Jamie Beaty

Current

Character Animator at Cat Daddy Games

Past

Character Animator at Microsoft
Character Animator at American Animation Studios
Freelance Graphic Designer and Animation Artist (Self-employed)

Animation Intern at Bruce Barry's Wacky World Studios
Student Volunteer at SIGGRAPH
Graphic Designer at Video Viewing, Inc.

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Education

Ringling School of Art and Design
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences

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Industry

Animation

Websites

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Jamie Beaty’s Summary

My objective is to create believable character animation that conveys thought, motivation, and personality, with emphasis on strong silhouettes and dynamic motion.

Jamie Beaty’s Specialties:

Motivated, detail-oriented, and creative; proven ability to work successfully in a team environment, excellent at meeting goals, and ability to give/receive constructive critiques. Focus is in character animation and additional skills include: story writing, thumbnails, storyboards, character design, environment design, animatics, modeling, rigging, animation, lighting, texturing, and compositing.

Jamie Beaty’s Experience

Character Animator

Cat Daddy Games

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

December 2008 — Present (8 months)

3ds Max Character Animator.
Character Animator

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

June 2008 — December 2008 (7 months)

Contractor through Filter Talent. Maya character animation, camera layouts and animation, XUI work, minor LUA scripting tasks.
Character Animator

American Animation Studios

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

September 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 3 months)

Animated two shipped educational DVDs: “Patrick Henry: Quest for Freedom” & “Paul Revere: Midnight Ride.”
Rigged and animated characters in a series of shorts for “Gather 4 Him."
Created lighting, texturing, and modeling when needed.
Freelance Graphic Designer and Animation Artist

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Graphic Design industry)

August 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 2 months)

Layout artist for the ”For Sale By Owner Advertiser” newspaper. Created flyers; updated the company website.
Created logos, built ads, assisted with photography at “OE Wheel Distributors,” a wheel design company.
Taught several entrepreneurs how to implement necessary design software.
Created 2D and 3D visualizations of proposed medical equipment for “Ingenious Technologies Corporation.”
Animation Intern

Bruce Barry's Wacky World Studios

(Privately Held; Animation industry)

June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

Character animation for “The Mane Event” DVD Bonus Features.
Modeled, textured, and animated background elements in “Slingshot Slugger” trailer.
Modeled and textured props to be used in “Slingshot Slugger” DVD Bonus Features.
Student Volunteer

SIGGRAPH

(Animation industry)

August 2004 — August 2004 (1 month)

Volunteered at the annual conference on computer graphics, focusing on assisting attendees.
Graphic Designer

Video Viewing, Inc.

(Graphic Design industry)

2000 — 2003 (3 years)

Jamie Beaty’s Education

Ringling School of Art and Design

BFA , Computer Animation with a minor in Photography , 2001 — 2006
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

BA , Psychology and Art , 1995 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Studied Art History and Psychology abroad (via Essex Exchange Program & the Elizabeth W. Fulbright Scholarship) at Colchester University, in Essex, England. Graduated with 4-Year Honors, Cum Laude.
Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences