Tim Soman

Cell (818) 679-7138

tim@timsoman.com



Software

Maya

Modeling/Rendering/Texturing

Lighting/Particle Animation

Adobe

Photoshop/Illustrator/Premiere



Work Experience


Amalgamated Pixels

11/2007 - 4/2008

Previz Artist/Modeler

Dragons (Casino Attraction/ Macau)



5/2007 - 10/2007

Invisible Army

Previz Artist

Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Chronicles of Narnia



4/2006 - 5/2007

Imagi

Layout/Previs/Concept Artist

Gatchaman CG Movie



3/2006 - 3/2006

Blissium

CG Effects

AMD Commercial



9/2005 - 2/2006

Imagi

Layout/Previs Artist

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle CG Movie.

Pre-visualization and camera work.


1/2004 - 9/2005

Sony Pictures Imageworks

Senior Technical Director

Monster House

Motion capture integration and layout.

3D Animatics/3D Layout Artist


The Polar Express

Working with the director, Robert Zemekis

On pre-visualizing phase as well as

3D technical layout.



8/2003 - 1/2004

Disney Toon Studios

2D/3D Layout Artist

Tarzan II



6/2002 - 8/2003

Horsepower Entertainment Inc.

Designer/CG & Traditional Layout

Magic Car Yard

Papi Chulo (Credit & Transitional Sequences)



6/2001 - 6/2002

Newkat Studios

Layout Supervisor

Commercial appearing in ‘Minority Report’

R&D for Amylin Pharmaceuticals

‘Kidjit City’ Direct to Video



6/1996 - 6/2001

Dreamworks Feature Animation

CG & Traditional Layout

The Prince of Egypt

The Road to El Dorado

Spirit



9/1995 - 6/1996

Walt Disney Television Animation

Background Designer

Jungle Cubs (Television Series)

Rumplestiltskin (Direct to Video Segment)



3/1995 - 7/1995

Warner Brothers Classics Animation

Layout Artist

Marvin the Martian in the 3rd Dimension



12/1994 -1/1995

Walt Disney Television Animation

Background Designer

Quack Pack



11/1993 - 12/1994

Turner Feature Animation

Layout Artist

Cats Don’t Dance



Education

4/1991 Art Center College of Design

B.F.A. Illustration



Freelance Clients Including:

Nickelodeon

Fred Wolf Films

Film Roman

July Films/Universal Animation

Shadow Motion/Warner Brothers