Ryan McClure
Technical Artist
32 Walnut St.
West Bridgewater
MA 02379
mcc at mcc3d dot com
www.mcc3d.com
203.770.1557
Games Shipped
- World of Zoo 2009 THQ [PC, Wii]
- Zoo Tycoon 2: Complete Collection 2009 Microsoft [PC]
- Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals 2007 Microsoft [PC]
- Zoo Tycoon 2: Zookeeper Collection 2006 Microsoft [PC]
- Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania 2006 Microsoft [PC]
- Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure 2006 Microsoft [PC]
Experience
'07-'10
Blue Fang Games
Technical Artist
  • - Oversee art pipelines for World of Zoo & Zoo Tycoon 2
  • - Develop new tools to extend capabilities of the pipelines
  • - Inspect and approve technical integrity of all art assets
  • - Develop web-based task management and approval system
  • - Document World of Zoo & Zoo Tycoon 2 art pipelines
  • - Provide technical assistance to the art team
'06-'07
Blue Fang Games
Art Intern / Junior Technical Artist
  • - Author art assets for Zoo Tycoon 2 game franchise
  • - Create new environments for Zoo Tycoon 2 expansions
  • - Paint variant textures for Zoo Tycoon 2 animals
  • - Rig new animals in Zoo Tycoon 2 expansions
  • - Represent Blue Fang Games at SIGGRAPH 2006
'05-'06
Northeastern University
Teaching Assistant
  • - Instruct students in modeling and animation techniques in Maya
  • - Help students overcome technical challenges
  • - Run extracurricular Maya tutorial sessions
  • - Critique student work
'04-'05
Northeastern University
Senior Lab Assistant
  • - Build multi-system, multi-platform renderfarm
  • - Document renderfarm installation and configuration
  • - Launch new web-based troubleshooting response forum
  • - Create and manage Department of Visual Arts student database
  • - Develop web-based payroll system for part-time lab assistants
  • - Train new lab assistants
Skills
  • - Solving technical problems through understanding and analysis
  • - Rapidly assimilating new languages and techniques
  • - Developing applications for 3D software and the web
  • - Working with artists to create tools that facilitate their work
  • - Creating visually intuitive documentation for software workflows
Languages
  • - AJAX
  • - CSS
  • - HTML
  • - JavaScript
  • - MaxScript
  • - MySQL
  • - PHP
  • - Python
3D Software
  • - 3ds Max
  • - Blender
  • - Lightwave 3D
  • - Maya
  • - Mudbox
Other Software
  • - After Effects
  • - Dreamweaver
  • - Flash
  • - Illustrator
  • - MediaWiki
  • - Photoshop
  • - PHPMyAdmin
  • - Premiere
  • - Wordpress
Education
Northeastern University
B.S. in Art/Animation, 2007
  • - Magna Cum Laude
Other Interests
  • - Computer games
  • - Film production
  • - Web development
  • - Programming
  • - Animation
  • - Drawing
  • - Creative writing
  • - Role-playing games
  • - Music