Lee Hutchinson Kolb
lee(at)leekolb.com
Skills:
3D modeling - Lightwave, 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, SketchUp
3D animation - Lightwave, 3D Studio Max
Texturing, surfacing, lighting
Actionscript programming
Adobe AIR authoring
Interactive multimedia creation and design
Writing/Editing
Website design and construction
Software Used:
Lightwave 3D, 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, Adobe Flash, Google SketchUp, Adobe AIR, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Encore, Adobe Audition, DVD Studio Pro, Sorenson Squeeze, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Nugraf/PolyTrans, PhotoModeler, CorelDraw, CSE Html Validator, QuickTime Pro, Google Earth and other utilities and applications for working with multimedia. I work mostly on PCs but have some experience with the Mac platform.
Work Experience:
NASA Multimedia Artist
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
I create 3D animations and interactive multimedia products for Marshall Space Flight Center/NASA, and clients external to NASA. Work includes building 3D models, creating animations, texturing and animating models, creating models for rapid prototyping, translating 3D model formats, coding interactive Flash and Adobe AIR applications, building CD and DVD applications, working with audio and ensuring Section 508 compliance for multimedia products. Work with video involves downloading/converting online video into different formats and assembling video presentations from existing video, still image and audio files. Projects can involve coding with Actionscript (2.0 and 3.0), HTML and CSS, and preparing animations, interactive programs and graphics for online and/or kiosk delivery. Projects can require utilizing different software programs including Lightwave 3D, 3D Studio Max, Zbrush, Google SketchUp, Polytrans, Google Earth, Adobe Flash, Adobe Audition, Sorenson Squeeze, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Dreamweaver, Encore and Media Encoder. Training is ongoing and includes work at online sites such as lynda.com. (August 2005 - Present).
Independent Multimedia Contractor
Provided Flash and website building services to SEME Resources, Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama, Footprint Multimedia of the UK and other clients. Provided 3D modeling services to Respower, Inc. (2003 - 2005).
Multimedia Artist/Designer
Intellilink Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL
Created animations and multimedia materials using Lightwave 3D, Adobe Premiere, Director 8.5, Flash, Photoshop and other programs. Created demo CDs detailing ISI software features and functions. Work involved building animations for convenience store product promotion, help videos for the company's cash register system and 3D graphics for the register interface. Designed and built company website. Built 3D models of system components and rendered illustrations for manuals and documentation. (1997 - 2003).
Animation Artist/Web Designer
Netran Interactive Commerce, Inc., Huntsville, AL
Created 3d models, illustrations and web graphics for e-commerce web sites. Also did some web page building and scripting. (I worked here for six months in 1999). (1999).
Graphic Artist/Typesetter
Business Cards Tomorrow, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Created artwork and set type for business cards, letterheads and stationery for this thermographic printing company. Worked with customer-provided artwork on Adobe Photoshop and proprietary software. (1996-1997).
Proofreader and Typesetter
Rubbermasters, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Checked product copy and art for spelling, grammar, style and layout errors in addition to typesetting and graphic work with CorelDraw 5.0, Pagemaker 5.0 and Illustrator 4.0 for Macintosh. Some mechanical artwork creation. Darkroom experience included operating step and repeat and distortion cameras, producing and proofing colorkeys, bluelines and negatives for customer approval. (1993-1996).
Asst. Manager
Oxford News, Oxford Books, Atlanta, GA
Responsibilities included stocking and maintaining a 2,500-title newspaper and magazine inventory, customer service and special ordering of periodicals. (1990-1992).
Lifestyle Editor
Clayton Sun newspaper, College Park, GA
Wrote at least six feature stories per week, conducted interviews, took photographs, and designed, edited and pasted-up a four-to-six page Lifestyle section. (1988-1989).
Editor
Rockdale Neighbor newspaper, Conyers, GA
Wrote stories, set deadlines, assigned stories and co- ordinated the work of an editorial staff of four reporters. Edited and proofread finished copy and supervised layout and paste-up. (1986-1987).
Freelance Work:
Currently providing Flash/actionscript coding services to SEME Resources, Inc.
3D modeling for The Large Art Company
3D modeling for Fiske Planetarium
Website construction for Rush Marketing Group
Dental implant modeling and animation procedures for Dentox
SketckUp work for Angus Tents (UK)
Flash programming for BrainStormes Web Writing
Interactive floor plans of condo units for Sailmaker's Place
Flash animation and coding for Footprint Multimedia (UK)
3D models for productions by Respower Multimedia.
