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Notable Achievements:
I have...
-Created over 60 videos containing over 1800 visual effects shots during the last
few years.
-Produced multiple computer games, flash presentations, and virtual tours.
-Designed and marketed a web network viewed by over 240,000 web viewers, and bookmarked by over
35,000 people. Has over a dozen domains running, with this
being the most visited
one, with over 100,000 unique visitors so far, and an Alexa
ranking which places it among the top 2 million most viewed websites
on the internet.
-Completed paid freelance design and 3d graphics work for multiple clients, including projects in graphic design, web design, and previsualization.
-Directed personal action video "Duel 2030", including creation of 100+ digital visual effects shots, set construction, costumes, props, makeup, miniature pyrotechnics, location shooting, editing, and sound design, on
a budget of under $1000. (Duel 2030 is currently in postproduction
and is one of many videos I've made or am making.)
-Continued development of massive adventure game "Traveler's Enigma" for over 3 years, including thousands of lines of code, dozens of 3d environments, and 15 minutes of animation, on a $600 budget.
-Created all graphics and sound design for "Ambassador," a real-time strategy title for the Xbox 360 developed with a team of student programmers.
-Begun development on an iPhone adventure game, "Isola".
-Produced a detailed realtime 3d level which runs in the Unreal 3
and Plasma 2 game engines, as well as realtime environments in the
Torque 3d 2009 engine. (See
worlds here).
Designed a highly creative series of worlds with "Miniature
Multiverse", using panoramas captured inside 1/24th scale
miniature environments.
Launched a line of custom rapid-prototyped model railroading
products and several
successful
stock
footage collections.
Education Background:
I reached the rank of Eagle Scout with boy scout
Troop 4,
and have remained there as a volunteer Assistant Scoutmaster for five
years since then.
I have graduated Magna Cum Laude at the University of Houston,
with Phi Kappa Phi membership, a major in Media Production, a minor in
Studio Art, and success in additional courses in Game Development with the Computer Science department.
I have also spent tens of thousands of hours outside of class
teaching myself skills in a wide range of artistic disciplines, from
modelmaking, painting, and drawing, to 2d and 3d digital art and
animation, visual effects, video postproduction, and game design. I
am young, I am enthusiastic about art, video, and software
production, and I am willing to do visual effects, web design, 3d
and traditional art work, at $8.00/hr or
so (plus any materials cost or project-specific software, tools)
You can send me an email describing the parameters of your project,
and we can negotiate on payment... and perhaps reach an agreement.
You should know that in some cases, for non-profits or worthy
causes, or if your project allows room for creative freedom or just
seems like a lot of fun... cutting payment down to around $5-6/hour
or so, is not out of the question. In the past, I've
worked for $10/hr, $7.50/hr, $6/hr, even $3/hr or - in rare
instances - free... it really
does depend on the nature of the project and the situations you and
I are in at the time when it is brought up...
Again, here are my two most-used email addresses:
matthornb@aol.com
matthornb@gmail.com
If you want to, you can contact me.
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