Abby Goldsmith

Past

• Graphics Artist at Super Happy Fun Fun
• Contract Artist at Contract Artist
• Art Director at Wayforward Technologies

• Animator at Paradox Development (now owned by Midway)
• artist intern at Nickelodeon Animation Studio

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Education

• Odyssey Writing Workshop
• College of the Canyons
• California Institute of the Arts

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Connections

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Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• My Portfolio

Abby Goldsmith’s Summary

Animator with professional experience in 3D Studio Max, Maya, Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Pro Motion and pixel art, personal films. I've also trained animators and led the art team on several games. Eight years of game production experience for GBA, Nintendo DS, mobile, PC, Gamecube, X-Box, PS2, and other platforms.

Abby Goldsmith’s Specialties:

3D and 2D character animation. I also do low poly 3D modeling, texturing, and character rigging. I can design 2D sprites, menu and UI/HUD elements; I also draw and have experience managing art teams. Other skills include Flash MX animation and HTML web design.

Abby Goldsmith’s Experience

• Graphics Artist

  Super Happy Fun Fun

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  January 2009 — June 2009 (6 months)

  Animation and art for plug-n-play and iPhone games

• Contract Artist

  Contract Artist

  (Animation industry)

  March 2008 — January 2009 (11 months)

  Freelance contract artist for Black Lantern Studios, WayForward Technologies, and other game developers.

• Art Director

  Wayforward Technologies

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)

  November 2000 — 2008 (8 years )

  Animation and art on rpg/adventure video games, for Nintendo DS and GameBoy Advance.

• Animator

  Paradox Development (now owned by Midway)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

  November 2001 — February 2003 (1 year 4 months)

  3D animation and rigging for action/adventure video games.

• artist intern

  Nickelodeon Animation Studio

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)

  June 1998 — September 1998 (4 months)

  I was a summer intern on the show "Hey Arnold!", and did clean-up work, background layout, and character design.

Abby Goldsmith’s Education

• Odyssey Writing Workshop

  N/A , genre writing , 2004 — 2004

  George R.R. Martin was the writer in residence that year.

  Activities and Societies:

  writing, short stories, novels, science fiction, fantasy, horror, genre fiction, books, synopsis, guest lecturers

• College of the Canyons

  N/A , Animation , 2001 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  screenwriting, modeling and animation in Maya, and modeling in 3d Studio Max

• California Institute of the Arts

  BFA , Character Animation , 1996 — 2000

  Student films were screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Annecy International Film Festival in Annecy, France, and other film festivals, including the CalArts Producers Show for 1999 and 2000.

Additional Information

Abby Goldsmith’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• My Portfolio

Abby Goldsmith’s Interests:

Writing (novels, screenplays, short stories), Artwork (digital painting, 3D modeling, pen & ink), Animation (Flash cartoons, 3D animation, pixel sprites, traditional)

Abby Goldsmith’s Groups:

Women in Game Development (http://www.igda.org/women/), MotionZoo (http://www.motionzoo.com)

•    CGCHAR - 3D CG Character Animation
•    Writing Mafia
•    Science Fiction readers, writers, and collectors
•    CalArts Alumni Association
•    Casual Games
•    Game Developers
•    Animation Army
•    Science Fiction Linked Exchange
•    Fiction Writers Guild
•    Game Writing
•    Electronic Entertainment Industry Network
•    DreamDesigners
•    VideoGame Professionals
•    Flash Freelancers
•    Freelance professionals
•    Game Based Learning
•    IGDA - Austin
•    IGDA Women in Games Special Interest Group
•    Animation and Film Jobs
•    Social Game Developers

Abby Goldsmith’s Honors:

Film screened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City, NY; Annecy International Film Festival 2001; CalArts Producer's Show 1999 and 2000; and more film festivals.

Abby Goldsmith’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch