Resume

Frank Bakker
Date of birth: May 14th 1982
Nationality: Dutch (Netherlands)
Contact information: contact page


Work Experience

• 2005 to present day - Khaeon Games B.V., The Haque, Netherlands


• Level artist on the upcomming MMORPG 'The Chronicles of Spellborn'. My job was to create levels using existing environment art models and my own models. The levels were based on design documents provided by the gamedesign department. I was responsible for object placement, lighting, particle effects, fogging, day night cycle, optimisation, etc. During my time on this project i've also worked on various other things such as a player website and gui work.
• Unannounced project.



• 2003/2005 - Several restaurant jobs, Enkhuizen, Netherlands


• During my time in college I had several extra jobs besides my education, mostly in restaurants where I worked as a waiter.



• 2002/2003 - PWN Watercompany, Krommenie, Netherlands


• I worked on the customer support department of this water company, customers with questions regarding bills, problems, etc. were answered by me.

Skills

• 3D Studio Max


• I got a good understanding of box modeling, smoothing groups and uvw unwrapping, i'm capable of making my own models for the environments i create.



• Photoshop


• I use photoshop to make adjustments to existing textures, prepare photo-sourced textures for ingame use, website/gui design. I'm not capable of creating my own hand painted textures from scratch.



• Unreal Engine


• A thorough understanding of Unreal Engine 2.5. I know pretty much all the ins and outs of this engine from a level artists perspective.



• Artistic insight


• I got a good understanding of color and compositions. I know how to use lighting and effects to create a well balanced and interesting scene.

Education

• 2003/2005 - Hogeschool van de Kunsten, Utrecht, Netherlands


• I studied 'Design & Technology' on this art institute, I left this university because of a lack of interest in the courses given. Besides this, I got a job in the games industry in 2005.



• 2000/2001 - Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands


• I studied software engineering here, I left due to a lack of skills and interest in software engineering.



• 1999/2000 - Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands


• I studied architecture here, although I found it interesting and had good marks I decided I wanted to do 'something' with computers, young and naive as I was I quit this education to persue software engineering.



• 1994/1999 - Martinus College, Grootebroek, Netherlands


• This was my high school education, I finished it with a 'Havo' degree with the following subjects: math, english, dutch, physics, chemistry, drawing/art history.