Resumé

Personal Data:
Name: Benjamin De Wael
D&POB: 08-09-1984 Lokeren
Address: Heikant 195, 9240 Zele - Belgium
Contact: BenjaminDeWael1@gmail.com

Studies:
2002-2003: Art Orientation, de! kunsthumaniora, Antwerp
2003-2007: Audiovisual Arts, Sint-Lukas, Brussels (Master Degree)
2007-2010: Digital Arts and Entertainment (DAE), PIH Kortrijk

(Bachelor Degree) Cum Laude

Experience:
-2003-2007:

Provided live custom visuals for multiple music concerts/events with Filip Sterckx under the name EyeScream. (venues: Paradiso (Amsterdam), Impakt (Utrecht), Fuse (Brussels))

-January 2010-June 2010:

Apprenticeship 3D-Artist at 3D, Animation and VFX studio Hoaxland
(modelling, sculpting, productional rigging, scripting)

-August 2010-February 2011:

3D-Artist at 3D, Animation and VFX studio Hoaxland
(rigging automation through Mel, modelling, sculpting, texturing)

-Oktober 2010-Now:

Concept/3D-Artist for a graduated student's group called RisingRock Games (sparetime-project)

Skillset:
- Character Design, Modelling, Sculpting, Texturing, Rigging, Animation
- Technical Modelling, Texturing
- Pencil drawing and digital painting
- Coding/Scripting: MelScript, 3D Mathematics, C++ (STL, DirectX, PhysX), HLSL, C#, HTML

Software Knowledge:
- 3ds Max, Maya, Silo, Z-Brush, Lightwave (Animatics, Shading through Fprime)
-Vray, Mental Ray
- Photoshop, Dreamweaver
- Fusion, Premiere
- Visual Studio 2008

Languages:
- Dutch, English, French (average speech, good understanding), German (basic)

Awards:
-2006: First Place Public Award: International VJ-contest Visual Sensations (Amsterdam)
-2009: 2D-Graphics Award Multimania for the character concept of Allcot E. Kingston
-2010: Nominee Microsoft's Imagine-Cup with the game BoomTown