TOLGA IHTIYAROGLU
San Francisco, CA
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ASPIRING
CONCEPT ARTIST
Highly
skilled, creative, results-driven and dynamic self-starter with exceptional
organizational, conceptual, technical and theme development skills.
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Recent Master of Fine Arts in
Visual Development with experience on award-winning projects. Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2D Animation.
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Building
in-depth knowledge of all aspects of conceptual design and animation.
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Thrives
multi-tasking in dynamic and deadline-driven environments. Focused, proactive, detail oriented, confident
and composed. A recognized team player
who excels working with people from diverse and multicultural backgrounds.
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Superb
verbal and written communication skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe CS6, Advanced Photoshop,
Maya, After Effects, Premiere, zBrush, HMTL and various animation and creative
platforms. Core Strengths Include:
Visual
Development • Illustration •2D & 3D Design •Animation •Storyboard
Development • Texturing Layout Development • Video Game Concepts • Market
Research• Video Game Design
Project
Management • Process Improvements • Communication across All Functional Levels
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine
Arts in Visual Development, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
(2015)
Selected
Coursework: Story
Development, History of Animation, History and Techniques of Games,
Anthropology Experiencing Culture, Color Theory, Anatomy Sculpting, Figurative
Concepts, Clothed Figure Drawing, Landscape Painting, Perspective for
Illustrators, Advanced Perspective, Head Drawing, Character Design, Visual
Development for Animation, Visual Development for Mobile Games.
Special
Projects
include character design and color key development for the highly successful and
award-winning film project Soar directed
by Alyce Tzue.
Winner
of Student Academy Awards for Animation.
Winner
for Best Student Animation, Palm Springs International Shortfest
Winner,
Best Animation Short, USA Film Festival
Finalist,
BAFTA Student Awards
Bachelor
of Fine Arts in 2D Animation, University of Istanbul Maltepe (2009)
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Illustrator and Storyboarder, Western Fishworld, Director
Corey Rosen, San Francisco, CA (2014)
Developed
illustration and storyboard for an animation film with a westernized Casablanca
theme in a fish world developed for modern audiences.
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Responsible
for numerous aspects of concept development, visual design and production
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Assisted
Director and others as needed in market research, marketing development, editing
and other functions.
Video Game Development Intern, Kasaba, Director
Cem Uiu, Istanbul, Turkey (2010)
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Helped
develop a successful children’s video game, Kasaba.
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Responsible
for Texturing and developing 3D environments.
