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Personal Information
Name: Özgür Üstündag
Born: 1973, Ankara-Turkey
Objective: To work as a Lighting and/or Shading Artist in creative production environments.

Industry Experience
11.2005 - Current:  Lighting Artist
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Los Angeles-USA
Lighting/Compositing for Flushed Away.
Lighting/Compositing for Over the Hedge.
06.2004 - 01.2005 Freelance 3D Artist
SMG Press, Ankara-Turkey
3D Modeling, Texturing(Procedural Shading & Texture Maps), Lighting & Rendering for 35 min. Animation Film.
2004 Freelance 3D Artist
Unyay, Ankara-Turkey
3D Scientific Animations(Complete from Modeling to Rendering) for VCD.
2003 Freelance 3D Artist
Anima, Istanbul-Turkey
3D Modeling, Shading and Animation for TV Commercials: “Ulker Toto”,”Nestlé” and “Kinetix”.
2003 Freelance 3D Artist
Serious Magic Inc., U.S.A.
3D Visualisation and Virtual Set Design(Complete from Modeling to Rendering).
2003 3D Artist, Designer
Halici Software House, Ankara-Turkey
3D Animation and User Interface Design.
2002 Freelance 3D Artist
Many Worlds Productions, U.S.A.
Custom 3D Modeling.
1997-2002 3D Artist, Designer
Sebit Education and Information Technologies Inc., Ankara-Turkey
3D Animation, Corporate Identity and Graphic Design for Multimedia Titles.
1995-1997 Research Assistant
METU, Department of Industrial Design, Ankara-Turkey
Courses Assisted: ID 490-Graphic Design, ID 312-Computer Graphics, ID 311-Computers in Design, ID 190, ID 290-Summer Practice.

Education
1995-1997 Master of Arts, Graphic Design
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts
Ankara-Turkey
1991-1995 Bachelor of Industrial Design
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Architecture
Ankara-Turkey

Software Experience
Autodesk 3ds max(Expert) & Third party renderers V-Ray, mental ray, Brazil
Adobe After Effects(Expert) & Photoshop(Expert)
Darktree Textures(Advanced), Softimage XSI(Basic), Alias Maya(Basic)

Production Skills
Lighting, Compositing, Texturing(Procedural Shading & Bitmap Texturing), Modeling and Animation.

Practical Skills
Illustration, Graphic Design, Photography.

Awards
October 2002 “Silver Car” Award by 3dcar.kg
October 2000 Winner of TDK’s “MD XS-IV Design Line” Graphic Design Competition.
July 1999 Winner of 3dluvr.com’s “Bridges” Contest.
January 1999 Marlin Studios Hall of Fame Artist, Third Place in “MAX Maestro” Texturing Contest.
March 1999 Best Product Design, “Loose-Leaf” Category, “Product of Excellence” by Binding Industries of America
 

 
       
   

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