Dylan Ekren

Concept artist . Modeler . Texture Painter

Los Angeles

dekren@gmail.com

SKILLS

• Excellent drawing and draftsmanship skills
• Excellent design sense, and conceptual iteration abilities
• Expert use of Wacom tablet and Cintiq
• Expert with Maya, Zbrush, Bodypaint, and all Adobe products
• Knowledge of Softimage XSI, 3D studio Max, Silo, and RenderMan
• Able to do 20 push-ups in a row
• Expert applied knowledge of both Mac and PC

EDUCATION

Gnomon School of Visual Effects

• Certificate student
• Advanced Character Modeling course
• Zbrush anatomy and character sculpting course
• Advanced character design and concept art classes
• Digital painting course

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design

• BFA, fine arts and 3D animation
• Dean’s list

CG Workshop : Cybergirl

• High end character modeling workshop

EXPERIENCE

Zoic Studios Culver City, CA April 2009 – Present

Concept art

Storyboards

Animatic

Look Development

3D modeling and texturing (Character and Environment)

EMI Records Santa Monica, CA December 2009-January 2010

Illustration, Concept Art, and compositing on 2.5d Music Video Project.

Responsible for all artwork composited into live action video.

Various Freelance Work Hollywood, CA March 2009 – Present

Freelance character design, logo design, illustration, interface design, 3D character

modeling, storyboard art, and comic book illustration.

Home Depot Lakewood, CO July 2003-March 2007

Sales Associate

INTERESTS

• Bicycle riding and repair
• Playing the drums
• Writing and drawing comics

dekren@gmail.com