Christina (LeBaron) Barton
Bellevue, WA | 425.761.0246
chrissalynn@gmail.com | http://clebaronportfolio.blogspot.com/
Experience
- Currently VFX Artist | ArenaNet
- 2013-Present
- Animate effects for the MMO games: “Guild Wars 2” and "Heart of Thorns"
- Created majority of effects for the new profession player skills
- Conceptualize effects
- Animate effects using particles, animated geometry in Maya, and animated materials that match the “painterly” style of Guild Wars 2
- Paint textures and create procedural materials
- VFX Artist (Intern) | Disney Interactive
- 2013
- Animate effects for console game: “Disney Infinity”
- Conceptualize effects
- Animate effects using particles, animated geometry in Maya, and animated materials that match the “Toy-Like” style of Disney Infinity
- FX Lead | Student Film: “Owned”
- 2013
- Supervise VFX team and quality of VFX
- Conceptualize and Animate 2D visual effects, and 3D visual effects in Houdini that fit the style of the film
- VFX Teaching Assistant | Brigham Young University
- 2013
- Helped teach VFX class and helped students create VFX projects
- Effects Animator | Student Films
- 2012-2013
- Conceptualize and Animate 3D visual effects in Houdini that fit the style of the film
- Created procedural visual effects tools
- Composited visual effects over live action plates using Nuke
- 2D and 3D Animator | Student Films
- 2011-2012
- Animated 3D characters and props in Autodesk Maya for student film
- Animated and Cleaned up 2D characters in Adobe Flash
Education
- Brigham Young University Provo, UT
- BFA degree in Animation
- Solutions IQ
- Agile and Scrum Workshop
Technical Proficiency in:
- AutoDesk Maya
- AutoDesk Mudbox
- Particle Simulation
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Flash
- Houdini
Basic Understanding In:
- Agile, Scrum, and Kanban
- ToonBoom Animate
- Python
- Nuke
- RealFlow
References
- John Peters
- Design Lead | Arenanet (Now at Amazon Games)
- pepperjack@gmail.com
- Brian Christensen
- VFX Lead | Disney Interactive
- 801-556-6788
- brian.christensen@disney.com
- Seth Holladay
- Animation Professor | Brigham Young University
- seth_holladay@byu.edu
