Dave vander Pol
Movement Magician
- Role
- Senior Animator at Bad Robot Games
- Location
- Panama City Beach, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dave vander Pol
I have 20 years of 3D Animation experience imbuing life into characters, props and environments within Maya. I provide top notch animation in a professional and friendly attitude, within budget and in a timely manner.Pipeline experience in: animation, modeling, rigging, texture creation, lighting/rendering and comp work. I possess a fundamental understanding of MEL scripting and have written various tools to help with basic 3D production flows both at work and in my personal projects.My dedication and work ethic is impeccable and I have ample experience with tight deadlines, client communication, last minute changes and taking on the roll of problem solver, team cooperative or animation lead.Software Experience: Maya, Mudbox, Unreal Engine, Syntheyes, After Effects, Photoshop, Nuke, VUE, Illustrator, Particle Illusion, ArtRage and more.
Experience
Senior Animator
Sep 2025 — Present · US
Education
Modesto Junior College
Associate's degree, Graphic Design
1991 — 1993
University of Silicon Valley
Bachelor's degree, 3D Animation
1999 — 2001
Skills
- Modeling
- Compositing
- Visual Effects
- 3d
- Animation
- Uv Mapping
- Mel
- Character Rigging
- Storyboarding
- Traditional Animation
- Rigging
- Mental Ray
- Maya
- Cinematics
- After Effects
- Character Animation
- Computer Animation
- Texturing
- Nuke
- Facial Animation
- Autodesk Motionbuilder
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