Seth Hippen7436 Lewis St. Eagle Mountain, UT 84005 (801) 789-7097 seth.hippen@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE

CafeFX (October 2009 – January 2010)
Character Animator
I animated Bayard the dog, the Red Knights, and the Hatter’s hat in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.

Flip Animation Studios (June 2009 – September 2009)
CG Generalist
I created animation for a greeting card website that included four characters. I did concept, modeling, rigging, animation, textures, lighting, effects, and rendering.

Lumenas Animation Studios (February 2009 – April 2009)
Character Animator
I animated pre-production animation tests for The Legend of Santa Claus.

Avalanche Software (Disney Interactive) (June 2007 –January 2009)
Senior Artist
I animated for Bolt and Hannah Montana World Tour video games, along with other undisclosed projects.  I also lead the cinematics teams for Bolt with animation direction.

Sony Pictures Imageworks (February 2005 – May 2007) (March 2004 – August 2004)
Senior Character Animator
I animated on Surf’s Up, Monster House, The Polar Express  and Beowulf.

Waterford(October 2004 – February 2005) (April 2001-February 2004)      
Character Designer/ Animation Artist
I did many things: character animation, character design, storyboards, modeling, lighting, texturing, rigging, and compositing. I also taught training classes in animation principles and character design. 

Toonstruck –in association with Reel FX (September 2004 – December 2004)
Digital Character Animator
I created character and creature animation for the feature film Action Man. Lots of fun!

Film Roman (June-August 2000)                              
Character Layout Artist (Internship)
I “cut my teeth” doing character layout work on The Simpsons.  This was through the internship program with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
 
Ricks Brothers Animation (May-September 1999)         
Concept Artist
Character design, storyboard, and children’s book illustration.

EDUCATION

BrighamYoungUniversity(1999-2002)                                             
BFA Degree:  Industrial Design (Animation emphasis)
Taught training sessions for general drawing skills, and Maya software.
Two projects shown at 'Final Cut' film festival; one included in 'The Best of Final Cut'. 

Earned four academic scholarships.

RicksCollege(1997-1999)                                                               
Major:  Illustration
Earned academic and talent scholarships.

SOFTWARE

Maya (9 years), Softimage XSI (< 1 year), PhotoShop (9 years), After Effects (4 years), Painter (1 year).

 

REFERENCES

 Available upon request.