Sky Young
skyoung21@gmail.com
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Animation, Brigham Young University April 2011
Experience
Lighting
& Compositing Lead, Butchered
Meats, BYU Jan 2010-Oct 2011
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Led
planning, execution, and improvements with lighting artists
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Trained
12 lighting artists in lighting principles and techniques
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Created
light rig for 11 texture artists
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Wrote
several Python scripts that exports/imports light attributes
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Coordinated
with Render Wrangler and organized final render settings
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Composited
rendered passes with NUKE & After Effects
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Digitally
painted key color scripts
Art Director & Lighting Lead, BYU Royden G.
Derrick Planetarium Aug 09-May 11
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Led
planning, execution, and improvements on all aspects of 3d animation
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Created
light rig for texture artists
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Lit,
rendered, and composited final scenes
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Created
animatic
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Directed
design of concept art
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Created
camera layout for Venus sequence
Character
Design Intern, Sandman Studios, Provo, Utah May 2009-Aug 2009
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Designed
male hero and female villain in comic book style
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Collaborated
on story boards for future projects
Lead
Student Coordinator, Multicultural Student Services, BYU Nov 2004-March 2005
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Organized
and directed 5 student committees
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Assigned
and assisted in team lead responsibilities
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Collaborated
with 5 department heads to secure equipment, documents, and venues
Volunteer
Representative, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Nov
2000-Nov 2002
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Traveled
to train and motivate 21 full-time volunteer representatives in the areas of
communication and administration
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Instructed skill
development among full-time volunteers
Skills
Lighting: Maya and Houdini
Rendering, Photorealistic: Renderman
for Maya, Mantra, mental ray
Compositing: Nuke, After Effects,
Composite
Scripting Language: Python
(intermediate), MEL (intermediate)
Shading: Slim – Renderman for Maya,
Hyperspace for Maya
Advanced understanding of: Photoshop
and Painter