3D models, animations and interactivity of cosmetic dental procedures for Digital Road Corporation
Forensic animations for Visual Presentations for Attorneys, Inc.
3D product designs for SmartStride.com
Short animations for the Marshall Space Flight Center's 40th Anniversary Video.
30-second animation of model rocket launch and recovery for Advanced Concepts Media Production Services (Huntsville, AL)
20-second animation of unicycling dinosaur for Respower Multimedia (Huntsville, AL)
Technical writing and research for publications produced by Belzak & Associates, ( Marietta, GA)
Feature writing for Creative Loafing magazine (Atlanta, GA)
Sportswriter, Clayton News Daily, (Jonesboro, GA)
Websites created:
Brian CT Jones
Lacey's Grove
Galindo Designs
HK Watercolors
Kathryn Kolb Photography
Rock Your Paws (Huntsville, AL)
My Safety Training Online (under construction)
PHP scripting for catalog ordering and construction progress slideshows for Seagrove Highlands. (2005, offline)
Created php site admin section for framedartifacts.com (2004, offline)
Created website for Mesa-Robotics (2001 - 2002, offline)
Created website for Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service (2005 - 2008, offline)
Created website for David Diodate Photography (2004 - 2006, offline)
Created website for Roman Holiday Cafe (2004 - 2005, offline)
Created website for Estimating Software Intensive Systems (2004 - 2008, offline)
Created website for Strada Professional Services (2004 - 2006, offline)
Created website for UUS Works, LLC (2004 - 2005, offline)
Awards:
32nd Annual Telly Awards
Silver (shared with Greg Trent for WITTLAFE-What It Takes To Live Away From The Earth animation)
28th Annual Telly Awards
Bronze (Gravity Probe B)
27th Annual Telly Awards
Bronze (for contributions to NASA Lunar Habitat animation)
2007 Media Fusion Innovator Award
1987 Georgia Association of Educators Media Award
Best Feature Story from a weekly newspaper.
1986 Georgia Health Care Association Media Award
Best Feature Story from a weekly newspaper.
Education:
Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
B.A., History (1982-1986)
References:
Will submit references on request.
lee(at)leekolb.com
Skills:
3D modeling - Lightwave, 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, SketchUp
3D animation - Lightwave, 3D Studio Max
Texturing, surfacing, lighting
Actionscript programming
Adobe AIR authoring
Interactive multimedia creation and design
Writing/Editing
Website design and construction
Software Used:
Lightwave 3D, 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, Adobe Flash, Google SketchUp, Adobe AIR, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Encore, Adobe Audition, DVD Studio Pro, Sorenson Squeeze, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Nugraf/PolyTrans, PhotoModeler, CorelDraw, CSE Html Validator, QuickTime Pro, Google Earth and other utilities and applications for working with multimedia. I work mostly on PCs but have some experience with the Mac platform.
Work Experience:
NASA Multimedia Artist
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
I create 3D animations and interactive multimedia products for Marshall Space Flight Center/NASA, and clients external to NASA. Work includes building 3D models, creating animations, texturing and animating models, creating models for rapid prototyping, translating 3D model formats, coding interactive Flash and Adobe AIR applications, building CD and DVD applications, working with audio and ensuring Section 508 compliance for multimedia products. Work with video involves downloading/converting online video into different formats and assembling video presentations from existing video, still image and audio files. Projects can involve coding with Actionscript (2.0 and 3.0), HTML and CSS, and preparing animations, interactive programs and graphics for online and/or kiosk delivery. Projects can require utilizing different software programs including Lightwave 3D, 3D Studio Max, Zbrush, Google SketchUp, Polytrans, Google Earth, Adobe Flash, Adobe Audition, Sorenson Squeeze, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Dreamweaver, Encore and Media Encoder. Training is ongoing and includes work at online sites such as lynda.com. (August 2005 - Present).
Independent Multimedia Contractor
Provided Flash and website building services to SEME Resources, Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama, Footprint Multimedia of the UK and other clients. Provided 3D modeling services to Respower, Inc. (2003 - 2005).
Multimedia Artist/Designer
Intellilink Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL
Created animations and multimedia materials using Lightwave 3D, Adobe Premiere, Director 8.5, Flash, Photoshop and other programs. Created demo CDs detailing ISI software features and functions. Work involved building animations for convenience store product promotion, help videos for the company's cash register system and 3D graphics for the register interface. Designed and built company website. Built 3D models of system components and rendered illustrations for manuals and documentation. (1997 - 2003).
