOX BETA selected to be a beta tester by skymatter for the first release of the software.

• ZBRUSH BETA selected to be a beta tester by pixologic for zbrush 2.0 & 3.0

•  3DCREATIVE/3DTODO MAG interviewed and work featured February 2006

•  3DTOTAL.COM: featured front page artist and 2x gallery award winner Aug. 2005

•  CGTALK.COM: featured front page artist Apr. 2005

•  3DUSER MAG: featured 2x in this magazine for a making of and gallery entry Dec. 2005

_CONTACT_

heber.alvarado@hotmail.com

#1(604) 339-1586

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ABOUT

Thanks for visiting my website my name is Heber Alvarado a character artist currently residing in beautiful Vancouver , B.C. I have been making characters for video games for almost 5 years for such companies as United Front Games , Rockstar Games, Propaganda Games and Electronic Art my portfolio shows a small selection of some of my 3d work from over the years please do not hesitate to contact me if you wish to see more of my work.

Aside from my full time employment i also freelance on various projects and teach at local animation schools. I attended The Vancouver Film School where i received a diploma in "3D animation & Visual Fx".

I have always had a passion for film, animation and art in general but my main interest lies in "character design & creation". I also have a deep interest in creating film , photography and music and hope to share as much as i can on this site.

Suggestions , comments and rants are always welcomed.

-H

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