Justin Callanan						                  3665 Huges Ave Apt 105
								           Los Angeles, CA 90034
							                     Cell (917) 415-8042
								            jcfinest11@yahoo.com
								                 www.jcsetup.com
Objective: To obtain a position in which I can utilize my skills to further the goals of the 
           company. 
Education: Full Sail Real World Education			         	 Winter Park, FL
   	   Associate of Science Degree in Computer Animation	   		      April 2006
   	   Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Animation		 	      March 2007
Experience: Cafe FX
		        -Alice in Wonderland
			      -     Cloth and hair simulation on CG characters and background trees
			      -     Research & Development cloth and hair simulations for
				    faster simulation time
			      -     Setting up constraints and collisions	on characters
			      -     Troubleshooted simulation issues on shot by shot basis
			-Harry Potter Theme Park Attraction
			      -      Cloth simulation on Dementor characters
			      -      Research & Development cloth simulation on Dementors
			      -      Simulated flags and banners for background characters
			      -      Troubleshooted simulation issues caused by irregular animation in scene
             Extra Large Technology
			 -Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island
			      -     Modified and maintained character rigs, props,    
                                    environments in-house and from over seas company 
			      -     Modified, maintained, created MEL scripts in production
				    to assist artists in creating assets
			      -     Character setup, skinning on 30 plus characters
			      -     Specific character setup for proprietary software  
			      -     Responsible for exporting animation into proprietary
				    software in-house and over seas company
			      -     Modeled blend shapes, UV texturing characters and props.
	     Ka-Chew
			  -Chef Boyardee Commercial
			      -     Roto live action characters in After Effects
			  -Mattel Haunted House
			      - 	Setup character rigs
			      - 	Skinning and deformation of characters
			  -Mattel Spaceship
			      - 	Setup character rigs
			      - 	Skinning and deformation of characters
      			      -     Maya particles for certain shots
	     Rhythm & Hues
			  -Alvin and The Chipmunks
			      -	Fur, Hair, and cloth simulations 
			      -	Adding in secondary animation to cloth and geometry
			      -	Animation clean-up on dynamics and geometry
			      - Writing scripts to make workflow faster	
                              - Problem solving simulation issues	
	     Rhythm & Hues Apprentice Program		
			      -	Understanding production pipeline
			      -	Linux 
			      -	Rigging
			      -	Adding muscles to characters
			      -	Cloth, hair, dynamic simulations

Programs:	Maya			After Affects	
      		Photoshop		Real Flow
      		Shake			Final Cut Pro
Skills:	Set-Up Artist (Rigger), Mel Scripting, Cloth/Hair Simulations,
	Animation, Dynamics, Hard Surface Modeler, Particles, Traditional Artist
      	Highly motivated when there's a task at hand
      	Fast learner when it comes to new objectives 
      	Team player for all projects and co-workers