Paul J Helman C.V as of April 2011

Currently living in Sittingbourne in Kent ,UK.          D.o.b 03/05/77

Employment history.

Jan06 - now - Freelance

I have worked as a 2d/3d artist and animator for Asylum Entertainment,
during which time I worked on both the WII and DS versions of Doctor Who as well as Sushi Go Round for the DS / WII and an educational game based on High School Musical

I have also completed many smaller contracts for Hotgen, 8bit games, Coyote and Wideload Games.

April04 - Dec05 - HotGen studios -

Working on 2d art/animation for a number of plug and play 'TVgames' all of which were based on liscences from companies
such as Disney, Nickelodeon, Jakks and WWE

May98 - Dec03 - Picturehouse Software (SCEE)

Background/Character modeller + 2d/texture Artist - Lemmings on the PS2
Background/Character modeller + 2d/texture Artist - Boom TV on the PS2
Background/Character/FMV modeller + 2d/texture Artist - Terracon on the PS1 + various art/animation jobs + sound editing

Dec94 - apr98 - Probe Software

Backgound modeller + 2d/texture artist for Diehard Trilogy PS1/saturn/PC
Lead artist for MLSoccer N64
texture colour reduction + model reduction for Alien Trilogy PS1/Saturn
realtime FMV using inhouse tools for xtremeG N64
character modeller + 2d/texture artist for an unnamed and unreleased beat'em up PS1 along with various art/animation jobs

Skills.

3D modelling (low poly realtime models/landscapes to high FMVquality models from concept and own design)
Graphic design (Web design, Icons, presentation etc)
2D art (textures, sketchwork, concept, visualization etc)
2D animation (traditional, sprite etc)
Game design (level and enemy design, level layout, GUI etc)

Software experience.

3Ds Max, Maya, Adobe photoshop, Adobe premiere, Promotion, Deluxe Paint, Corel Painter and Corel Draw,
Cooledit Pro / Adobe Audition + various music & sample editing packages
varios inhouse art/animation developement tools such as rederware etc
macromedia flash + Dreamweaver

Education.

93-94 National deploma in art and design at Thanet tech. college, Broadstairs
90-93 GCSEs, A in art and 7 Cs at Fulston Manor School, Sittingbourne

Email - tallpaulh -at- hotmail -dot- com