Ricardo Kayanan 3D Artist
e-mail: ricardo@kayan3d.com
Work Experience
Finger Puppet Games, 2011
Title: Lead Artist. Responsibilities: Model, texture, rig, and animate characters. Model and texture levels and assets. Target platform: iPad/iPhone.
Activision/Blizzard Luxoflux, CA 2008-2009
Title: Contract character artist. Responsibilities: Modeled hi res characters, vehicles and props used for normal mapping.
Transformers 2 Xbox 360
Created 4 hi res Character Robots, 5 vehicles and 4 weapons.
THQ/Locomotive Games (formerly known as PCP&L), CA 2003-2008
Title: 3D Artist. Responsibilities: Modeled and textured Characters, Levels and Assets for PS2, PSP and Wii titles.
Ratatouille PSP
Created 25 in-game characters including playable main characters as well
as NPCs.
Created 30 enemy characters.
Created 5 levels and all assets within that level.
Created Hi poly models and sets for FMVs.
Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed Wii
Created main playable characters.
Created Hi poly characters and set models for FMVs.
Cars PSP
Created over 15 playable characters including alternate versions
of character cars.
Created various level assets.
Created Hi poly models and sets for FMVs.
Power Rangers Dino Thunder PS2
Created enemy character models.
Created Power Rangers for FMVs.
Created art assets for levels.
Stuntman Wii (Did not ship)
Created main stuntman characters as well as various NPCs.
Created 1 level and all assets within level.
Created 3 LoD versions of Stuntman characters.
The Incredibles PSP (Did not ship)
Created main characters.
Created various levels and assets.
Big Ape Productions, CA 2002-2003
Title: Modeler. Responsibilities: Modeled and textured Characters, Levels and Assets for PS2 titles. Project: 3rd person shooter for PS2. (Untitled, did not ship) Publisher: Midway Games.
CBS News, CA 2003
Title: Contract Designer. Responsibilities: Compose on air graphics for CBS News San Francisco.
Digital print production and graphic design 1990- 2002
Creative Network Systems (CNS), NY
Clients: Lyons, Lavey, Nickel, Smith, NY, Solomon Smith Barney, American Express.
Random House Value Publishing, NJ
Tools
Maya, Photoshop, Zbrush, TopoGun, various game editors and asset management tools.
Education
Otis/Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, California 1986-1990
B. F. A. Illustration/Communication Design.
