Todd Wong Resume

Artist-Contractor, Digital Praise , Inc.
August 2006
Contributed as artist for Digital Praise products, VeggieTales Dance Dance Dance and Solomon Says Kids.

• Processed and organized character animations
• Produced graphic assets for game menus
• Produced layout and graphics for product advertisement screens

Visual Designer-Contractor, Totally Games
April-July 2006
Contributed as visual designer for Totally Games, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) project for unmanned aircraft interface design.

• Created concept interface designs
• Designed icons and buttons for interface designs
• Produced multimedia presentation

Artist-Contractor, Digital Praise , Inc.
February-August 2004
Contributed as artist for Digital Praise products, The Treasure of the Incas and The Sword of the Spirit.

• Designed icons and buttons for children's game
• Produced layout and graphics for simulated web design

Visual Designer-Contractor, Intuit, Inc.
April-September 2003
Contributed as visual designer for Quickbooks Professional Services edition.

• Designed concept art for treatment documents
• Created concept images for various toy designs
• Produced preliminary interface designs for The Learning Company Launcher project
• Provided art direction to Ireland art studio for The Learning Company Launcher project
• Developed transportation vehicle designs for Cluefinders and Star Flyers titles
• Introduced preliminary artistic style for new products
• Assisted Art Director with conceptual art designs
• Provided quick sketch designs for presentation meetings

Lead Artist, Gores Technology Group - The Learning Company
October 2000-September 2001
Contributed as lead artist on Reader Rabbit Kindergarten.

Production Artist, Mattel Interactive - The Learning Company
May 1999-October 2000
Assisted on Princeton Review SAT/ACT and Gradebuilder Algebra.

Production Artist, Softkey - The Learning Company
September 1995-May 1999
Contributed as lead artist Scorebuilder ACT.

• Trained artists to convert digital graphics for engineering development
• Assisted digital ink and paint department with animation clean-up and animation in-betweening


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E-Mail
	todd@toddwong.com
Objective
	A position that will utilize my talents as an artist in the entertainment industry.
Strengths
	• Exceptional attention to detail • Strong draftsmanship and design skills • Design unique and creative conceptual images • Skilled at learning new tasks • Completes multiple tasks in a time-sensitive schedule
Software Skills
	3DO Animator, Adobe Director, Abobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Abobe Illustrator, Abobe Photoshop, Abobe Premiere, Autodesk Maya, Equilibrium Debabelizer, Quark
Experience
	Artist-Contractor, Digital Praise , Inc. August 2006 Contributed as artist for Digital Praise products, VeggieTales Dance Dance Dance and Solomon Says Kids. • Processed and organized character animations • Produced graphic assets for game menus • Produced layout and graphics for product advertisement screens Visual Designer-Contractor, Totally Games April-July 2006 Contributed as visual designer for Totally Games, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) project for unmanned aircraft interface design. • Created concept interface designs • Designed icons and buttons for interface designs • Produced multimedia presentation Artist-Contractor, Digital Praise , Inc. February-August 2004 Contributed as artist for Digital Praise products, The Treasure of the Incas and The Sword of the Spirit. • Designed icons and buttons for children's game • Produced layout and graphics for simulated web design Visual Designer-Contractor, Intuit, Inc. April-September 2003 Contributed as visual designer for Quickbooks Professional Services edition. • Designed icons and buttons for navigation menu • Produced templates for invoice layout • Created concept interface designs for updated Quickbooks project • Created documentation for modern treads in icon styles Design Studio Artist, Riverdeep - The Learning Company September 2001-December 2002 Assisted on Launcher for Learning Company products, Oregon Trail and Star Flyers. • Designed concept art for treatment documents • Created concept images for various toy designs • Produced preliminary interface designs for The Learning Company Launcher project • Provided art direction to Ireland art studio for The Learning Company Launcher project • Developed transportation vehicle designs for Cluefinders and Star Flyers titles • Introduced preliminary artistic style for new products • Assisted Art Director with conceptual art designs • Provided quick sketch designs for presentation meetings Lead Artist, Gores Technology Group - The Learning Company October 2000-September 2001 Contributed as lead artist on Reader Rabbit Kindergarten. • Created background layouts for activity games • Developed character art for Reader Rabbit Kindergarten • Produced storyboards for external animation studios • Contributed to design and pre-production • Established artistic style for Reader Rabbit Kindergarten • Animated ambient animations • Assisted and compiled animation files using Macromedia Director Production Artist, Mattel Interactive - The Learning Company May 1999-October 2000 Assisted on Princeton Review SAT/ACT and Gradebuilder Algebra. • Organized process for assembling graphics into a working engineering format • Designed various graphics for Princeton Review titles • Designed install, web link, and product sell screens for Elmo , Sesame Street , Arthur , Madeline and Scooby Doo titles Production Artist, Softkey - The Learning Company September 1995-May 1999 Contributed as lead artist Scorebuilder ACT. • Trained artists to convert digital graphics for engineering development • Assisted digital ink and paint department with animation clean-up and animation in-betweening
Education
	West Valley College, Saratoga • Completed Autodesk Maya classes San Jose State University, San Jose • Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design with an emphasis in Illustration
Demo Reel and References
	Available upon request.