Resume

 Bill Robinson

Professional Summary

Lead artist with five years of industry experience. Passionate about creating unique characters and environments for books,  film, television, and games. Able to adapt easily to a variety of styles. I’m confident working alone or as part of a larger team.

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology June 2006

BFA in Film & Animation, with Highest Honors

Positions Held

Art Director – Orange Door Armory – San Francisco, CA

May 2012 – present

Currently developing a mobile game for iOS.

Lead Artist – Kabam – San Francisco, CA

October 2010 – May 2012

WonderHill was acquired by social strategy game maker Kabam in October of 2010. I was brought on as a Lead Artist for the new sci-fi game, Edgeworld. Worked closely with producers, UI artists, engineers, and art outsourcing houses to deliver a new experience on the Facebook platform. Managed a team of five artists.

Lead Artist/Producer – WonderHill Games – San Francisco, CA

February 2009 – October 2010

Lead a team of artists and engineers on the hugely popular social game “Tattoo City” on Facebook. Designed characters, painted backgrounds, and provided Flash animation for the game. Worked closely with Creative Director to establish game style and mechanics. Roughly 3 million monthly active users, as of Sept. 2010. Promoted from Junior Artist to Lead Artist, July 2009. Promoted to Producer, May 2010.

Visual Development/Animation – Three Rings Design – San Francisco, CA

April 2007 – February 2009

Visual development for characters and environments on Whirled.com, a massively multiplayer online game. Worked closely with designer Brittney Lee, as well as easily switching between self-directed and collaborative projects under different Art Leads.

Visual Development/Animation – Fisher Price Toys – East Aurora, NY

June 2006 – March 2007

Designed environments, props, and vehicles for 22-minute animated direct-to-DVD project called, “Planet Heroes”. Responsibilities also included 3D modeling, character animation, texturing, lighting, and compositing.

Background Painter – “Happy and Gay” Short Film (Freelance)

Jan 2005 – June 2006

Painted roughly twenty backgrounds for director Lorelei Pepi’s short film “Happy and Gay”. Utilized Photoshop skills and research knowledge to successfully emulate the style of early 1920′s animation backgrounds.

Clients

• Universal
• Fox Searchlight
• Fisher Price
• Animax Entertainment
• Klutz Books
• Alembic Cinema (dir. Lorelei Pepi)
• Atomic Avenue
• Wonderhill Games
• Three Rings Design

Skills

• Character Design
• Environments
• Props
• Final Model Sheets
• Color Styling
• Storyboards

Film Credits

• “Love at First Roach” – Short Film, Director, Production Designer, 3D Artist
• “Drawn In” – Short Film, Co-Director (with Brittney Lee), Designer, 3D Artist
• “Dance of the Seasons” – Short Film, Background Painter
• “Spare Parts” – Short Film, Director, Production Designer, 3D Artist
• “Happy & Gay” – Short Film, Background Painter
• “Good Deeds” – Indie Feature, Illustrator
• “Nancy and the Dapper Toad” – Short Film, Illustrator
• “The Eyes and the Ice” - Short Film, Illustrator
• Ride With Me - Short Film – Character & Environment Design

TV, Video and Video Game Credits

• “Planet Heroes” – Direct-to-DVD video Fisher Price Toys– Visual Development & 3D Artist
• “Totally Twisted Treehouse” – Unaired TV Pilot – Animax Entertainment– Character Designer
• “Pet Deposits” – Unaired TV Pilot – Animax Entertainment– Character Designer
• Whirled.com – Video Game (MMO) Three Rings – Character & Environment Design, Flash Animation
• Corpse Craft – Video Game (online, strategy) Three Rings – Background Painter
• Bang! Heroes – Video Game (Side scroller, online) – Environment Designer, Flash Animation
• GreenSpot, Enchanted Gardens – Social Game (MySpace) – WonderHill– Character & Environment Designer, Flash Animation
• Tattoo City – Social Game (Facebook) – WonderHill – Art Lead – Characters, Props, FX, User Interface, Flash Animation
• Dragons of Atlantis – Kabam – Logo Design, Environment Painting
• Edgeworld – Kabam – Art Lead

Book Credits

• Roger Nix, President at Six (illustrator) – Written by Nick Daze, coming 2012
•  – Written by Ian Samuels, Flimflammery Press, 2012
  
• M is for Mutt & Other Tails (illustrator) Flimflammery Press, 2011
• Hop: Chicks vs Bunnies (illustrator) – Little Brown Books, 2011
• “Prepare to Board”, 2006 – by Nancy Beiman (featured art from my student film, “Love at First Roach”)
• “Maya Character Modeling and Animation”, 2006 – by Tereza Flaxman (featured art)

Computer Skills

High skill level with

• Photoshop
• Painter
• Flash
• Illustrator
• After Effects
• Maya
• Premiere
• Flipbook
• Texture Packer
• Windows, OS X and Wacom tablets/Cintiqs.

Special Achievements

• Co-Chair of Purrcasso Art & Craft Gala, Berkeley CA, 2009
• Exhibitor at Alternative Press Expo, Maker Faire, and WonderCon, San Diego Comic Con
• RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award, 2006
• RIT Presidential Scholarship, ’02-’06
• Golden Key National Honor Society Member
• RIT Honors Show Screening, 2005, 2006
• Best Animation, Vincent T. Slavin Film Festival, 2005

Affiliations

ASIFA-Hollywood