Adam Murphy

Video Games Experience:

    Shipped:
  • Evil Genius: Artist, Rebellion Inc, Spring 2011
  • Aliens vs Predator: Storyboard Artist, Rebellion Inc, Spring 2010
  • Rogue Warrior: Storyboard Artist, Rebellion Inc, Autumn 2009
  • The Simpsons Game: Lead Animator: Port to WII, PS2 and PSP, Rebellion Inc, Autumn 2007
  • Gun: Lead Animator: Port to PSP, Rebellion Inc, Summer 2006
  • Rogue Trooper: Animator: PS2, XBOX and PC, Rebellion Inc, Winter 2005
  • Mechassault 2: Animator: XBOX, Day 1 Studios, Winter 2004

2007 – present
Rebellion Inc, Oxford, UK
Storyboard Artist

  • Creating storyboards in collaboration with Lead Animator
  • Developing story and dialog in collaboration with Story Team
  • Creating concept art, magazine cover concepts and other production art
  • Creating 3D animatics

2005 – 2007
Rebellion Inc, Oxford, UK
Lead Animator

  • Oversaw animation pipeline
  • Scripted pipeline tools
  • Designed animation systems
  • Created character and environment animations

2003 – 2005
Day 1 Studios, Chicago, USA
Animator

  • Animated multi-character cinematic cutscenes: block-in through final polish
  • Animated in-game animations including emotes, vehicle transitions, walk and run cycles
  • Created character and vehicle rigs and weighted characters
  • Developed and documented animation processes, toolsets and pipelines
  • Developed several tools in MAXscript

Education:

  • Master of Science: Computer Graphics and Animation 2003
  • DePaul University, School of CTI, Chicago, USA
  • GPA (US grade point average) 4.0/4.0
  • Bachelor of Science: Human Sciences 1999
  • Oxford University, Mansfield College, Oxford, UK

Awards:
“The Little Ballerina” – short animated film.

  • Won 2nd prize in the SIGGRAPH International Student Animation Competition 2002