Ron Lussier -- Computer Animator
Northern California
Objectives:To tell stories by bringing objects, characters and scenes to life through form and motion.
Work Experience:• Freelance
Oct 1997 -- PresentMultimedia and real-time animation for Enlighten and H3D Entertainment. Three internationally broadcast Blockbuster commercials, a TV commercial for CMI films, and Lenticular merchandising products.
Designed and co-wrote a stereo 3D rendering utility ("Stereographer Max") as a plug-in prototype for 3DS Max, using Maxscript.
Designed a Shadow casting Omni light for scanline rendering which was used as the basis for the shadow casting Omni lights in 3DS Max2.x
• LucasArts Entertainment Company - San Rafael, CA
Oct. 1991 -- Oct 1997
Lead Artist on Rebel Assault. Responsibilities: Create and maintain art lists, & create designs, models, sprites, and animation. Lead a small team of artists in producing one of the 1st almost fully 3D animated CD-ROM computer games. Rebel Assault was the winner of many awards including the ASIFA "Annie" award for best animation for a CD-ROM.
Animated 3d elements for shots in Sam-n-Max Hit the Road and The Dig
Created and animated 2 full levels for Rebel Assault II -. Level 3: built the Millennium Falcon, hangar, tunnels, passages and caves; Level 4: built and animated a 2000 frame sequence flying through a large asteroid field.
Created cover images for Dark Forces, TIE Fighter, Defenders of the Empire, X-wing collector’s CD-ROM & various gaming magazines.
Directed and executed 6 fully animated cut scenes for "The Rebellion". Responsibilities: storyboarding, modeling, lighting, animation, FX, rendering, editing.
Developed facial animation control for character animation in "Shadows of the Empire" (for the enhanced PC version). Built and textured sets and animated characters, objects and special FX for various story sequences in the game. The junkyard and factory, Xizor’s palace, and various shots of the Outrider spaceship.
• A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books - San Rafael, CA 1985 - 88
Education:• Computer Arts Institute - San Francisco, CA 1986 - 87
Career Curriculum Courses
3D modeling and animation (on the Cubicomp Picturemaker!)• Marin Community College 1990 - 91
Art Major / Film (2 years)
Also, see some of my portfolio and my new Gallery at burningpixel.com.
Email me (business only please) at ron dot lussier at comcast dot net