Jayna Pavlin

Current

Course Director at Ex'pression College
Artist at Full Draw Studios

Past

Lead Artist at Mine Shaft Entertainment
freelance artist-animator at various companies
Instructor at Art Institutes

Contract Art Director & Art Consultant at WishboneX creations Ltd.
Instructor (PT) at ITT Technical Institute
Senior 3d Artist at Mine Shaft Entertainment
3d Artist at THQ
Artist/Animator at Acclaim Studios
Intern at Rainbow Studios

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Education

Miami International University of Art and Design
Art Institute of Phoenix
Arizona State University

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Industry

Computer Games

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Jayna Pavlin’s Summary

I am a professional 3d artist with many years of varied experience; I am also an educator, social and media activist, film maker, comic book artist, and more!

My projects include:

Games

"Track & Field 2k8" (2008, Canceled, Coin Op): Character Designer and Modeler
"Blazing Angels" (2008, Coin Op): Lead Artist
"Pro Series Golf" (2008, Mobile): Senior 3d Artist
"Pro Wrestling X" (2007, PC): Art Director
"Archangel" (2003, Canceled, PC): Character Designer and Modeler
"WWE Crush Hour" (2003, GameCube): 3d Artist
"MX Superfly" (2002, GameCube): 3d Artist
"Legends of Wrestling2" (2002, PS2): Animator
"Legends of Wrestling" (2001, PS2): Texture Artist

Film/TV

untitled, unreleased documentary, (2010).
unreleased short film (2010)
"What the Bleep Do We Know!? Down the Rabbit Hole" (2006, Fox): Animator

Web

Full Draw Studios (2009): graphic design and web comic OCity.
PatchforVision (2009): Website art
Performant Software (2008): Concept Art and Art Direction consulting for Rowdy Racing garage
WePlayTV (2007-2008): Concept Art, 3d Modeling, Animation for television and fantasy sports oriented social networking site.

Comics

OCity (in print 9/2009): character designs, pencils/inks, color

Jayna Pavlin’s Specialties:

Skill sets: UI art/design, 3d modeling, texturing, concept art, compositing

Software: Maya, Photoshop, 3ds Max, ZBrush, Mudbox, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Premier, After Effects, Sound Forge, SourceSafe, Painter, Particle Illusions, Motionbuilder, Unreal3 Editor, Headus UVLayout

Code: HTML, XML, MELscript

Jayna Pavlin’s Experience

Course Director

Ex'pression College

(Educational Institution; Entertainment industry)

February 2009 — Present (6 months)

Course Director for:
Animation for Games: integrating Maya and the Unreal3 game engine.
Rigging for Games: character rigging using Maya
Independent Study: website and portfolio development
Artist

Full Draw Studios

(Computer Games industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

OCity: 11/2008-current; Web comic; http://www.fulldrawstudios.com/ocity/
Patch for Vision: 2/2009- current webdesign and illustration; www.patchforvision.com
TEEI: 6/2009-current, graphic illustrations
APA Protest in SF: 5/2009 collaborative filming of event
4th Annual Leadership Summit: 3/2009-5/2009 videography/editing
P2Son Productions: 3/2009-current graphic conceptualization/marketing, and comic book adaptions of performances.
CadCourse: 2/2009 DoubleCAD Training Video
WishboneX: Game art/design consulting 4/2008-current
Dr. Massive and the Headwound Extravaganza: 12/2008 Album Art and Insert Artwork.
Toyrrific: Art direction, military action figure designs 6/2008-9/2008
Transponder Media Int'l: 4/2008-current Marketing materials, videos, graphic design, vfx, 3d modeling, audio editing
CadCourse: 11/2008 Maya Training Video
TLC: 10/2008 Graphic design, vector art, and layout
TLC: 7/2008-9/2008 Audio PSA engineering (Premier, Sound Forge)
Performant Software Solutions LLC: 5/2008-7/2008
Art Direction consulting, concept art and vector art for Flash
Lead Artist

Mine Shaft Entertainment

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

September 2006 — August 2008 (2 years)

Senior 3d Artist on canceled sports game responsible for character design and concept art, modeling, texturing, and animation. Lead Artist on Blazing Angels responsible for porting to Arcade, creating new UI and additional 3d assets. Lead Artist on Pro Series Golf for Nokia cell phones creating character models, UI graphics, textures, and character skinning. Concept art for various game pitches.
freelance artist-animator

various companies

(Animation industry)

November 2002 — January 2008 (5 years 3 months)

Pacific Audio Visual Institute: August 2007-January 2008 and May 2006 – July 2006
Curriculum writing for Pacific Audio Visual Institutes Year 1 and 2 game development and animation program

CatalystFX: October 2005 – December 2005
Contracted Animator on the film What the Bleep Do We Know?! Down the Rabbit Hole. For the film I worked on the Dr. Quantum scenes, primarily doing hand and facial animation and lip sync.

RPGObjects: November 2002 – October 2005
Illustrated 21 role playing game books (including 3 covers) for the d20 system including the popular Darwin's World Post-Holocaust source books.
Instructor

Art Institutes

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)

March 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 7 months)

As an Instructor for EDMC I instructed students in the tools and processes of ZBrush, Maya (Hard Surfaces Modeling, Modeling, and Advanced Texture & Lighting), 3ds Max (intro) and Game development classes (Level Design with Unreal engine)
Contract Art Director & Art Consultant

WishboneX creations Ltd.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

September 2004 — August 2006 (2 years)

Art Consultant for Pro-Wrestling X; an independently produced and published game. I served as counselor and adviser for art issues including aesthetics, pipeline, and technical issues. I established an art style for the project and provided character and environmental models/textures and conceptual art.
Instructor (PT)

ITT Technical Institute

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

August 2004 — January 2005 (6 months)

Part time Instructor for rapid visualization (drawing) and introduction to gaming technology classes.
Senior 3d Artist

Mine Shaft Entertainment

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

April 2003 — January 2004 (10 months)

Concept, Modeling, and Texturing of Characters and Vehicles for Archangel, an original IP game pitch and a brawling/fighting game.
3d Artist

THQ

(Public Company; THQI; Computer Games industry)

March 2002 — April 2003 (1 year 2 months)

3d Level Artist (Modeling and Texturing) for GameCube version of WWE Crush Hour. Texture painting and GameCube UI graphics for MX Superfly
Artist/Animator

Acclaim Studios

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)

January 2001 — March 2002 (1 year 3 months)

Texture artist for custom room feature on Legends of Wrestling. Motion Capture editing and Animation on Legends of Wrestling 2.
Intern

Rainbow Studios

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

January 1999 — August 1999 (8 months)

Art intern on Roughnecks: Starship Troopers and Centipede

Jayna Pavlin’s Education

Miami International University of Art and Design

MFA , Computer Animation , 2005 — 2008

3.9 GPA
Art Institute of Phoenix

AAS , Computer Animation , 1999 — 2000

graduated cum laude (3.7 GPA)
Arizona State University

BFA , Fine Arts (drawing) , 1995 — 1999

Additional Information

Jayna Pavlin’s Websites:

Jayna Pavlin’s Interests:

animation, comics, volunteer work and community involvement, trail biking, dancing, games (video, board, card, role playing), collecting animation and comic book art