MIKE NEW TON GRAP HICS/ COMPOS ITE
LOS A NGELES C A
mnewt86@live.com
newtonanimation.com
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EDU C ATION
Southern Illinois Univer sity Carbondale
BA in Cinema with a focus in Animation and Digital Effects
Magna Cum Laude
SOFTWA RE EXPERIE NCE
Proficient with Afte r Effects, Cinema 4 D, Maya, Photoshop, Flash, Adobe CS3, CS4,
CS5, Final Cut P ro, Ultima t te, HTML, FLStudio, Audacity, OSX, Windows XP - 7.
Familiar with 3D S tudio Max, Motion Builder, Ill ustra tor, Key Light, Combus tion, Pro
Tools, Dreamweav er, TV Pain t.
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EXPERIEN CE
SIX POINT H A RNESS: Used After Effects, Photoshop and Flash to prep, composite and render
animated footage for the TV series Good Vibes on MTV.
TWENTIETH CENT UR Y FO X: Used Af ter Effects, Photoshop and Flash to anima te and
composite graphic novel panels for the Buffy Th e Vampire Slaye r Motion Comic.
DC C OMICS: U sed Af ter Effects, Photo shop and Flash to crea te visual effects and
animation for a Motion Comic based off of a yet-to-be released DC Graphic Novel.
LEGO: Used Cinema 4 D, Maya, Flash and Photos hop to crea te, composite and anima te
fictional User Inte rface graphics and envi ronme ntal C G tex tures fo r He ro Facto ry, a
CG Television Mini Series on Nickelodeon. Crea ted design sketches fo r C G
environments. Crea ted design trea tment s for t r ailers and effects.
TECHNI C OLO R: Used Pho toshop to o rganize, col or-cor rect and edi t photog raphic
textu re, lighting and composition references/de s igns for an Animated C G Featu re.
LIOR GELLE R PR OJECT: Used Maya and Afte r Effects to c reate CG Tex ture s and
composite VF X on a sho rt film by Acadam y Awa r d Nominated direc to r Lior Gelle r.
MATTEL: Used Afte r Effects, Key Light and Ultim atte to key, composite and anima te
green screen foo tage for a pilot based off of a major toy line for Ma ttel.
COSMI C TO AST STUDI OS: Used Maya to model and texture two CG environments and two CG
characters for The Nonsense Box. Composited animated footage with After Effects. Used Maya
and Flash to design multiple potential logos for Cosmic Toast Studios. Created Storyboards and
Animatics for Nonsense Box.
TITMOUSE INC: Used After Effects and Flash to color, shade, and composite multiple shots for
the short animated film Barko. Used Flash to vector trace concept art for an animated music
video for The Fray.