David Saber
3d character animator, 3d generalist
Freelancer
Resume 2008


Personal Informations

Email: davids@davidsaber.com , Web: www.davidsaber.com
Phones: +33 6 26 13 25 98 , +33 2 98 43 17 70 , +33 2 98 69 28 26 .
Address: 3 Rue Amiral Courbet, 29200 Brest, France
Born: 28/04/71 , French citizenship.
Freelancer: in France, subscribed to “La Maison des Artistes”.


Working Experience

       MARCH 2008 TO JUNE 2008: CANTOCHE LIVING ACTOR AVATARS
Work place: teleworking from home, for Cantoche (http://www.cantoche.com), France.
Position: character animator.
Tasks: animated real time 3d actors.
Softwares used: XSI 5.
Client: Banks, for their personnel’s training. 

       NOVEMBER 2007 AND JANUARY 2008: NEOSHIFTERS, TV commercial
Work place: teleworking from home, for Skuad Studios (www.skuadstudios.com), Canada.
Position: rigger.
Tasks: rigged complex 3d transformer robots that are toys in real life.
Softwares used: XSI 6.5.
Client: Mega (toys manufacturer), Neoshifter TV commercial broadcast in North America (www.neoshifters.com) . 

DECEMBER 2007: THE STRETCHTOES & THE RONDOS, 3d animated children’s TV series
Work place: Pinka Productions (http://www.pinka-prod.com/), Annecy, France.
Position: modeller.
Tasks: modeled 3d props and settings.
Softwares used: XSI 6.5.
Client: TV channels, broadcast in France and abroad. French name : “Elasto-Culbuto” 

NOVEMBER 2006 TO AUGUST 2007: DARKFALL, online multi player role playing video game
Work place: Aventurine, Athens, Greece, http://www.aventurine.gr/ .
Position: 3d character animator.
Tasks: animated humanoid and 4 legged creatures, skinned characters, animated particles for explosions.
Softwares used: 3dsMax 8 and especially the Character Studio part, XSI 6.
Client: Darkfall’s game publisher, game sold worldwide (see http://www.darkfallonline.com/ ). 

OCTOBER 2006: MISTER GLUESOME, animated short
Work place: from home, personal project
Tasks: modeled, textured, created materials, lighted, animated the character, used the animation mixer, rendered, sound edited, video edited, DVD authored, and everything else.
Softwares used: XSI 5, Photoshop 8, Sony Vegas 6 & DVD Architect 3.
Client: personal project, broadcast on the web ( http://www.davidsaber.com ). 

MAY 2006 TO SEPTEMBER 2006: PET ALIEN 2, 3d animated children’s TV series
Work place: Antefilms, Angouleme, France, http://www.antefilms.com/
Position: 3d modeler.
Tasks: modeled characters, cloths and props.
Softwares used: XSI 5.
Client: Cartoon Network, series broadcast on TV channels worldwide (http://www.petalien.com/).

JANUARY 2006 TO MAY 2006: CODE LYOKO 3, 3d animated children TV series
Work place: Antefilms, Angouleme, France, http://www.antefilms.com/
Position: 3d character animator and layout operator.
Tasks: animated characters and organized layouts according to the storyboard.
Softwares used: XSI 5.
Client: Cartoon Network, series broadcast on TV channels worldwide (http://www.codelyoko.com/). 

JANUARY 2005 TO OCTOBER 2005: CODE LYOKO 2, 3d animated children TV series
Work place: Antefilms, Angouleme, France, http://www.antefilms.com/
Position: 3d character animator and layout operator.
Tasks: animated characters and organized layouts according to the storyboard.
Softwares used: XSI 4.
Client: Cartoon Network, series broadcast on TV channels worldwide (http://www.codelyoko.com/).

DECEMBER 2004 AND OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2005: INVISIBLE MAN, animated children TV series
Work place: Antefilms, Angouleme, France, http://www.antefilms.com/
Position: 3d animator and layout operator.
Tasks: animated characters, vehicles, organized layouts according to the storyboard.
Softwares used: XSI 4, Digital Fusion 5.
Client: Cartoon Network, series broadcast on TV channels worldwide (http://im.brb.es/).

OCTOBER 2004 TO DECEMBER 2004: RENAULT MEGANE TROPHY, car presentation
Work place: Pagecran, Versailles, France, http://www.pagecran.fr/
Position: 3d all-rounder.
Tasks: textured, created materials, and rendered a prototype of a Renault sport car, created particles for its aerodynamics, animated the car and its engine.
Softwares used: XSI 5.
Client: Renault, cdrom given to partners and documentary broadcast on French TV (http://www.renault-sport.fr/fr/world_series/megane_trophy/).

SEPTEMBER 2004 TO OCTOBER 2004: L’OBESITE, TV documentary
Work place: Les Astronautes, Paris, France, http://www.l-a-prod.com/
Position: 3d all-rounder.
Tasks: modeled, textured, animated and rendered the effects of obesity on the human body.
Softwares used: XSI 4, Photoshop.
Client: TV5 channel, documentary broadcast on French TV.

SEPTEMBER 2004: JOHNSON FRESHENER, TV commercial
Work place: Cube Creative, Paris, France, http://www.cube-creative.com
Position: 3d all-rounder.
Tasks: animated particles to represent a spray chasing the smell of shoes.
Softwares used: XSI 4.
Client: Johnson, commercial broadcast on French TV.

