John Paul Rhinemiller

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Vicarious Visions (September 2013 - Current)

• Senior Animator | Lead Cinematics Animator | Title in Development
• Animated Shorts :
• Skylanders ShortCuts: Fryno
• Skylanders ShortCuts: Slobbertooth
• Skylanders ShortCuts: Night Shift
• Skylanders ShortCuts: Fire Kraken
• Skylanders ShortCuts: Card Game

Vicarious Visions (November 2011 - September 2013)

• Lead Cinematics Animator | Skylanders:SwapForce

Rhythm & Hues (May 2011 - November 2011)

• Lead Character Animator | Alvin and The Chipmunks 3
• Key animation for character and creature animation.
• Worked with Directors, Animation Supervisors and my team to help push animators to get the most appealing and high quality shots possible, all while working on some of the more challenging shots in my teams sequences.
• Gained multiple levels of technical skills in all aspects of the pipeline, from technically challenging shots to technical issues that animators ran into with their shots.

Rhythm & Hues (May 2010 - May 2011)

• Character Animator | Yogi Bear, HOP, Mr. Poppers Penguins
• Key animation for character and creature animation

Image Metrics (October 2009 - May 2010)

• Character Animator
• Facial animation for the video-game "Harry Potter"
• Facial animation for the video-game "Red Dead Redemption"
• Facial animation for GDC "Battlefield: Bad Company 2" trailer
• Full body and facial animation for GDC "game engine demo"

Rhythm & Hues (July 2009 - October 2009)

• Junior Character Animator | Alvin and The Chipmunks 2
• Key animation for character and creature animation

Rhythm & Hues (June 2009 - July 2009)

• Animation Apprentice Program
• Learned animation pipeline
• Training in proprietary software (Voodoo)
• Completed various animated tests

United States Army (1999 - 2007)

• Sergeant | United States Army National Guard
• Operation Iraqi Freedom & Bosnian-Hergovina/Operation Join Forge
• Gained skills as a Truck Commander, Gunner and Driver on numerous
• combat Logistic Patrols throughout Iraq.
• Responsible for various communications and coordination in combat missions
• Worked in a team environment to complete high stress duties on time daily.
• Developed training techniques and trained incoming troops for both peacekeeping and combat missions.