1. Jay A. Garcia 3D Artist / VFX Animator
5400 Preston Oaks Rd. / APT 3050 / DALLAS, TX 75254
smartjoyfrag@yahoo.com Tel: (469) 231-1180
Summary Cinema4d Generalist that can take a project from beginning to end. Self-motivated and comfortable
meeting tight deadlines.
Over 20 years of experience with 3D Animation /Rendering, 15 years professional production
experience
Excellent problem solving skills and strong background in programming.
State of the Art Virtual Reality Developer
Work Experience
USA 01/2014 - 2016 Co-founder of OtherTECH, Hardware and Software engineering of a Stereoscopic 360 Degree
Panoramic Camera ( Dallas, TX )
Lucid 3D -Virtual Reality Engine ( Gaming and Architectural Visualization ) for Oculus Rift and
Samsung Gear VR
USA 01/2006 - 12/2013 Senior 3D Artist at Latimundo LLC, Dallas, TX
3D Architectual Visualisation, 3D Rendring, Modeling and Animation, Green Screen, Visual Effects.
Core Software Developer and Administrator for proprietary Remote Render Farm ( RenderTITAN.com )
Contact: Mark Alameel, Tel: (214) 668-8940
Email: malameel@msn.com
USA 2005 Relocated to Houston, TX.
Various modeling of historical buildings for a History Channel Documentary.
Client: RabbitAnimation.com / 44 BLUE Productions.
Germany 1998 - 2004 Co-owner and founder of MEDIENBUNKER in Bamberg-Germany.
Many post-productions as subcontractor for advertising agencies and video production companies.
Various in-house productions such as Promos, Visualisations, Broadcast Motion Designs, Commercials,
Digital Visual Effects for Music Videos,
Complete Music Video Productions including HD 24P shooting, Bluescreen Keying, Compositing and
Visual FX.
In-House development of plugins and scripting solutions for Cinema4D.
Signed Non-Disclosure Agreement with MAXON Computer to access the latest Cinema4D beta versions
2. and release candidates m_tillmann@maxon.net Product Manager
Germany 2004 Freelance project for BALZERS Liechtenstein: "DQR". Multimedia Application to Control the were out
of coated tools.
Freelance project for Diehl Luftfahrt Elektronik : "DLE Sunrise" for Exhibition / Trade Show. 3D
Animation of changing light conditions and color moods in aircraft cabin lighting.
Freelance project for for AVA Studios: ROBOTS Official Titlesong for German-speaking countries
"From Zero to Hero" MusicVideo performed by Sarah Connor. I recreated some of the enviroments and
props of the original sets from Robots.
Smartjoy FRAG development ( see Hardware Developments ).
Germany 1997 Unpaid position as Junior 3D Animator at Sign-Design Medienhaus in Pettstadt. Alias PowerAnimator
on SiliconGraphics Indigo 3D-Workstation.
Email: info@sign-design.de
Germany 1993 - 1997 Sideline / freelance work using Autodesk 3D Studio ( DOS ) R3 -R4.
Design classes at the local V.H.S. Volks Hochschule ( Practical School )
http://www.vhs-bamberg.de
Computer Skills
Cinema4D XL5 - R15 all Modules ( AdvancedRenderer, Dynamics, Clothilde - Cloth simulation,
Thinking Particles, MoGraph, Pyrocluster )
C4D Hair, Shave and a Haircut
BOUJOU - 3D Camera Tracking
BodyPaint 3D
Organica
RealFlow
Retimer
Ultimatte AdvantEdge, Chroma Keying
Adobe After Effects / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Premiere
Unity 5
Skills
3D Modeling / Animation / Lighting / Rendering
3. Realtime Interactive Graphics ( Unity Engine )
Dynamics / Physics Simulation ( Ridgid and Softbody )
Fluid Simulation
Cloth Simulation
Rigging
Normal Mapping ( Normal Distribution Mapping )
3D Tracking / Match Moving ( Automatic and rotoscope matching by hand )
Compositing / Keying
Digital Imaging
Interactive Multimedia Design
3D Printing ( Stereolithography, Fused Deposition Modeling )
Programming Skills
Cinema4D C.O.F.F.E.E. Scripts / Cinema4D EXpresso Nodes / Cinema4D C++ SDK Plugin
Development / Shader
Adobe Director 11.5 Multimedia and Application Development ( Lingo / Action Script )
Microchip 8/16-bit Microcontroller Development ( Assember and C )
Commercial Cinema4D-Plugins Delveloped
SuperNurbs ( Modeling Plugin, Vertex Weighted HyperNurbs )
SoftRadiosiy ( Fast indirect lighting / Radiosity simulation )
CineFader ( Animation Plugin, Easy and fast slider based animation system )
StarBlur ( Animation Expression, Perfect motionblured stars )
Programming Languages
Assembler
C, C++, C#,PICC
Cinema4D C.O.F.F.E.E.
Cinema4D EXpresso
Macromedia Lingo / Action Script
Software / Hardware Develpments
Inventor / Programmer : SmartJoy FRAG Mouse / Keyboard adapter for XBOX and Playstation2.
" SmartJoy® FRAG™ is a unique adapter that allows you to connect standard PS/2 compatible mice and
keyboards to your PlayStation®2 or Xbox® console.
4. Massproduction and wholesale by LikSang.com ( Hong Kong ).
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php category=83&products_id=5438
Dynamic Remote Head
I developed a camera pan/tilt remote head that is controlable with a standard computer mouse instead
of a stick to drive the motor interface.
The control software includes a dynamic simulation of weight, acceleration and damping. Very easy to
handle and extremely smooth rotation.
Clients (Germany)
AVA Studios GmbH, Nuremberg, Berlin
CargoLifter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
Diehl Luftfahrt Elektronik GmbH (DLE), Nuremberg
Drakkar Entertainment GmbH (BMG), Frankfurt
Euromicron AG, Frankfurt
Balzers AG, Bingen / Balzers Headquarters, Lichtenstein
Bellaphon Records GmbH & Co.KG, Frankfurt
BROSE Germany, Bamberg
Kuhn GmbH (Frilus), Scheßlitz
Oberfranken Automotive ( OfraCar ), Bayreuth
PROTOTYP-Werke GmbH, Zell am Harmersbach
ST. Jude Mediacal, Nuremberg
SIEMENS AG (Med, A&D), Nuremberg
SKF GmbH, Sweinfurt
Sony BMG Germany, Munich
Warptec Software GmbH, Bamberg
Clients (USA)
Balzers, Inc. Amherst, NY
44 BLUE Productions Los Angeles, CA
Latimundo, Dallas TX
Jefferson Dental Clinics, Dallas TX
Univision, Dallas TX
Luna De Noche, Dallas TX