Ron Alpert
2D/3D Artist & Designer

Hollywood, CA
323-203-7609
ralp99@hotmail.com               
 www.texturemonkey.com

Skills
C# tools development (Unity), Augmented Reality Experience authoring & implementation
Modeling and Surfacing for Film & Broadcast
Level artist for Game Development -  Modeling, UV mapping and texture painting,  lighting, material development, level design, UI design, Augmented Reality Experience design

Software
Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop, Mari, Unreal, Radiant, Mari, Softimage XSI, Deep Paint 3D, Unity3D, Gimp Movie Paint, Premiere, After Effects, ZBrush, Fusion, Vray, Mental Ray, Vuforia, Monodevelop

Experience
Daqri, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                 2013-2017
Design, code, build, and publish augmented reality experiences

Hydrogen Whiskey, Santa Monica, CA                                                     2012-2013
Model/Texture/Lighting artist for various unnanounced projects

UpUpStart, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                 2012
Level artist for mobile app development "Epic Skater"

FuseFX, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                    2012
Model/Texture artist for "American Horror Story:Asylum" and "The New Normal"

9K9, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                    2011-2012
Environment artist for ABM project

House of Moves, Los Angeles, CA                                               2010-2011
Environment artist for "Stan Lee NHL Guardians" TV spots

Killspace Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA                                   2009-2010
Production artist for pitch development

Obsidian Entertainment/Sega, Orange County, CA                                2007-2009
Level artist for "Alpha Protocol" (2010) and "Aliens RPG" (cancelled)

Neversoft Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA                                   2005-2006
Level artist for "Tony Hawk's Project 8" – Shipped 2006
Level artist for "Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland" – Shipped 2005

Legacy Interactive, Los Angeles, CA                                                         2004
Texture painter and modeler for “ER – The Game”

Rhythm + Hues Studios, Los Angeles, CA                                                 2004
Texture painter for film and commercial.
Painted environment and vehicle textures for Vin Diesel movie "Chronicles of Riddick"
Painted textures for "Skippy Snack Bar" TV spot.

Left Field Productions/Activision, Westlake Village, CA                2002-2004
Level Artist for console title “MTX Mototrax” motocross racing game.

Dragonlight Productions/Kemco, Tarzana, CA                                       2001
Designed, built, textured and lit an environment for "Batman : Dark Tomorrow" console title.

New World Computing/3DO, Agoura Hills, CA                                      2000-2001
Artist 2 position. 2D conceptual design, 3D graphic modeling/texturing/animation for RPG title "Heroes of Might and Magic IV."

Impressions Software/Sierra Online, Cambridge, MA	            1997-2000
Created 2D and 3D assets for several released AAA titles, including "Lords of Magic," "Caesar 3" and "Pharaoh," as well as unreleased projects.  Character design, 3D modeling (characters and objects), texturing and animation.

Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst                1997
Major: Computer Graphics and Animation
Minor: Art History

Portfolio and references available upon request