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Jane . Yuenkay . Ng
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200 Posada Del Sol, Apt.23
Novato, CA 94949
415.606.4952
yuenkay@hotmail.com

Objective

To obtain  a full time position as a 2D/3D artist in a game development company

Production & Leadership
Experience		 Ronin Entertainment Novato, CA
Environmental Artist
June 2001 -present
- Created all the world textures in Photoshop for American McGee's Oz.
- Responsible for polygonal modeling and texture application in Maya for Oz.
- Assisted with lighting and asset management in 3D Studio Max.
- Supported the art director with conceptual character designs.
- Designed the in-game on screen UI for Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon (Xbox).
- Designed, produced and maintained the company website roningames.com

ACM SIGGRAPH CG and Interactive Media Conference
Student Volunteer Team Leader          
July, 2000
- Coordinated the work schedules of the Art Gallery volunteers.
- Also served as a Student Volunteer during the 1999 Siggraph.
  American Association for Artificial Intelligence Orlando, FL
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence Robotics Competition Entrant
1999 - 2000
  - First Place and Best Integrative Effort for a Robot with the Swarthmore Team
- Worked on the physical design and computer vision components
  Swarthmore International Club Swarthmore, PA
 President                                                                 
1999- 2000
  Coordinated all club affairs such as the freshmen orientation and the all-campus dinner
Skills

Technical
- Photoshop (Expert, 3+ yrs)
- Maya polygonal modeling
  (Advanced, 2 yrs)
- Maya texturing (Advanced, 2 yrs)
- 3D Studio Max (Intermediate, 2 yrs)
- Dreamweaver (Intermediate, 3+ yrs)
- HTML (Intermediate, 3+ years)
- C++ (Familiar, 2 years)

Creative
- Life Drawing
- Painting
- Character concept design
- Sculpting, maqette-making
- Set design, model-making
- Lighting design
- Graphic and web design
- Basic film and video editing

Education Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA   
Sept 97 - June 01
 

- Bachelor of Arts with High Honors. 
- Major in Studio Arts ( Painting and Figurative Works).
- Minor in Engineering (Compute Graphics and Vision).
- Major GPA: 3.9 (on 4.0 scale). Sigma Xi Honor Society. Deans Award 2001.
Artistic Recognition Gallery Representation
- New Talent Painting Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery . July 6 - 31, 2001
- Solo show in the Swarthmore College List Gallery, figurative works. May 25-28, 2001

Awards
Received the John Altman grant for excellence as a junior artist. March, 2000.

Others

- Extensive knowledge and passion about PC and console games
- Great communication and teamwork skills
- Fast learner and excellent problem-solver
- Fluent in Mandarin and Chinese


References and portfolio available upon request