Profile
Name: Wonders
Full name: Fredericus Wilhelmus Adrianus
Nickname: Ferry
Address: Kievietdonk 46
Hometown: Veghel
Country: Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)6-48.72.44.03
E-mail: ferry@bitblue.nl
Birth date: 18 december 1978
Educational record
- 2003-2004
Master of Arts in European Media at the School of Arts Utrecht, validated by the Open University in England, study direction; Game Design & Development.
- 2000-2004
Bachelor of Art and Technology at the School of Arts Utrecht, faculty Art, Media & Technology, study direction; Interaction Design.
- Spring 2003
Student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, faculteit Art and Technology, courses in 3d animation, computer rendering & compositing, holography and media history of terrorisme.
- 1996-2000
Graphic Lyceum St.Lucas Boxtel, study direction advertising, presentation and communication , multimedia design.
- 1991-1996
HAVO at the Fioretti College Veghel.
- Drivers license A + B
Working experience
May 2004 - till now
Royal Canin Netherlands, Veghel
- Studio Coordinator
- Traffic Media
Nov 2004 - April 2005
Khaeon Gamedevelopers, the Hague
- 3D modeller/ Leveldesigner
- Working as environment artist on a big next-gen gametitle, professional working experience with 3D Studio Max, Photoshop and the Editor of Unreal2 3D engine.
- Game designing experience with a tiple A gametitle.
Jan 2000 - till now
BitBlue Multimedia; my freelance, projectbased work. http://www.bitblue.nl
- Designing and managing websites for local company's.
- Making of technical and visual attractual websites.
- Experienced in working with, and for customers, ability to communicate technical details in a easy language, projectplannig, and deliver on request.
Mar 2004 - Aug 2004
Project Musketeer, group project Master of Arts in Gaming.
- Level and character design in Alias Maya for use in real-time 3D package UnrealEditor.
Mar 2004 - Aug 2004
Project Shadowland, individual project Master of Arts in Gaming.
- Knowledge of real-time 3D packages Virtools.
- Cognitive psychological research to the impact of shadows in games.
- Thinking about new ways of interacting in games.
Sep 2003 - feb 2004
Sterrekind foundation; group project Master of Arts in Gaming.
- Conceptual thinking aboutg game design and player research.
- Character and level design, interface design, skinning and rigging for use in real-time 3D packages.
- Writing of game design documents, planning and facilitating meetings.
Sep 2002 - Dec 2002
Internship; CoArt CGI B.V., Rotterdam
- Building Virtual Reality applications for hotel fire security, architectural walkthroughs en flight disaster simulation.
- Building and maintaining websites.
Sep 1998 - June 1999
Internship; Inpladi B.V, Oss.
- Desktop Publishing with theatermagazines, children books, travelbrochures, posters and stands.
- Multimedia Design with Content & Management systems, commercial and educational sites/cd-roms.
Teaching experience
Teacher in Alias Maya at the School of the Arts Utrecht, faculty Art, Media & Technology.
(November 2003 t/m January 2004)
- 3D Knowledge transferred to students, serving as a student guide.
- Preparations of the Maya course, making course structures.
Multimedia knowledge
- 3D-authoring software
Alias Maya, 3D studio Max, Deep Exploration, Unreal Editor
- Real-time engines
Virtools, Quest 3D, Director 3D
- Graphic/web software
Macromedia Director, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
- Video/Audio software
Apple Shake, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Illusion, Media Cleaner Pro
- Programming languages
ActionScript, Lingo, Javascript, ASP, PHP
Sparetime
snowboarding, waterpolo, survivalrunning
References
Jeroen van Mastrigt, Studieleider Game Design & Development Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Coördinator Amsterdam Chapter International Game Developers Association.
(E jeroen.vanmastrigt@kmt.hku.nl, T +31 (0)35 6836464)
Joost Burger, course leader Game Design and Development, Utrecht Graduate School of Art, Media, Music and Technology. (E joost.burger@kmt.hku.nl, T +31 (0)6 24200437)
Erik Pieters, Directeur Khaeon Games B.V., Verlengde Tolweg 2, Den Haag (T +31 (0)70 3069501) |