● CONTACT INFO: Tycho@terryn.be

● PERSONAL INFO:

• Name: Tycho terryn
• Date of Birth: 15/10/1984
• Nationality: Belgian
• Current residence: Antwerp, Belgium
• Languages: Fluent English and Dutch, basic French
  
  

● PERSONAL GOAL:

• Find an interesting internship as an environment or technical artist in which I will be able to further develop my skills and gain some professional experience.
  
  

● EDUCATION:

• 2008 - Current: Digital Arts & Entertainment, PIH Kortrijk
• 2004 - 2008: Photography, Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts
• 2003 - 2004: Graphic Design, Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts
• 2000 - 2002: Seoul Foreign High School
  
  

● WORK EXPERIENCE:

• September 2009: Pixyz
  
  • Modeling of high-poly objects in Modo for a 3D animation
  
  
• February 2007 – July 2007: Gr'afix
  
  • 3D product visualization
  • Desktop publishing
    
    

● ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Multi Mania 2010 Award: Best 2nd year student digital arts and entertainment track: integrating 3D models into a 3D programming environment.
  
  

● KEYS SKILLS:

• Model, unwrap and texture low and high-poly objects for use in real-time or rendering applications
• Create realistic looking real-time shaders and rendering materials
• High to low-poly normal baking
• Skin and animate character meshes
• Visualize ideas and concepts using traditional & digital drawing skills
• Good understanding of color and light theory
  
  
• HLSL: comprehend, write and modify shaders
  
• C++: write clean and readable code using coding standards and correct use of Standard Template Library
  
• Implement and use external libraries (DirectX, PhysX, Boost)
  
• Basic knowledge of C# and Java
  
  

● SOFTWARE:

• Autodesk 3D Studio Max, Mudbox
• Luxology Modo
• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Dreamweaver, Soundbooth
• Steinberg Cubase, Wavelab
• Game Engines: Unreal 3, Unreal Development Kit, Unity, CryEngine, Source
  
  

● PERSONAL INTERESTS

• I've always enjoyed playing computer games and I've been active in the modding community since 2000. Some of my favorite games are: Half-Life series, Myst series, Flight Simulator series, Jane's Combat Simulations series, Total War series, Supreme Commander, Quake 3, Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Just Cause 2, No one lives forever, Prey, Grim Fandango and many more
  
  
• Some of my other hobbies include:
  
  
  • Photography
  • Traveling
  • Playing and producing music
  • Sports: jogging, biking, swimming, squash, snowboarding