Stewart Stanyard
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tzoneman@twilightzone.org
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Objective
A creative and challenging artist
position which utilizes my imagination, talents and enthusiasm, to collaborate
with a progressive team in an inventive game, web-design, film or multimedia
company.
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Summary
Dedicated, motivated artist
with thoughtful communication skills, 13 years experience in the Illustration
and Fine Art industries, 6 years experience in web design/mastering and
digital artwork, 3 years experience in storyboard for film and game, and
3 years experience PC game development. Capacity to take on challenges
with excitement and intelligence while maintaining focus toward the finish
and success of a project. Management experience with the ability to coordinate
people and projects in diverse situations. Results determined worker who
enjoys collaborating in a team-oriented environment. Successfully blends
a solid work ethic with integrity, professional growth, and an uplifting
sense of humor.
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Professional Experience |
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Freelance Writer 2005
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- Fortean Times
Magazine - wrote a 6 page article on the history and making of The Twilight
Zone entitled, "Filming the Fifth Dimension" - published in
the December 2009 issue,
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- Writer/Author of
the book Dimensions
Behind the Twilight Zone; A Backstage Tribute to Television's Groundbreaking
Series
(published by ECW Press, April 2007): wrote five analytical and information
essay chapters, conducted interviews with 39 alumni, including producers,
writers, directors, and actors, transcribed and edited interview materials,
assigned placement for over 350 behind-the-scenes photos, re-touched
all photos, wrote captions and alumni credits, contacted twelve Hollywood
personalities to write Appreciation Essays, created a mock-up design
(InDesign).
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Web Designer 1999
- Present
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- Designed, developed and maintain
The
Twilight Zone Archives web-site (TZA); including all 3D/2D
artwork, user interface, GIF animations, Java roll-over Buttons,
photo retouching, html scripting, writing and research.
- Designed and developed Shadowland
Films website: including frame interface, photo retouching,
html scripting.
- Re-designed previous version of
Rapid
Express website; top main page, all links, created new
logo.
- Co-Designed and developed first version of Skye
Boat Games website (no
longer online): including frame interface, 2D/3D artwork, GIF
animations, logos and html scripting.
- Designed and developed Positive
Paul's Home Of Positivity web-site (no longer online); including
frame interface, photo retouching, html scripting and order forms.
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Fine Art
Shows 2001 |
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- Applied my artistic abilities and
imagination to create objects and characters for three PC strategy
and flight simulation games, including all stages of development:
conceptual design, 3D modeling, 2D-texture creation, mapping,
palletizing and optimization of textures.
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- Modeled, textured and mapped a large
number of normal-state civilian, common and industrial buildings,
and military tanks for Falcon4.
Created all damaged/destroyed buildings in the game, including
all texturing, mapping, LOD's.
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- Commended for generating and implementing
a comprehensive optimization procedure for palletizing all building
and ground object textures in Falcon 4.
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- Researched Star Trek ships and created
weapon and damage slots for all ships in game. Modeled and textured
all Space Creatures and processed and optimized all ships for
Star Trek Birth
of the Federation.
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- Conceptually designed all Wandering
Monsters, Beastmen characters and structures for Masters
of Magic II; sequel to the classic game.
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- Effectively communicated with designers,
engineers and artists in a team-oriented environment to meet milestones
and maintain a consistency of work.
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- Adapted to several changes in project
teams, was able to learn new procedures for in-house engine updates,
adjusted to schedule fluctuations with positive attitude for smooth
transitions.
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- Trained new artists on the Falcon4
team with the Multigen Creator modeling tool.
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Freelance Illustrator, Designer
1987 - Present
- Collaborated with a number of art
directors, publishers and editors to produce imaginative book
covers, magazine and newspaper illustrations, graphic novels,
trading cards, conceptual designs and storyboards for film, game
and multimedia software.
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- Won a 1994 Print Annual Design Excellence
award for a Mix Magazine illustration entitled Office
Automation, and was featured in the 1994 Print Annual
Illustration issue.
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- Handpicked by Clive Barker and the
publisher of Eclipse Enterprises to illustrate a 56 page, full-color
graphic novel version of his short story
The Life of Death.
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- Illustrated a box set of trading
cards based on the highly political Savings
and Loan Scandal. The set of cards was highly publicized
on CNN, in many magazines and newspapers including Time, Playboy
and the Wall Street Journal.
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- Assistant to painter for film The
Crow: City of Angels, prepped paintings that were used as
storytelling images in the film.
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Meredith
Newspapers, Cupertino CA. 1985 - 1987 |
Art Director
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- Effectively designed all retail-advertising
layouts for 12 community newspapers, collaborating with several
sales people and a sales manager to progressively produce unique
ads.
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- Concurred with 4 editors to illustrate
editorial columns and covers for these 12 newspapers; something
this publisher had not implemented before.
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- Maintained the Art, Layout and Photostat
departments and all of their functions.
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Software Knowledge |
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Modeling Programs |
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Paint Programs |
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Web Design Programs |
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Utility Programs |
Design Programs |
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3D Studio Max |
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Photoshop
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Dreamweaver |
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DeBabelizer |
In Design |
Multigen Creator |
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Fractal Painter |
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Frontpage 2000 |
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GIF Construction
Set |
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Maya (training) |
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Illustrator |
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Flash
(training) |
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OS
- Windows NT, XP |
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Education
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- Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring
in Illustration, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA.
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- Completed a Kinetix class in 3D Studio
Max 3.0: concentrated on modeling techniques and new features.
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Volunteer Work
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- Member of the Board of Directors for
Rod Serling Memorial
Foundation (2000-2008), Brochure Designer, Stamp Committee Chairman;
create online support/petition for the United States Postal Service
to issue a Rod Serling postage stamp.
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- A coordinater/exhibitor of the first Stars
of the Zone Convention (Twilight Zone themed Hollywood Collector's Autograph
Show), August 2002., North Hollywood, CA.; 1st unofficial autograph
show honoring Rod Serling's television series 'Twilight Zone'.
Install TZA Exhibit, including contact-sheet photo and memorabilia displays,
connected actors, writers and directors to our producers and promoter,
furnish photos for alumni, created signs, flyers, online ads and hosting,
co-hosted alumni dinner event, etc.
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- Contributed to A&E Biography,
AMC American Movie Classics, SCIFI Channel; Twilight
Zone Sciography, Night Gallery; An After Hours Tour, As
Timeless as Infinity Rod Serling scripts book series.
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