4266 Fulton Ave #4   Studio City, CA 91604   (775) 342-3226    tomas.studio@gmail.com

Tomas Sisneros has over 14 years of experience in many different facets of the entertainment industry. He spent the first five years of his career in the comic book industry starting at the ground level producing the artwork for numerous independent titles. Tomas worked his way up through the ranks of the independent scene eventually engaging more mainstream companies such as Malibu Comics, working on Mortal Kombat, Battlewave and Marvel Comics’ X-Men Yearbook. At about that same time Tomas became involved in producing storyboards for Television Animation. He shifted his focus from comic books to the more lucrative storyboard field working on such prestigious shows as Spiderman Unlimited (for Saban Entertainment), X-Men: Evolution (a Film Roman/Warner Brothers co-production), Robocop: Alpha Commando (for MGM), and Spawn the Animated Series (for HBO animation). Tomas’ dedication and hard work on HBO’s Spawn resulted in Daytime Emmy recognition in the category of Outstanding Animated Program. Feeling the need to broaden his knowledge and skills, Tomas sought out 5000ft and made a career shift to the video game industry. With the support of an amazingly strong team of coworkers, Tomas was able to learn a completely new skill set and advance to the position of Art Director. Tomas was Art Director for Encore Software’s Daredevil, Myelin Media’s Stacked With Daniel Negreanu and NBC's Heads Up Poker Video Game.  Currently Tomas is working full time as a freelance contract artist on a variety of 2D and 3D projects.

RESUME

Objective

I seek a position that will allow me to continue to grow as an artist and designer. I thrive to create imaginative, exciting and challenging products within a team environment with other individuals who are as passionate and driven as I am about creating top notch entertainment.

Primary Skills

  • Highly Motivated and Creative

  • Solid 3D Modeling and Texturing Skills

  • Character Rigging/Skinning and Basic Animation Skills

  • Scene Lighting

  • Concept Art

  • Character Design

  • Environment and Prop Design

  • Storyboard Illustration and Cinematics

  • Experienced in Traditional Drawing and Painting Media

  • High Attention to Detail

  • Strong Time Management, Organizational and Asset Management Skills

  • Excellent Leadership, Communication and People Skills

  • Experienced Team and Project Scheduling

Software

  • 3Ds max

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Z-Brush

  • SketchUp

  • Mudbox

  • BodyPaint 3D

  • Deep 3D and Deep UV

  • Corel Painter

  • Sketchbook Pro

  • Particle Illusion

  • Sony Vegas

  • NXN Alienbrain

  • Perforce

Shipped Game Titles

All Star Cheer Squad, Environment Concept Artist, 3D Modeling and Texturing, DS and Wii

Skip-Bo Castaway Caper, UI Design and Concept Art, GameHouse Downloadable Games

NBC Heads Up Poker, Art Director, PC

Stacked with Daniel Negreanu, Art Director, PC, Xbox, Ps2

Disney Princess, Artist, Jakks Pacific TV Games

Work Experience

2007 – Present          Freelance Contract Artist

                   Arkham Graphics, Film Roman, Cinematico, Mara Pets Games, Corporate Inspired Creations,

                  Wondergalaxy Studios, The Bradford Exchange, New Dimension Sound, Dukes Show Room

I've been working full time as a Freelance Contract Artist and Designer for a wide variety of clients in the U.S., U.K., and Canada.  During this time I've done storyboarding, 3D modeling and texturing, UI design, concept art, 2D sprites, product design, company branding and logos.

2002 – 2007          5000ft, inc.     Art Director

                   Daredevil, Stacked with Daniel Negreanu, Disney Princess, NBC Heads Up Poker

The lead artist position became available a year after I joined 5000ft and the position was offered to me based on my ability to keep up to speed with all the software packages and for demonstrating leadership skills while mentoring other artists with their 2D skills. I was offered the Art Director position within 6 months and my responsibilities as Art Director included managing both the 2D and 3D Art production pipelines, balancing the creative and visual requirements within schedule and budget. I facilitated the communications between the Art Department and all other departments to insure we were able to generate the best art we could within our engines specs. I was responsible for hiring and training new additions to the Art team. I worked with a number of off-site and on-site contractors and also coordinated working with subcontracting studios from England and the Ukraine. I was also responsible for creation of both 2D and 3D assets in addition to my management duties. It was required that I develop and maintain the visual direction, art style and feel on an original IP from conception to completion for Stacked and NBC Heads Up Poker. During my tenure with 5000ft, I have worked to develop and refine the overall Art production pipeline. I strive to raise the level and quality of the work we produce with each successive project by being forward thinking and establishing the groundwork for implementing new techniques, ideas and higher art specs on future projects.

2001 – 2002          5000ft, inc.     3D/2D Artist

                    Daredevil

I started out as an entry level artist and as I possessed very minimal computer skills, it was required I rapidly learn the necessary techniques and software to succeed in my job. I invested my spare time learning all the software and applications necessary for my development. As I was the only experienced 2D artist on the team it was my responsibility to generate concepts and to train the other artists in 2D work.

Additional Work Experience

2000 – 2002           Film Roman                           Storyboard Artist, Revisions, Clean Up
                                 X-Men:Evolution
2001                        Bohbot Kids Network           Storyboard Artist, Revisions, Clean Up, Background & Prop Design
                                 Ultimate Book of Spells
1999                        Saban Entertainment           Storyboard Artist
                                 Nascar Racers
1999                        Bohbot Kids Network           Storyboard Artist
                                 Roswell Conspiracies
1998 – 1999           Mike Young Productions      Storyboard Artist
                                 Voltron in the 3rd Dimension
1998                        Disney TV Animation            Storyboard Revisions and Clean Up
                                 Pepper Ann
1998                        HBO Animation                     Storyboard Artist, Character, Background & Prop Design
                                 Spawn: The Animated Series
1998                        MGM Animation                    Storyboard Artist
                                 Robocop: Alpha Commando
1998                        Saban Entertainment            Storyboard Artist
                                 Silver Surfer
1996 – 1997           MSH Entertainment              Storyboard Artist, Character Design
                                 Van-Pires
1995                        Saban Entertainment            Storyboard Clean Up
                                 X-Men the Animated Series; Tenko and the Guardians of Magic; Spider-Man; SpyDogs
1995                        Disney TV Animation            Storyboard Clean Up
                                 Gargoyles
1995                        Graz Entertainment               Storyboard Clean Up
                                 GI Joe Extreme

 

Comic Book Work

1991 - 1995            X-Men Yearbook (pin-up illustration);     Razor Uncut #36 (penciler);     Jacknife #1 (penciler);     Warcat the Series #2 (penciler, cover art);     The Eden Descendants #2 (inker);     Mortal Kombat Battlewave #5 (penciler, inker);     Razor #0 (inker);     Hot Comics Preview #1, #2 (penciler, inker);     Warcat #2 (penciler, cover art);     Doctor Faustus #2 (penciler, inker);     Necromancer Special Edition #1 (Inker);     Equinox Chronicles #1, #2, #3 (penciler, inker, designer);     Shade the Changing Man (background inks);     Eclipso (background inks)

Education

American Animation Institute, North Hollywood, CA
Disney TV Storyboard Apprenticeship Program, Burbank, CA
Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art, Dover, NJ

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Tomas Sisneros   4266 Fulton Ave #4   Studio City, CA 91604   (775) 342-3226    tomas.studio@gmail.com