Spencer Kopach
1006 Ridge Drive
Danville, Pa 17821
(717)350-4817
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Education

Westwood College of Technology					Denver, CO
•	Associates in Graphic Design 
•	Best Portfolio in Graphic Design
•	Best Portfolio in Photoshop
•	Teacher Assistant in various 3D Courses

Work Experience

Mad River Post							    Manhattan, NY
Tech Assistant, Mail Room, 3D Generalist, 2D Generalist Freelancer
I worked in the Mail room as an operator and also as a Technical Assistant
during the morning hours. At night freelanced on various projects as a flash
artist and also 3D generalist mostly for their Nextel clients. 

Smoke and Mirrors							    Soho, NY
Junior 3D artist, Senior 3D artist/Project Lead	 
I joined as a junior 3D artist assisting the lead of 3D on various projects. I
Handled the Animation, Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Lighting and Rendering.
Eventually was appointed to senior 3D artist and project lead. Headed up the 3D
department by myself and took on any and every role an entire 3D department
normally handles.  Taking projects from the bidding phase through the process of
conceptualization and towards the point of implementation and final execution. 

3D Training Institute 						    Manhattan, NY
3D Instructor and Consultant
Taught and developed course materials for preexisting and new advanced courses. 
Recording many hours of Instructional video to assist and update teachers and
students to advanced concepts. Also consulted with the company to find ways to
breach new ground and allow students to achieve greater standards of work by
being self-efficient and dedicated. 	








Facilities Worked for as Freelancer
Mad River Post
Smoke and Mirrors
Transistor Studios
Pysop
Funky Pumpkin
String Thoery
Element
3DTI
World Wrestling Entertainment

Clients 
Battlestar Galactica
Sci-Fi Channel
Hersheys
Spykee
Purell
Phizer
Hyundai
National Tennis Association
Speed Channel
WWE
Nextel
Wyoming State Advertising
Sudacare
Chapstick
Vyvance
Botox
Chillis
IBM

Skills
Traditional Poly Box Modeling
Subdivision Modeling
Organic and Hard Surfacing Modeling
Digital Sculpting 
Texture Creation
Photo-real and Stylized Rendering/Lighting
Procedural and Custom Mental Ray Shaders
Tracking and Rotoscoping
Compositing with Multi-layer 3D output
Fluid FX and Particle FX
Research and Development

Software Proficiency 
Maya Unlimited
Mental Ray
3D Max
Modo
Zbrush
Boujou
After Effects
Real Flow
Camtasia
Photoshop
Illustrator