​​​​​William​ Huggins
​​​​3D Artist / Storyteller / Animator
Professional Profile
To contribute knowledge and creativity to a 3D production pipeline, while gaining hands-on experience and industry skills. I am an avid learner who enjoys problem solving on both the artistic and technical sides.
Education​
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
​Character Animation 1/2/3
Syracuse University
​2009 - 2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Computer Art and Animation, May 2013​
Deans list 2010 - 2013
Art /Technical Skills
3D Animation in Maya
Character and story development, pre-vis, storyboarding, and concept art
3D Modeling and re-topolization using Maya, Mudbox, and Zbrush
Texturing and shading procedurally , UV mapping, and PTEX
Character Rigging, Facial rigging, Muscle Sims, Blendshapes
3D lighting and rendering in Maya using Mental Ray, and Renderman
Maya particle, hair, fur, fluid, Ncloth, flame and smoke simulations
Post -Production using Nuke and DaVinci Resolve
Color Correction, RotoScoping, Color and Chroma Keying
Camera Tracking, Compositing and Stereoscopy
Video and Audio Production
Digital video editing
Filming
Lighting and filming green screen footage
Audio Production and editing in Ableton Live
2D Motion Graphics and Animation
After Effects, Flash, and Actionscript 3
Website Design and Construction
HTML and CSS
2010 - present
2010 - present
Experience
FilmworksFX - Culver City, CA - December 2013 - Present
VFX Generalist, and 3D Animator
M-Go - Culver City, CA - November 2013 - April 2014
Quality Assurance Internship
Freelance 3D Animator - Oct 2013 - Present
CG Animator - Contract
CG Animation using Maya for a TBA animated short film.
Independent 3D Animation Projects 2010 - current
Storyboard, character animation, rigging, lighting, rendering and problem solving
Cybercamp Counsler - MIT, Cambridge, MA (Summer 2008) Assisted in teaching campers graphic and video game designs.
Cascade Designs Inc. Concord, Ma (Summer 2011 and 2012) Landscaping and construction.
References
Heath Hanlin – Syracuse University – Department Chair of Transmedia Hahanlin@syr.edu