Hi! My name is Rebekah Gamin. I'm an animator and doodler originally hailing from Buffalo, New York. Now I've relocated to the San Francisco Bay area and I work at Telltale Games as a Cinematic Artist. I've recently graduated from Animation Mentor and I'm working to complete my Master's Degree in Film & Animation from RIT.

My Resume:

Education

Animation Mentor
2010
Diploma in Advanced Studies in Character Animation
- character animation courses taught by industry professionals
- mentors: Josh Book, Bryan Engram, Morgan Kelly, Mike Stern, Randy Haycock, Sean Sexton

Rochester Institute of Technology
anticipated 2011
Master of Fine Arts - Film & Animation
- concentrated area of study in 3D animation
- produced two student films including story, design, modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, rendering, and post-production
- currently completing a 3D animated short in fulfillment of thesis requirement

State University of New York at Geneseo
2005
Bachelor of Arts - Art Studio
- concentrations in life drawing and computer art
- minor in Computer Science including object-oriented and assembly level programming language

Work Experience

September 2010 - present
Cinematic Artist at Telltale Games
San Rafael, CA

Jan 2009 - July 2010
Game Tester at Sony Computer Entertainment of America
via Team Persona Staffing Solutions, Walnut Creek, CA
- testing and bug reporting for the Playstation Portable and Playstation3 systems

Dec 2006 - Aug 2008
Multimedia Designer and Animator
Second Avenue Software, Rochester, NY
- Flash animator, XML and Actionscript programmer, and interactivity designer for educational software
- worked with the Torque 3D engine to establish a rigging, animation, and into-engine pipeline for a proof-of-concept video game

May 2005 - Dec 2005
Graphic Designer
Scrapbook Treasures, Rochester, NY
- designed paper die-cuts using vector software for use in scrapbook merchandise

Software

Autodesk Maya
Final Cut Pro
Adobe Flash
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects

Activities & Awards

- Selected as student volunteer at Siggraph - Aug 2007

- Internship with Walt Disney World College Program - Feb - Aug 2006
- recipient of 2 "Guest Service Fanatic" commendations recognizing a great work ethic and a commitment to quality