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CONTACT INFORMATION
2813 Viking Dr. Suite 212
Green Bay, WI 54304
Home: 920-491-1082
me@richardblumenstein.com
APPLICATIONS SKILLS
Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Premiere
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe PhotoShop
Alias/Wavefront Maya
Cakewalk Audio
Painter X
Html/Web Publishing tools
Macromedia Director
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Fireworks
Macromedia Flash
Sony Sound Forge
Mudbox
3D Studio Max
Torque Game Engine
LANGUAGES
ASP
HTML
VBScript
SQL
EDUCATION
University of Phoenix (2005-2007)
MAE in Curriculum Design in Education
and Multimedia
The Illinois Institute of Art (1997-2000)
BFA in Computer Animation
and Multimedia
The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Drawing and Illustration
WORK EXPERIENCE
Fine Arts and Technology
Freelance artist and designer
2000-current Green Bay, WI
ITT Technical
Instructor
2005-current Green Bay, WI
Netnet.net
Web Designer
2002 Green Bay, WI
Best Rate Phone Cards
Graphic/ Web Designer
2001-2002 Green Bay, WI
The Illinois Institute of Art
Technical Assistant, Teachers Aide
1999-2000 Chicago, IL
Siggraph99
Administrative Assistant
1999 Los Angeles, CA
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BIO
Let me introduce myself, I am Richard Blumenstein. I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin which by my senior year 80 percent of my classes was art. After High School I decided to try my hand at factory work. Seeing that factory work did not hold my interest the next year I was enrolled in college.
I studied at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design for two years. My initial course of study was Fine Arts; however, I soon realized that while I love drawing and painting, I did not see the career potential after I graduated. I soon afterward transferred to Chicago for a BFA in Computer Animation and Multimedia.font>
During my college experience in Chicago, I worked as a Teacher's Assistant. Outside of my coursework, I was chosen as an Administrative Assistant at Siggraph 99' where I helped the administration coordinate the convention. I found Siggraph to be a wellspring of knowledge. For those of you interested in computer animation, film and gaming graphics, I highly recommend it. After college I worked for several smaller companies but, unfortunately the economy took a dive and I was let go.
At this point I decided to create my own company. Were I work mainly in graphics, illustration, multimedia, and I continue to work on my skills in 3d as well as digital painting. I had my own art booth in Gencon05 where I promoted my art skills. I learned a lot from that trip. I started teaching at ITT Technical Institute in Green Bay as a Multimedia Instructor. After a little bit of urging I started my master’s degree from University of Phoenix. Once that was finished I was offered the full time Game Instructor Position. For the last couple of years I have been working as an instructor at ITT as the full time games instructor as well as working in my company. It was a lot of work teaching myself the Torque Games Engine but now that is under my belt I have found that it opens up a whole new level of artwork. I went to GDC (Game Developers Conference) this year with a college and learned a whole slew of information about the gaming industry. I am currently working on different artwork now as well as looking for a new game engine.
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