Brent J. Zorich
B.S.I.D.   M.A.   M.S. (candidate)
brentzorich@yahoo.com
415.283.5625   (business calls only)
Specialties and Experiences:
Master Character Technical Director
Industrial Light & Magic Creature R & D
Digital Artist
Lead/ Senior Technical Artist
 
Software Engineering
Colour Compositing
Lucasfilm Best Practices Steering Committee
Lucasfilm Executive Level Training
- Masters of Art (Technical Animation - 2010) - Masters of Science (Computer Science - candidate 2011) -

research interests
- character rigging - biomechanics - muscle deformation - mesh dynamics - real time cloth simulation - human and non human physiology -
color theory - wayfinding -

Portfolio featured at the panel at Siggraph '08 entitled "Get the job you want."

Biography and portfolio featured in 3D ARTIST magazine (Issue 10... pgs 104-105).

Research done at ACCAD at THE Ohio State University with The Burpee Museum, Brave New Pictures and DreamWorks SKG.

DESIGNING A CHARACTER SETUP FOR A PREHISTORIC ANIMAL

A Non Thesis

October 28th, 2010

 

0:00 to 2:40 video presentation  
python scripts autorig   LINK  
  writings graduate non-thesis paper   LINK  
  committee Maria Palazzi Bio      Jeff Haase Bio  
  rankings Link  
  invitation Link  
       
    Demo reel created by Brent J. Zorich (compression H.264).  
       
    To save a personal copy of this Presentation Video "Right Click" and "Save As QuickTime Movie."  
       
    "Jurassic Park" by John Williams.  
       
       
 

Bachelor of Science Industrial Design  at THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (1998)

 

 

Masters of Art  at THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (2010)

 

 

Dean's List for Second Masters in Engineering at Strayer University (2011)

 

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