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$30 USD / hour

cape town,

south africa

$30 USD / hour

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Graphic Design Designer - 3D Modelling Designer - Visual Arts designer

I provide visual direction to products in the retail environment before hand-over to engineering. This ensures that precious time is not lost due to re-engineering as a result of clients not being happy with where look of the product is going. I have done a significant amount of work For: East Africa West Africa Sub Saharan Africa South Africa (Including countries like Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Cameroon, Uganda etc.) The work included but was not limited to: Free standing units (FSU), In store Solutions, Re-branding, Shop solutions, Point of Sale (POS), Point of Purchase (POP), various informal solutions, hawker solutions, Vending Solutions, Outdoor Solutions, Mobile Event Solutions, On Counter Solutions etc. Some of the brands: Johnnie Walker, MTN, Vodacom, Pepsi, Royco, Cell c, Pioneer foods, SAB, Phillip morris international, 8ta, Amstel, Heineken, BAT, Mr Video, Nokia etc. I have 7 years of 3D experience, 4 of which was part time hobby 3d as well as 3 years industry Experience in both 3d and photography Specialties: -3D Studio Max -3D product visualization -3D interior visualization -3D models -Rendering / Max / Mental Ray Material Editor - Saving and loading materials for a timely workflow -Photoshop -Creating tillable textures for 3D applications -Manipulating images -Editing renders / Post -Blender 3D -Creating 3D Content -Rendering / Blender Engine -Prioritizing Jobs & Managing a Junior Designer -Specialised in product & event photography -Intermediate experience with IT related tasks ,e.g. being incharge of all the pcs on the premises and the maintenance of them

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Experience

Wayupfront

Feb 2012 - Present

Responsibilities Designer (conceptual and viable products), Photographer (product and instore), Basic IT services , Accomplishments More accomplished and competent designer , with the ability to read a clients needs and produce a viable product . Vast and in depth understanding of material do's and dont's . Learned how to setup a network and how to maintain a network for 40 pc's and more. In depth and hands on understanding of production and the process involved Skills Used 2d & 3d desi

Rochelle Plastics

Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 year)

Lead designer ,industrial design,3d modeling ,graphic design.Was also in charge of cnc machine operation for large scale point of purchase production

Education

BA degree in Photography & Visual communication

South Africa

2009 - 2011

(2 years)

BA in 3d animation & digital design

South Africa

2007 - 2009

(2 years)

Qualifications

Prestige Academy

2009

The 1st academic year focuses on the design environment & basic to intermediate studies in digital design. The programme will equip students with relevant knowledge and practical skills concerning 3D principles, pre-production, the design process and texture creation as well as lighting, scene set-up and basic animation In the second year, students sharpen their skills with a specially designed curriculum that builds on the basic knowledge gained in the first year. They will go through the pre-production process of Character Design and learn how to model their characters, including shading models and materials, UV layout, texture painting, rendering techniques and troubleshooting. They go through principles and practical techniques of both rigging and specifically animation for CG Characters, including principles of animation, blocking and smoothing, timing and facial animation with lip sync. They will end the year with an end-of-year 3D project itself that will hone and showcase the skills they’ve learn including post production techniques like film editing, sound effects and compositing in Adobe After Effects. During this project students also learn how to compile and author a show reel on DVD. The degree program will focus on equipping students with knowledge to function in the creative upper divisions of the Animation Industry.

Prestige Academy

2011

The degree BA (Visual Art) (Visual Communication Design) provides exciting career opportunities in the field of electronic visual information design. It addresses the human resource development needs of the country and the increased sophisticating of computer print media design technologies today. In addition, business marketing divisions, publishing houses and the advertising/visual communication design industry require qualified e-print designers who have in-depth knowledge in contextual verbo-visual information design, especially in respect of translating cultural diversity in tailor-made information design. The curriculum has been designed to provide prospective students with an in-depth knowledge of the e-print design environment combined with the vital skills in applying knowledge required to build a successful career in this specialized field of work.