AUGUST 2004: HUBER, corporate movie
Work place: Cube Creative, Paris, France, http://www.cube-creative.com
Position: 3d all-rounder.
Tasks: modeled and animated the inside of the human body, on which the HUBER machine strengthens the spinal column.
Softwares used: XSI 4.
Client: LPG Endermologie, movie supplied on DVD and web for buyers

JUNE 2004: PARIS BREST, short movie
Work place: teleworking at home for L’Age d’Or, Paris, France, http://www.agedor-prod.com
Position: 3d all-rounder.
Tasks: animated leaves flying over a camera mapped video scene of the movie.
Softwares used: XSI 4, Photoshop.
Client: L’Age d’Or, movie broadcast in festivals. 

MARCH 2004: TOMTOM ET NANA, animated children TV series
Work place: teleworking from home for Jufox, Paris, France, http://www.jufox.com/
Position: 3d all-rounder.
Tasks: recreated in 3d modeling and materials a character of the famous comic strip, toon rendered the character.
Softwares used: XSI 4, Photoshop.
Client: Jufox, series broadcast on French TV. 

FEBRUARY 2004: MOBILIER, for arch viz
Work place: teleworking for 3dgoyon, Paris, France, http://www.3dgoyon.com/
Position: 3d modeler.
Tasks: modeled furniture for 3d building interiors.
Softwares used: XSI 4.
Client: 3dgoyon, movie supplied on DVD for real estate promoters.

OCTOBER 2003 TO JUNE 2004: ARCHITECTURAL VISUALISATIONS
Work place: Bcome, Paris, France, http://www.groupeb.com/
Position: 3d allrounder.
Tasks: constructed 3d buildings from the architects’ plans, textured, lighted them, reproduced their environments, animated cameras, photoshoped textures, managed network rendering.
Softwares used: XSI 4, Photoshop.
Client: Ocde, Coprim, Cogedim, Mab, movies supplied on DVD for real estate promoters.

AUGUST 2003: NOBLE ART, French rap band I AM’s videoclip
Work place: API, Paris, France, http://www.api-productions.com/
Position: 3d allrounder.
Tasks: animated 3d characters, mixed existing animations, animated vehicles, organized scene layouts, rendered scenes, managed network rendering.
Softwares used: XSI 4.
Client: I AM, videoclip broadcast on MTV and other worldwide channels. 

JUNE 2003 TO JULY 2003: CHOC INFO, magazine
Work place: teleworking for Choc Info, Paris, France
Position: desktop publishing operator.
Tasks: created the layout of a magazine.
Softwares used: Indesign 2, Photoshop.
Client: Choc Info. 

NOVEMBER 2002 TO DECEMBER 2002: THE FROG 2, animated short
Work place: from home, personal project
Tasks: modeling, texturing, materials, lighting, character animation, animation mixer, rendering, sound editing, DVD authoring, and everything else.
Softwares used: XSI 3, Photoshop, Soundforge, Premiere, ReelDVD.
Client: personal project, broadcast on the web and on various TV channels. 

FEBRUARY 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2002: GREANWOLD, movie project
Work place: teleworking from home, for You And Me, Canada
Tasks: modeled 3d characters according to reference drawings.
Softwares used: XSI 2 & 3.
Client: You and Me. 

DECEMBER 2001 TO JANUARY 2002: SKIPPY THE OCTOPUS
Work place: teleworking from home, for Crystal Productions
Position: 3d allrounder.
Tasks: modeled, toon textured, rigged, animated, toon rendered a cartoon style octopus.
Softwares used: XSI 1.5, Photoshop.
Client: Octopus used in a TV commercial about sodas, broadcast on RFO, French TV channel. 

MARCH 2001 TO NOVEMBER 2001: OAKIS, permanent job
Work place: Oakis, Paris, France
Position: 3d allrounder.
Tasks: modeled, textured, lighted, rendered the room of the “Eraserhead” movie, created other various 3d graphics for clients of Oakis.
Softwares used: Maya 3, Photoshop.
Client: Oakis. 

1995 TO 1998: DESKTOP PUBLISHING
Work place: various companies, Rennes, France
Position: desktop publishing operator.
Tasks: layouts for magazines and documents.
Softwares used: Quark XPress, Photoshop, CorelDraw.
Client: various. 

1993 TO 1995: SCHOOL SUPERVISOR
Work place: various schools, Bretagne, France


Education

- DESS Images de synthèse: A level 5 diploma training in 3d graphics, 2d, VRML, animation, cinema, story board, at the University of Strasbourg, France, 2000. 
- Diplôme Universitaire Multimedia: Training in Cdrom editing and web design, level 4 diploma, University of Strasbourg, France, 1999.
- Licence d'Arts Plastiques: Degree in Visual Arts, Plastic Arts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_arts) University of Rennes, France, 1996.
- Evening drawing lessons: At the Fine Arts School : Ecole des Beaux Arts of Rennes, France, 1990-1992.
- Languages: French, English, Greek (learning).
- Driving license: French “Permis B”. 


Computer Skills

3D GRAPHICS
Softimage XSI 6.5: 8 years, character animator and 3d all-rounder
Zbrush 3 : 1 year
3dsMax 2008: 1 year, especially the Character Studio part
Maya 3: 1 year
2D GRAPHICS
Adobe Photoshop 10 cs3, Corel Draw 12, Illustrator .
COMPOSITING AND VIDEO EDITING
Xsi 6.5, Sony Vegas 8, Adobe Premiere 6, Digital Fusion 5
INTERACTIVE MEDIAS (WEB SITE, CDROM & DVD VIDEO)
Flash 9 CS3 (with ActionScript 3), Dreamweaver 9 cs3, Sony Dvd architect 4.5, Director 7
AUDIO EDITING
Soundforge 9
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
ActionScript 3, Javascript, VBscript, Xsi scripting, Wsh, Xhtml
DESKTOP PUBLISHING
Indesign 3