Greater New York City Area
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- Research Associate at Blue Sky Studios
- Education
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- New York University
- State University of New York College at Purchase
- Savannah College of Art and Design
- West Chicago Community High School Dist 94
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Sean Palmer’s Summary
I work in feature animation as a research associate with the R&D group. My goal is to design new tools and work-flows that enhance productivity and allow for the creation and rendering of effects and environments that would not have been possible with existing solutions. For "Horton Hears a Who," I wrote plugins for our proprietary renderer to create the clover field and other massive particle-based procedural fur solutions. I co-presented this work at Siggraph 2008 as part of a talk on fur technology at Blue Sky. I also have ongoing production experience as a part-time technical director for fx and fur. It continues to be a privilege to work with so many talented people in a collaborative production environment.
Sean Palmer’s Experience
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Research Associate
Blue Sky Studios
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
I joined the R&D group in order to broaden my experience with software and tool creation to benefit multiple departments across Blue Sky. Areas of focus include particle/fur generators, show tools/scripts, and the effects department's proprietary particle post processing software. The work done on the clover fields for Horton Hears a Who! was selected to be presented at Siggraph 2008 as a long talk with other innovations in our fur technology for that film.
Sean Palmer’s Education
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New York University
Professional Certificate , C++ Programming , 2007 — 2009
Completed a professional certificate in C++ programming.
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State University of New York College at Purchase
continuing education , Cultural Anthropology , 2007 — 2007
coursework in sociocultural anthropology.
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Savannah College of Art and Design
BFA , Visual Effects, Animation Minor , 2001 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- Student Activities Council, 2 years.
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West Chicago Community High School Dist 94
1997 — 2001
graduated valedictorian, 4.0 GPA
- Activities and Societies:
- marching band (drum line), jazz band, AP coursework in physics, chemistry, english, computer science (C++)
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Sean Palmer’s Interests:
writing, programming, sculpting, ultimate frisbee, snowboarding, sketching, museums, digital photography, computer technology, philosophy, anthropology, music, tennis, ping pong.
Sean Palmer’s Honors:
Graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Savannah College of Art and Design, May 2005.
First Place, Undergraduate Art History Paper Competition, 2005.
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