Resumé/Contact

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Corey Dixon                                                                                   Address: 1134 Bourbon Street
Environment Artist, Prop Modeler                                                            New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
                                                                   Cell Phone: 740.591.6073
Email: cDixRun@gmail.com
Personal Website: www.CoreyRDixon.blogspot.com
                         
Education

Ohio University: Scripps College of Communication- Athens, Ohio - Graduation: June 2010
• Bachelor of Science in Communication
• Major Sequence: Digital Media: Special Effects, Gaming, and Animation

Game Development Experience

- Creative Director, 2D Artist, 3D Artist on SCC: Office Chair Racing September 2008-June 2009
• Created 3D interior spaces and 2D textures based on conceptual floor plans
• Designed user interface and produced 2D art assets
• Delegated and managed tasks on a weekly and monthly basis
         ◦ Awarded 1st runner-up for Best Game at the GRID Lab Digital Media Showcase, 2009

- 2D Artist on Blazar (www.playBlazar.com) July 2008-November 2008
• Created 2D assets with unique style and animations
• Developed and implemented transitions, used to inform the player between levels
• Edited and implemented sound effects
        ◦ Awarded second place at Shawnee 6.0 Conference (October 2008)
        ◦ Blazar was submitted to the Independent Games Festival (November 2008)

- 2D Artist, Interface Designer on Chromatica (www.chromaticaGame.com) March 2008-June 2008
• Communicated with art, design, and programming teams to develop
and implement narrative based cut-scenes
• Created 2D assets, and utilized existing art assets to create menu system
• Worked with a team of 19 students and 1 executive producer

- Paid Developer on Toy Inspector (Purpose: Graduate Research Project) January 2009-May 2009
• Programmed functionality to save data out of Flash CS3 to a text file
• Designed product with client to meet expectations and requirements
• Maintained customer support after delivery of product

Related Skills

• Adaptable to new software and technologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Skilled with Unity game engine with a basic understanding of JavaScript for Unity
• Proficient with Autodesk Maya
• Familiar with Adobe Photoshop and Flash and ActionScript 3
• Experience in Torque Game Engine and Torque Game Builder using TorqueScript
• Comfortable with Microsoft office, Mac and Windows operating systems



I am also active on many game development and art forums as "cDixRun" including the Unity Forums and the Unity Artist.