Biography in (few) lines:
I was in born Syria growing up in an artistic family my dad,grandpa and my uncle were photographers besides that my brothers one is a painter the other studied at the faculty of art, and by the emerging of technology and computer things the art became digitized, and I remember me drawing my first design in Corel Draw 6 (blue rectangle in a circle with my name in it, I was in the fifth grade back then, alongside this fertile environment I was inspired by those amazing movies like star wars, star gate, fifth element, pixars, Disney, Dream works ..... all of this pushed me to enter the holy gate of graphic design, first I studied Corel Draw, photoshop then 3ds max(it was version 2 or 2.5 with its little yellow icon),so learning in progress since 1995.
- I got my first payed job when I was in ninth grade it was a graduating projects for a fine art student (it wasnt that good but it looks something alien compared to other hand drawn projects,
- after a year I worked as freelancer 3d designer at SpaceToon (TV channel for kids).
(http://www.spacetoon.com/spacetoon/home.html)
-Time went by and I was hired at JoyBox (Games and Multi media design company), for about six years (2005-2011) working on several projects (Games, virtual reality tour, TV channels identity, small 3d animated series ) occupying several positions (3d Artist, Team Leader, Director , Technical Director)
(http://www.joybox-me.com).
In the meanwhile between 2005 and 2012 I contracted with several thirdparties as freelancer :
Certificates & Knowledge:
I was in born Syria growing up in an artistic family my dad,grandpa and my uncle were photographers besides that my brothers one is a painter the other studied at the faculty of art, and by the emerging of technology and computer things the art became digitized, and I remember me drawing my first design in Corel Draw 6 (blue rectangle in a circle with my name in it, I was in the fifth grade back then, alongside this fertile environment I was inspired by those amazing movies like star wars, star gate, fifth element, pixars, Disney, Dream works ..... all of this pushed me to enter the holy gate of graphic design, first I studied Corel Draw, photoshop then 3ds max(it was version 2 or 2.5 with its little yellow icon),so learning in progress since 1995.
- I got my first payed job when I was in ninth grade it was a graduating projects for a fine art student (it wasnt that good but it looks something alien compared to other hand drawn projects,
- after a year I worked as freelancer 3d designer at SpaceToon (TV channel for kids).
(http://www.spacetoon.com/spacetoon/home.html)
-Time went by and I was hired at JoyBox (Games and Multi media design company), for about six years (2005-2011) working on several projects (Games, virtual reality tour, TV channels identity, small 3d animated series ) occupying several positions (3d Artist, Team Leader, Director , Technical Director)
(http://www.joybox-me.com).
In the meanwhile between 2005 and 2012 I contracted with several thirdparties as freelancer :
- Bana tv production & Griffen art house : Sabay2 (صبايا 2) and Rayat al-hak ( رايات الحق).
- Version 4 tv production: small stuff like modeling Arriflex 3d camera .
- Tigerlily interactive : Responsible for augmented reality using Metaio Design, modeling and shading inside 3ds max then defining the marker and do the magic stuff back in Metaio Design.
(http://www.tigerlily-interactive.com/)
- Sparking arabia: chandelier production company, my job was to visualize the design and make the production plan since it's easier to edit in 3d than in real.
(http://sparklingarabia.com/)
- Morjan tv production: worked with the director Taleb Ebraheem as a vfx artist to deliver some smoke, fire, and such stuff to the entrance to his film.
- Invocation Studio: worked there as a character modeler for children TV series (طريف وظريف).
Certificates & Knowledge:
- Business administration degree from the faculty of Damascus.
- Having a master degree in marketing (a research about interactive advertising).
- No courses for graphic design programs was taken, all are self taught depending on program reference, books (Most of them for New Riders publishing) and video training series (Gnomon,Digital Tutors,FXPHD,cg academy) and online ones.
- Several English courses.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Advanced experience in 3ds Max (Generalist): (Modeling, texturing, Particle Systems & Visual effects, Lighting & Rendering).
- Custom scripting of supporting tools in MaxScript (I'm not a pro in scripting but I can handle it to some degree).
- In depth understanding of realtime design practices like games and virtual reality projects (walk through, Level design, characters, textures......).
- Moderate experience in compositing using Nuke as primary program besides AE.
- Moderate experience in sculpting (Mudbox).
- Liaising with (architectural & product) designers to ensure absolute understanding of dimensions and production needs.
- Experience in photography and photo editing.
- Up to date with the latest 3D trends and cutting edge technology (I'm a geek techno boy).
- Experience of looking after babies right through to young teenagers.
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE:
- Autodesk 3Ds Max
- Mudbox
- Boujou
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
- Foundry Nuke
- RealFlow
- CorelDraw or illustrator (as secondary tools)
- Adobe Premiere
- Unity (Making virtual walk through for arch project)
Soooo in the end, I'm a Generalist with love to visual effects playing with particles and destroy things, have an in depth knowledge in 3ds max, technically strong, fast learning, collaborative, open minded, and dont like Rock music.
Contact info:
Phone no:
Syria: +963 988 690295
Lebanon: +961 70482094
e-mail: trafamwa@gmail.com
