Made By M.E.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Exploring different styles

I wanted to try a different look that I have seen in various
magazines and I was pleased with the results :)

Managing Time


Photoshop filters to create different looks from traditional drawings

Thank you for stopping in and visiting my blog!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Work from the other "M.E." My wife, Mandy Ecenbarger

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Having a resume with links to this blog being posted on this blog seems almost redundant, but sometimes that's ok. Being a little extra prepared never hurt anybody :)

So without any further delay.. I present my resume for your viewing pleasure.

Matthew Ecenbarger 424 River Rock Pass Phone 260-450-4224

Computer Artist Fort Wayne IN, 46814 Ecenbarger@gmail.com

http://matt-ecenbarger.blogspot.com

A graduate of the University of St. Francis, a NASAD accredited university, I am a very upbeat professional who is looking for an opportunity to prove myself in a rewarding and challenging position. With a Bachelor’s degree in computer art, I enjoy doing everything from Graphic design to 3D animation and would love to lend my versatile skill set to you.

Software Expertise

Extensive experience in both PC and Macintosh platforms, including, but not limited to the following programs:

Photoshop – Illustrator -- After Effects -- Indesign -- Final Cut Pro

Microsoft office -- Maya 6 through 8.5

Education

University of Saint Francis - B.A. in Computer Arts

· Maintained a GPA of 3.59 while working and attending class

· Sustained Deans list in all but two semesters in college

· Held Presidential and art scholarship for all 4 years

· Attended three separate SIGGRAPH conferences in Los Angeles in 2005, Boston in 2006, and Los Angeles in 2008

· Member of the national SIGGRAPH organization from 2003 to 2008

· Vice President of the U.S.F. Chapter of SIGGRAPH in the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007years

Work History

Food Clerk, Grocery - Meijer
Ft. Wayne, IN, 2003 to present

· Preserved high standards for the overall conditions of the grocery department, including maintaining shelf displays, correct inventory, signage, and most importantly providing daily, friendly customer service.

Graphic Designer – Freelance examples include:

· Designed a new header for the Noble County Prosecutor’s Office website in 2011

· Designed a logo for a small music business 2010

· Designed a mascot for a Healthcare practice in Brooklyn, NY 2009

3D Modeler and Animator – University of Saint Francis
Ft. Wayne, IN, 2005

· Provided graphic support for a series of computer animations geared towards helping young children learn the alphabet.

Awards

· Sophomore and Junior Achievers Award at USF

· First Place in walk cycle category at the USF Film Festival 2005

· First Place in Animation category at the USF Film Festival 2006

· First place in Technical category at the USF Film Festival 2008

· Second place in Animation category at the USF Film Festival 2008

Examples can be found at http://matt-ecenbarger.blogspot.com and references

are available upon request Thank you for taking the time to look at my resume!

Mascot Design

Seeing as one of my ways to relax is to occasionally sit and doodle new characters on paper, creating mascots was a fun evolution of the hobby. I had a really fun time developing a mascot for MCO (Managed Care Optimizer). Located in Brooklyn, NY. They didn't know exactly what they wanted at first but we solved that with good communication. First, I would sent 3 or 4 varying designs that I was able to piece together relatively easily in Photoshop so that had options to pick from, then after they let me know what they really liked and I knew we both were on the same page I could clean one of them up and give them a nice finished product without having waste a lot of time guessing what they were after.

Another opportunity came along when my sister was in need of a image to go with a college project she was presenting to the pediatric department of a local hospital. I don't believe the image ended up being adopted for any real use, but we were both happy with how it looked :)

Graphic Design

Two recent graphic design opportunities include the honor of being asked to make a new header for the Noble County Prosecutor's office and designing a logo for a someone planning on getting into a side career involved with music.

I was given a lot of room to come up with my own design for the header. I was handed the picture of their building, the current prosecutor, and the text they wanted to have included on it. They said they wanted it to have a casual republican vibe and to feel free to come up with something cool.. so I gave it a go and they seemed to like were I was going with the first rough version I sent them. I cleaned it up, finished it off and here we are!

It was a similar process with the logo. His initials were S.M. and his idea was to have them worked together in a kind of swirl pattern. I knew it was for a music related company, so I came up with the idea to refine the swirl idea into a modified treble clef and worked the M into that. He was excited as soon as he saw it so I finished it out into the logo you see below.

Senior Project 3D Animation

While I have dabbled with 3D animation on and off for a while, my senior project is by far the most complete example of what I can do with the medium that I have at the moment. I have improved my skills in modeling and texturing, but I am far from having a completed project to show them off through.

I had lot of fun making the video and I hope you enjoy!