Kieran Turan

- I provide 3D Animation-related production services for Games, Film, & Television, with a focus on character animation and rigging. - Recent projects include completing 3D Character Animation on a nationwide broadcast + internet commercial in the U.S., and collaborating with Berlin-based Mimic Productions in a bid to do facial animation for the “Call of Duty” videogame.

- Art Director and 3D Artist for Nick Games on several high profile mobile and web games, including "The Adventures of TinTin" for Paramount Pictures, and AG's Summer Olympics series. - On the launch team for AG's iPhone game-compilation app, which reached #1 free download within 2 days of release, passing the 1 million download mark in less than a week. - Managed the porting of web games to mobile platform.

- Animated CG superhero characters and models for Feature Film, utilizing both keyframe and mocap animation. - Performed body, face and neck tracking in Maya to match cg characters with live action footage. - Created rig modifications as needed and used and contributed to deformer and animation cycle library.

- Senior Graphic Designer for an international software company, providing all media and graphics support for high-visibility events, tradeshows, and clients, including the Consumer Electronics Show and Intel Developers Forum, Microsoft, Fujitsu-Siemens, Lenovo, and Dell. - Redesigned and upgraded branding across all collateral and products to reflect new company vision.

Supervised and trained team of 3D Artists in the creation of virtual sets and the integration of 3D elements in Visual Effects production. Tasks included hardsurface modeling based on schematics, Digital Matte Painting, Texturing, Rendering, Compositing, and basic Fluids Simulation. Working under John Knoll, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), produced a Visual Effects sequence recreating the launch of the Apollo 11 rocket in 3D.