Art Director at Hitpoint Studios
Springfield, Massachusetts Area
- Current
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- Art Director at Hitpoint Studios
- Contract Game Artist at GaleGames
- Past
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- Artist Contractor at Solidworks
- Senior Artist at Magic Hat Software
- Senior Artist + Game Designer at Blue Fang Games
- Adjunct Professor at Westfield State College
- Lead Artist at Cyberlore Studios
- Education
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- Washington University in St. Louis
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Thomas Gale’s Summary
As of November 2009, I'm pretty busy working as Art Director for Hitpoint Studios, and as art contractor for GameTable Online. I will try to squeak in time for my own personal projects too.
Thomas Gale’s Specialties:
I have over 13 years of work experience in the game industry credited on at least 10 published boxed PC games and more download games, serving primarily as lead artist or art director. My strengths include game design and game art development using 3DStudioMAX or other tools such as Flash, Photoshop, Painter, AfterFX, etc.
Thomas Gale’s Experience
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Art Director
Hitpoint Studios
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
November 2009 — Present (1 month)
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Contract Game Artist
GaleGames
(Computer Games industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Recent direct or indirect clients include RealArcade, Hasbro, WildTangent, Activision, Floodgate Entertainment, GameTableOnline, Sandlot Games, Golden Goose Games, Paul Hake Productions, and AllinPlay.
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Artist Contractor
Solidworks
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2006 — June 2007 (1 year )
Artist Contractor for development on 2008 Solidworks (NDA)
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Senior Artist
Magic Hat Software
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
September 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 5 months)
I was senior artist for an MMORPG PC project.
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Senior Artist + Game Designer
Blue Fang Games
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
February 2001 — September 2004 (3 years 8 months)
I was a senior or lead artist on the development of the Zoo Tycoon Franchise, and part-time designer on one project.
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Adjunct Professor
Westfield State College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2001 — May 2001 (5 months)
I taught a class for one semester on the subject of "Creative Multimedia" using Macromedia Flash and other tools.
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Lead Artist
Cyberlore Studios
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
July 1996 — October 2000 (4 years 4 months)
I was lead artist on several PC Game projects guiding art teams of up to 10 people.
Thomas Gale’s Education
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Washington University in St. Louis
BFA , Creative Multimedia, Illustration , 1992 — 1996
Minor in Writing
Minor in Film Studies- Activities and Societies:
- President of Sci-fi/Fantasy Group, Founder of Campus Multimedia Group, member of Ultimate Frisbee Team
