Ching's Gallery

Ching Yu Lau

813 Malibu Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20901
cell: 301.520.7371
home: 301.434.4736
clau22@gmail.com

EDUCATION:
University of Maryland
Baltimore County, May 2002
B.A. Imaging and Digital Arts
(Emphasis on 3D
Animation & Modeling)

COMPUTER SKILLS:

3D Studio Max
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Pagemaker
Adobe Photoshop CS
Adobe Premiere
Macromedia Director
Macromedia Flash
Form Z
ZBrush
Maya

HARDWARE:
Desktop Computer
Macintosh
Silicon Graphics Machine
Visioneer Flat Bed Scanner

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Spring 2007-Present
3D Artist and Modeler:
BreakAway Games

• model and texture 3D characters, vehicles, architectural structures, and various assets

Shipped games:

1. -Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
2. -MOSBE
3. -EAS

Spring 2004-Spring2007
3D Artist and Modeler:
InterFace MultiMedia

• model 3D buildings, furnishings,
  environments, site works.
• cataloging of completed
  models and images.
• created scenes and rendering with
  Electronic Image.
• composite images and renders using
  Adobe PhotoShop CS and Illustrator.

Summer 2002- Spring 2004
General File Clerk:
Lockheed Martin.

Confidential Level Security
Clearance for DOJ (Dept of Justice)
Project.

• provide litigation support & code
  legal documents / state evidence.
• provide quality control and data
  verification by reviewing TIFF
  formatted images.
• document legal materials using
  various imaging software for DOJ
• assist in creating and restoring
  images.

  Spring 2002
  3D Artist and Modeler:
  Lightstruck Animation Festival

• create animated short which was
  presented at the Light Struck
  Animation Festival. The modeling
  was created in Maya and the
  post-production work was done in
  Adobe After Effects.

Spring 2002
3D Artist:
Interactive Digital Arts:
ConcreteSTREAM

• produce UMBC Time Forms Program.
• create ready made interfaces.
• edit live and recorded video.

Fall 1998-Spring 2000
Cartoonist:
The Retriever Weekly Newspaper:

• create and maintain original comic
  strip

you can download a copy of my resume/portfolio by clicking here