tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14894741130395970912011-07-28T16:23:04.612-07:00Paul Wheeler - 3D ShowreelPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14144753639270148185noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489474113039597091.post-82684431090155709992008-01-08T02:11:00.000-08:002009-11-19T16:39:03.197-08:00My CV and showreel<object width="400" height="321"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=668556&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=668556&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="321"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/668556">Paul Wheeler - Showreel 2008</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user255481">pual75</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5arCCZwuyxE&hl=en&fs=1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5arCCZwuyxE&hl=en&fs=1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><p></p><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"></div><h1 style="margin: 12pt 0in 3pt; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); text-align: center;"><br /></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" >Paul Victor Wheeler<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">499 Merton Road</span></b></st1:address></st1:street><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">, Earlsfield, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>SW18 5LE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">07852 310 957 / <a href="mailto:pual75@hotmail.com">pual75@hotmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Website: <a href="http://pual754.blogspot.com/">http://pual754.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Animation Showreel: <a href="http://pwheelershowreel2008.blogspot.com/">http://pwshowreel2008.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Personal Profile:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">I'm a creative, ambitious and motivated individual, with a proven ability to learn and apply new skills, teach difficult concepts, and communicate well with colleagues or students. I always work individually or as part of a team to produce work of the highest standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Career History:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">M-IS<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">February 2008 – February 2009<b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 1.3pt 0.0001pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">3D<span style=""> </span>Artist – Pre-visualising Marketing tools and trade exhibition spaces from CAD using 3D Studio Max and rendering in Mental Ray. Currently creating 3D Assets and animation as part of an interactive for the Royal Navy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 1.3pt 0.0001pt 36pt;"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Bullngate<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">November 2007<b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">3D Artist – 6 days working on an intro shot for a corporate DVD.<span style=""> </span>Incorporating 2D elements into a 3D environment I modelled and animated all 3D elements, as well as lighting and rendering the scene to a tight deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Picasso Pictures<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">September 2007<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">3D Artist – Worked as a freelancer for 2 days on a pitch, modelling,<span style=""> </span>lighting, and texturing electronic components in 3D studio Max for directorial team FAQ.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Digital Knowledge Exchange, <span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Nov 2004 – Aug<span style=""> </span>2006<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: 18pt;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">University</span></b></st1:placetype><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> of <st1:placename st="on">Teesside</st1:placename></span></b></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Researcher – A role with the shared focus of research in the field of serious computer gaming and the development of animation and games using Flash and 3DS Max for clients.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">School</span></b></st1:placetype><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> of <st1:placename st="on">Arts</st1:placename></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> and Media<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Jan 2005 – Nov 2005<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">University</span></b></st1:placetype><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> of <st1:placename st="on">Teesside</st1:placename></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Part Time Lecturer – Tutored groups in 3D Studio Max for modelling and animation.<span style=""> </span>This course outlined the basics of the use of 3D software for complete novices and showed them how to achieve basic modelling, texturing, lighting and animation.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">The <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Digital</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Aug 2004 – Apr 2005<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">University</span></b></st1:placetype><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> of <st1:placename st="on">Teesside</st1:placename></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Digital</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placetype st="on">City</st1:placetype></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Fellow – A grant of £6,000 allowed two others and myself to produce a 7 minute animated film using 3D Studio Max, Photoshop and Premiere.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">The VR Centre<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Nov 2000 – Nov 2004<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">University</span></b></st1:placetype><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> of <st1:placename st="on">Teesside</st1:placename></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Senior VR Developer – Developed realtime models, animations and applications for commercial, in-house and university projects.<span style=""> </span>I worked for a variety of business sectors, primarily 3D modelling, programming and scripting using various software.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">School of Computing and Mathematics<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Mar 2001 – May 2001<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">University</span></b></st1:placetype><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> of <st1:placename st="on">Teesside</st1:placename></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Part Time Lecturer – I took tutorial groups twice a, teaching the use of Softimage 3.9.<span style=""> </span>Areas covered were modelling texturing and lighting as well as simple animation such as walk cycles.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">5D Ltd, <st1:city st="on">Waterloo</st1:city>, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place><span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Summer 1999<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Intern – I worked as an Intern on my final project for my Msc, which detailed research into the Active Contours or “Snakes” algorithm and its use as a selection tool.<span style=""> </span>I built an application in OpenGL, which could load .TGA files and save out the selection.</span> <span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Skills: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">3DS Max, Character Studio, Mental Ray, Maya, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Audition, Combustion, Flash, Character Animation, Character Rigging, Modelling for realtime rendering.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Education:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Post Graduate Diploma in Character Animation.<span style=""> </span>Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Msc Computer Aided Graphics and technology Applications (CAGTA).<b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span style="font-family:Arial;">University</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:Arial;"> of <st1:placename st="on">Teesside</st1:placename></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">, Middlesborough<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">BA Hons 2:1 Fine Art (Sculpture).<span style=""> </span><st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Humberside</st1:placename> and <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Lincolnshire</st1:city></st1:place>, Hull<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Distinction gained in Foundation Art. Queen Elizabeth SFC, <st1:place st="on">Darlington</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Two grade A passes at Advanced Level in Modern History and Art.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">One grade B pass in Advanced Level English Literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>Queen Elizabeth SFC, <st1:place st="on">Darlington</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Nine GCSEs<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Personal Details:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Date of Birth:<span style=""> </span></span></b><st1:date year="1975" day="12" month="11" st="on"><span style="font-family:Arial;">11/12/75</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Interests:<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Art, Animation, Comic Books, Music (I play bass and guitar), Cookery.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108pt; text-indent: -108pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">References:</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>Available on request<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><br /><br /><br /><br />Work since my Diploma<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q8IBqUeJMI8&hl=en&fs=1"><param 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