About Me.
My name is Jasper Burchard. I am an aspiring game developer and 3D artist. Currently though, I'm a student at Lane Community College in Eugene, OR. I'm currently working on my Associates in Multimedia with a focus on Animation.
I've been an artist all my life. I started as a self taught, freelance illustrator, taking commissions as early as 13 years old. I've played around with many mediums over the years, I've done motion graphics, vector based graphic design, digital illustration, photography, and videography. While exploring, there was one medium I've always been drawn to the most: 3D art. I decided that I wanted to be a game developer in 5th grade and have never let go of that dream. 15 years later, I'm on the path to achieving that goal.
Before I even came to college I was teaching myself how to kit-bash and edit premade assets in Blender and set up VR avatars in Unity. Now I'm able to create, sculpt, rig, and texture models from scratch in Autodesk Maya and Mudbox, and create games in Unreal Engine 5.
Education
Sep. 2022-Current
Associates in Multimedia Design: Animation
Lane Community College
At LCC I have taken a multitude of classes where I learned how to use the following programs. I have also tutored fellow students in these programs.
Some of the skills I’ve built include
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Creating, sculpting, re-topologizing, texturing, and rigging 3D models in Autodesk Maya and Mudbox.
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Making 3D animations using my own rigged models in Maya.
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Creating a game in Unreal Engine 5 (environments, blueprints, interactable elements, ect.)
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Creating game design documents, storyboards, and general plan documents for various projects.
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Creating 2D animations, both hand drawn and keyframed, in Photoshop and After Effects.
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Editing video and audio assets in Premiere Pro and Audition.
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Creating vector based images in Adobe Illustrator.