Stephen Piper
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Professional info
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Work experience
Freelance Animator at "Brown Bag"
​2013 - present
Character animation on short film, "Ode to love".
Freelance Animator at "Brown Bag"
​2013
Skills
MAYA
3DS MAX
PHOTOSHOP
PREMIERE
MOTION CAPTURE
2010 - present
Character animation on short film, "Birdfood".
Senior Animator at "Head Strong Games Ltd"
​January 2011 - August 2011
Duties included: Cut scenes and in game animations on House of the dead
OverKill for PS3 and Wii.
Motion Capture and Lip sync
Bringing animations into game using Blitz Tech
2010 - present
Freelance Animator at "Pipe Dreams"
​September 2010 - October 2010
Producing Character animation for TV commercials
Some Lip sync
Freelance Animator at "BUG Animation Norway"
​July 2009 - June 2010
Duties included: Producing key frame Character animation and Lip sync for a Children’s TV series called The City of Friends which has been aired in over 124 countries around the world so far.
Freelance Animator at "Sumo Digital"
​January 2010 - February 2010
Producing key frame in game animation for the multi console games title Doctor Who
Freelance Animator at "Rebellion"
​June 2009 - July 2009
Producing key frame in game first person animation for the multi console games title Alien Versus Predator
Freelance Animator at "Sumo digital"
​November 2008 - May 2009
Producing key frame in game animation and cut scene animation for the multi console games title Sonic Sega All-Stars Racing
Freelance Animator at "Outerlight"
October 2007 - September 2008
Producing key frame in game animation on the multi player on line game called The Ship
Freelance Animator at "Sumo Digital"
August 2007 - October 2007
Providing in game and cut scene animations for the multi console game, Sega Superstars of Tennis
Freelance Animator at "Strategic Vision UK Ltd"
June 2007 - August 2007
Duties included:
Full key frame animation and lip syncing
Managed a team of 3 junior animators
Set up cameras for each individual scene
Freelance Animator at "Nvizage Studios"
January 2007 - April 2007
Duties included:
Working on the Warner Bros movie 10,000 B.C.
Camera tracking, animation and layout
Freelance Animator at "Axis Animation"
​November 2006 - January 2007
Duties included:
Work on Colin McRae Rally 2007 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles
Cut scenes, layout, and character animations
Freelance Animator at "Glasgow Animation"
February 2006 - December 2006
Character animation, Camera set up and lip sync on a high end 3D film.
The cast included sir Sean Connery, Gail Porter, Ruby Wax, Alan Cumming, Richard Bryars and Ford Kiernan
Education
Freelance Art School Ltd (Now Animation College NZ)
Level 9, 242 Queen Street
Auckland City
1996 - 1998
Advanced Certificate in Character Animation