Bojana Nedeljkovic

Dependable and highly motivated 3D artist with background in fine arts and design, having a solid grasp of computer graphics, strong technical aptitude, and 3D skills, including high and low poly modeling, UV mapping, texturing and rigging.

Experience

Surreal Software | WB Games, Seattle, WA – January 2008 - present, Character Artist
           Multiple unannounced titles – created high res characters for prerendered sequences (pitch/greenlight videos), character concepts, in-game character modeling and texturing
            LOTR War In The North – Created two full characters
            This Is Vegas (x360, PS3, PC) – creation of character assets, including heads, hair, clothing and accessories; importing and adjusting assets in Unreal Editor; optimization and polish of existing assets, setting up pipeline for creating LODs for the heads, character concepts via photo comps, teaching zBrush to all art teams

EA Tiburon, Orlando, FL - November 2006 – January 2008, Associate Texture Artist
NFL Head Coach 09 (x360 and PS3) - high poly sculpting of character heads and clothing, resurfacing, UV layout and texturing; mentoring colleagues related to ZBrush and various pipeline topics; character setup, asset management and exporting
NFL Tour - created high poly and normal maps for football player jerseys
NASCAR 08 (PS3 and x360) - worked on racing tracks, including modeling, texturing, UV layout, creating collision, adjusting vertex colors, baking maps, exporting, optimizing and testing track in game

Freelance Graphic Artist and Designer - January 2005 - August 2006
Artisan Landscaping Inc.,Alexandria, VA - Design landscape, draft blueprints, build 3D prototype and create lit and textured landscape renders
Breeding construction Inc., Lorton, VA - Design and create web page mockups and convert them to functional XHTML pages using CSS and Flash

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Communication Arts and Design, Kinetic Imaging Major *Bachelor* of Fine Arts	January 2002 - May 2004
Virginia Community Colleges Alexandria, VA and Charlottesville, VA General studies	January 2000 - December 2001
University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia School of Architecture	October 1998 - August 1999

GPA: 3.95, GPA in major: 4.00 Summa Cum Laude

Academic Achievements and Activities

VCU School of the Arts, Kinetic Imaging Award of Excellency, May 2004
Membership: ACM SIGGRAPH, Golden Key - International Honour Society, Honor society of Phi Kappa Phi
Active member of game artists community; helping other artists improve by providing constructive criticism; winner of Polycount's Guitar Hero challenge
Held zBrush training session for faculty at Art Institute of Seattle

Technical Skills

3D modeling and animation software: Maya, ZBrush, Mudbox, Silo, 3ds Max, Softimage XSI
Image manipulation software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter
Other multimedia software: After Effects, Flash, Dreamweaver, Vegas, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Audition
Game engine experience: Unreal, Source, Doom 3/Quake 4

Excellent modeling and texturing skills, and ability to build efficient models from concept art and photographic sources and achieving believability and high level of likeness to source material
Basic understanding of HLSL and CgFX shaders
Experience with special effects, including cloth, particle effects, soft and rigid body dynamics
Experience with rigging and animating characters
Ability to learn new tools and skills quickly, and pass the knowledge to others
Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational and time management skills
Team-oriented with the ability to communicate effectively with leads, art directors, artists and engineers, and to receive and provide constructive feedback
Strong foundation in traditional arts, understanding of anatomy, and a solid grasp of form, structure, color, and light, and ability to apply design principles to both 2D and 3D assets
Spoken languages: Serbian, English and high school level German
Passionate gamer determined to create compelling game assets with high aesthetic and technical quality

Work Authorization: Lawful Permanent Resident, authorized to work in the United States.

References available upon request