Jesper Monteny

Current

• Junior Artist at Playlogic Game Factory

Past

• Graduation Internship at Playlogic Game Factory
• Animation & Cinematics at Playlogic Game Factory
• Internship Animation & Cinematics at Playlogic Game Factory

• Intern Animation & Editing at Coconino Animation Rotterdam
• Intern at Virtek

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Education

• Hogeschool Rotterdam
• Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam

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Connections

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Industry

Entertainment

Websites

• My Website
• My Portfolio

Jesper Monteny’s Summary

* Created a 6 minute short called 'Inflate Escape' which was nominated for several prizes.

* Created cinematics for Fairytale Fights, game by Playlogic Game Factory.

* Created in-game animations, animation implementation and tweaking for Fairytale Fights.

* Enemy and Boss designs for Fairytale Fights DLC. Concept to prototypes.

* Created a proposition for rebranding Playlogic Game Factory as a graduation project.

* Gained game development related skills (Unreal 3, Matinee) while working on Fairytale Fights at Playlogic Game Factory.

Jesper Monteny’s Specialties:

* Good graphic & interaction design skills.

* Getting the job done, perfecting concepts and design.

* Strong sense for timing and user experience for games (gameplay, cinematics) and video's (short film, commercials).

* Hardworking, perfectionist.

* Big love for games and movies.

* All round: animation, interaction design, visual design, cinematics, gameplay, concepting, storyboarding, editing, Macromedia Flash.

Jesper Monteny’s Experience

• Junior Artist

  Playlogic Game Factory

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  * Providing in-game animations for Story and PvP levels.
  
  * Enemy Design (behavior and animation). Providing prototypes of different enemy classes (combat behavior, characterisation and balancing). Designed initial concept and demos.
  
  * Designed and prototyped a mid-boss fight. From initial concept to working demo. Up for consideration to put in DLC.
  
  * Working on cinematics for Fairytale Fights. Providing matinee sequences and animations for several cutscenes.

• Graduation Internship

  Playlogic Game Factory

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  February 2009 — July 2009 (6 months)

  Developed a proposition for rebranding Playlogic Game Factory. This was a graduation project.

• Animation & Cinematics

  Playlogic Game Factory

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  February 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 6 months)

  Worked as an assistant animator. One to two days a week.

• Internship Animation & Cinematics

  Playlogic Game Factory

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)

  Researched and demo'ed Unreal Matinee, creating cinematics, worked on animations and gameplay.

• Intern Animation & Editing

  Coconino Animation Rotterdam

  (Animation industry)

  September 2004 — June 2005 (10 months)

  Worked on animation and editing (compositing) for 'Colin', a 3D animated series for VPRO.

• Intern

  Virtek

  (Public Company; Machinery industry)

  January 2004 — July 2004 (7 months)

  Worked on 3D models and website.

Jesper Monteny’s Education

• Hogeschool Rotterdam

  Bachelor of CMD , Experience Branding, (Visual/Interaction) Design , 2005 — 2009

  Activities and Societies:

  Visual Design, Interaction Design, Experience Branding Guide, Flash Games.
  
  Problem solving, presentations.

• Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam

  Multimedia Designer , Multimedia Vormgeving, Animation & Games , 2002 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Animation, Modeling, (Sound) Editing, Video, Pre/Post production

Additional Information

Jesper Monteny’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Portfolio

Jesper Monteny’s Interests:

The usual: movies, music, gaming, sports (karate, skating)

Jesper Monteny’s Groups:

•    Dutch Games Industry
•    Hogeschool Rotterdam
•    Communication and Multimedia Designers

Jesper Monteny’s Honors:

Nominated: Zuid-Hollandse Vormgevers Prijs for 'Inflate Escape'

'Inflate Escape' hosted on HAFF PanoramaNL 2007 website

'Inflate Escape' covering 3 to 4 pages on Google

'Inflate Escape' being on a lot of forums, topping the list of 'Filmers.nl' for almost 3 years now!

Jesper Monteny’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
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