Wes Burke

Current

Site Manager and Designer at Mavenseed.com
Site Manager and Designer at CG Cookie
3D Freelance Artist at Wes Burke

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Education

Illinois Institute of Art
Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg

Recommended

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Industry

Design

Websites

Wes Burke’s Summary

I am an experienced 3D Modeler, Graphic Designer and Internet Entrepreneur; I am currently a full time contract artist and run a Computer Graphics education site at http://cgcookie.com.

I grew up in Bradley, IL. A corn town south of Chicago. Most people haven't heard of it, but with the recent addition of the Bears Training camp in Bourbonnais (basically the same town), the area is starting to see some traffic.

After graduating high school I shipped out to the United States Coast Guard for 4 years. I was stationed in San Francisco at first then finished my years out in Boston, MA. It was a great period of my life when I was able to travel quite a bit, and shot a .50 caliber machine gun.

I returned home (IL) to attend college and begin my career as a civilian again. I have always been drawn to "creating" whether it be doing a website layout, or the need to create a snow fort each year with tunnels and of course an ice slide. My childhood "must create" drive has turned into a full blown addiction that I probably should be medicated for. This does carry over to 3D, but also more so in the pre-planning. From my portfolio you can see TONS of (Work in progress) Because I get excited to rock out a model/design and then mid-way through I have another Rockstar idea, so I jump on that. One day when I am "older" and have a sweet machine I will go back and finish these I am sure.

I am currently operating as a contract artist for 3D Modeling and Architectural Rendering.

Wes Burke’s Specialties:

Architectural Rendering, Product/Object Modeling and Web design

Wes Burke’s Experience

Site Manager and Designer

Mavenseed.com

(E-Learning industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

Website management, design, marketing and production flow for our instructors to interface with the students.
Site Manager and Designer

CG Cookie

(E-Learning industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Site Architect, Developer and Designer. I also work with a team of instructors that provide the video education materials. Marketing and Maintenance
3D Freelance Artist

Wes Burke

(Design industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

3D Modeling and Web Design