Curriculum Vitae 

• Jon Bowen
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An Education: 

Freelance Animator  Self Employed Sep98 to now Using Maya / FX / Artisan also 3DEqualizer / 3DStudioPaint. Specializing in scripting, character animation and particles. 3D Animator   XtvCell / CellAnimation / SilverDigital    Nov 96  to Sep 98   Wide variety of software and responsibilities. From large-scale cineon work (two minute intro sequence) through to Alias PowerAnimator (promos/commercials) and "first-aid" System Administration. Now also Maya agogo - D&AD awards sting and Pantene conditioner demo just finished. Plus 3DEqualizer. Sudden interest in VRML and java - small experimental VRML wrl at http://www.geocities.com/researchtriangle/8738/part.wrl (requires pc & cosmoplayer v2.0 vrml plugin)

TapeOp / 2D Compositor / 3D Animator   Cinesite Europe   Sep 95 to Nov 96     Gained valuable technical knowledge of Irix and understanding of filing systems for large filmscale projects while a tape-op (loading frames from film scanner / recorder to SGI network). Promoted to 3D/2D animator/compositor February, worked on many different types of film, big expensive american (Space Jam) to small tri-lingual portugese smash hit  (Dying To Go Home).

 
Education:

MA Computer Visualisation and Animation, Bournemouth University   1991 to 1992     Learned scripted/procedural CGAL animation language.Wrote many particle systems (in CGAL) and a simple articulated limb key framing system (using macros - the nearest thing CGAL has to a programmable UI). Worked on commercial projects Space ride and Dragon ride, concentrated on particle effects, smoke & fire.

Stayed on in Bournemouth working on music videos as bigboxpowders, occasional lecturing and animating at the University until 1995. It's cool living by the beach, but it sucks having no money.

BSc (hons) Mathematics and Computer Science, Royal Holloway College; University of London   1988 to 1991    Programmed in C and Pascal, took Stellar Theory, Cryptoanalysis and History of Maths. Drank beer.

A-levels (5), O-levels (8) c/o St Peters Collegiate School, Wolverhampton.