Links Productions

Full CV / Resume

Derek Garcia
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Professional Experience
Links Productions LLC July 2013 - Present
Founder / Owner
Links Productions is a private company that specializes in 3D Visualization, Graphics, and Photo
Recent Projects
 Graduation Photos and invitations
 Landscape photography and stock photography
 Maternity Photo shoot and family portraits.
Crazy Horse Studios July 2010 – April 2012
Co-Founder / Project Lead / Animator
Crazy Horse Studios is an up and coming studio that specializes in visual marketing in 3d graphics and animation.
 Helped build the framework of the company
 Play a role in animation, marketing, compositing, and revenue management. / Autodesk Maya, Adobe Suite
 Recent project was a live action commercial for a local Colorado company.
High Impact Studios
Contract Video editor / Motion Graphics November 2011
 Editing of section videos, 10 total
 Produce custom Motion Graphics for sections / Adobe Premiere
 Design Art for imagery / Photoshop work
University of Colorado Denver: A Complex Villainelle Aug. 2009 – May 2010 Animator / Animation Generalist
A production put on by the senior class of 2010.
 Preproduction- Involved in environments concept art and color palette. Involved in layout of animatic including rough animation and camera layout.
 Production- Prop development of sets and environments including tables and dishes for set dressings. Animated several shots in the short including both main and secondary characters. Animated scene three in its entirety.
Achievements
 Winner of the LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood and aniMazing Spotlight.
Education
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
Bachelor’s degree in 3D Animation 2010
 Two years experience in a studio related environment during senior production. Senior production was to collaboratively create a four to five minute short in which to submit to SIGGRAPH as well as other competitions and festivals. Production started in junior year with preproduction which consisted of the conception of the environment and environmental elements including the color palette of the world. Fall of senior year is when production began in which included layout of the reel and camera set up. Then as the production progressed it moved into animation and lighting, etc.
 Animation: Lead character lip synching and performance. Secondary character animation and interaction with lead characters. Prop animation which included those that the interacted with. Camera animation and positioning.