Aaron Traciak – Character Animator

517-281-4179 | artraciak@gmail.com | Located in San Diego, CA

Summary

Character Animator with a strong connection to the character's personality, motivations and emotions. 

Work Experience

Cinematic Animator

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End  (Sept 2015 - March 2016)

Farpoint  (Sept 2016 - Oct 2016)

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy  (March 2017 - July 2017)

Star Wars Battlefront 2 (Aug 2017 - Sept 2017)

Death Stranding (May 2018 - Dec 2018)

Star Wars - Jedi: Fallen Order (Dec 2018 - Sept 2019)

Project still under NDA (Sept 2019 - March 2020)

Responsibilities: Motion capture cleanup, key frame when necessary, animation of props and vehicles, face motion capture solve (not tracking), Trax blend pass

Sony Interactive Entertainment through Yoh – San Diego, CA

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Animation (June 2015)

GPA - 3.81

Salutatorian

Course Director's Award - Shading and Lighting (January 2013)

Course Director’s Award - Fundamentals of Animation (September 2013)

Full Sail University – Winter Park, FL

Selected Courses in 3D Animation (2010-2012)

Lansing Community College – Lansing, MI

Foundations in Cinematography and 3D in Maya (2008-2010)

New Media- Capital Area Career Center – Mason, MI

Skills

3D-

Facial animation, Motion capture and keyframe, Subtle and dynamic motion

Also modeling, texturing, lighting, match-move, compositing, rendering, and basic rigging and scripting

Software-

 Maya, Photoshop

 Can also use Nuke, Blender, Motion Builder, SynthEyes, ZBrush, and Houdini