Animation Artist/Web Designer
Netran Interactive Commerce, Inc., Huntsville, AL
Created 3d models, illustrations and web graphics for e-commerce web sites. Also did some web page building and scripting. (I worked here for six months in 1999). (1999).
Graphic Artist/Typesetter
Business Cards Tomorrow, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Created artwork and set type for business cards, letterheads and stationery for this thermographic printing company. Worked with customer-provided artwork on Adobe Photoshop and proprietary software. (1996-1997).
Proofreader and Typesetter
Rubbermasters, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Checked product copy and art for spelling, grammar, style and layout errors in addition to typesetting and graphic work with CorelDraw 5.0, Pagemaker 5.0 and Illustrator 4.0 for Macintosh. Some mechanical artwork creation. Darkroom experience included operating step and repeat and distortion cameras, producing and proofing colorkeys, bluelines and negatives for customer approval. (1993-1996).
Asst. Manager
Oxford News, Oxford Books, Atlanta, GA
Responsibilities included stocking and maintaining a 2,500-title newspaper and magazine inventory, customer service and special ordering of periodicals. (1990-1992).
Lifestyle Editor
Clayton Sun newspaper, College Park, GA
Wrote at least six feature stories per week, conducted interviews, took photographs, and designed, edited and pasted-up a four-to-six page Lifestyle section. (1988-1989).
Editor
Rockdale Neighbor newspaper, Conyers, GA
Wrote stories, set deadlines, assigned stories and co- ordinated the work of an editorial staff of four reporters. Edited and proofread finished copy and supervised layout and paste-up. (1986-1987).
Freelance Work:
Currently providing Flash/actionscript coding services to SEME Resources, Inc.
3D modeling for The Large Art Company
3D modeling for Fiske Planetarium
Website construction for Rush Marketing Group
Dental implant modeling and animation procedures for Dentox
SketckUp work for Angus Tents (UK)
Flash programming for BrainStormes Web Writing
Interactive floor plans of condo units for Sailmaker's Place
Flash animation and coding for Footprint Multimedia (UK)
3D models for productions by Respower Multimedia.
3D models, animations and interactivity of cosmetic dental procedures for Digital Road Corporation
Forensic animations for Visual Presentations for Attorneys, Inc.
3D product designs for SmartStride.com
Short animations for the Marshall Space Flight Center's 40th Anniversary Video.
30-second animation of model rocket launch and recovery for Advanced Concepts Media Production Services (Huntsville, AL)
20-second animation of unicycling dinosaur for Respower Multimedia (Huntsville, AL)
Technical writing and research for publications produced by Belzak & Associates, ( Marietta, GA)
Feature writing for Creative Loafing magazine (Atlanta, GA)
Sportswriter, Clayton News Daily, (Jonesboro, GA)
Websites created:
Brian CT Jones
Lacey's Grove
Galindo Designs
HK Watercolors
Kathryn Kolb Photography
Rock Your Paws (Huntsville, AL)
My Safety Training Online (under construction)
PHP scripting for catalog ordering and construction progress slideshows for Seagrove Highlands. (2005, offline)
Created php site admin section for framedartifacts.com (2004, offline)
Created website for Mesa-Robotics (2001 - 2002, offline)
Created website for Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service (2005 - 2008, offline)
Created website for David Diodate Photography (2004 - 2006, offline)
Created website for Roman Holiday Cafe (2004 - 2005, offline)
Created website for Estimating Software Intensive Systems (2004 - 2008, offline)
Created website for Strada Professional Services (2004 - 2006, offline)
Created website for UUS Works, LLC (2004 - 2005, offline)
Awards:
32nd Annual Telly Awards
Silver (shared with Greg Trent for WITTLAFE-What It Takes To Live Away From The Earth animation)
28th Annual Telly Awards
Bronze (Gravity Probe B)
27th Annual Telly Awards
Bronze (for contributions to NASA Lunar Habitat animation)
2007 Media Fusion Innovator Award
1987 Georgia Association of Educators Media Award
Best Feature Story from a weekly newspaper.
1986 Georgia Health Care Association Media Award
Best Feature Story from a weekly newspaper.
Education:
Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
B.A., History (1982-1986)
References:
Will submit references on request.