Gergely Nagy

tel:-   •   e-mail:- GERGELY NAGY Personal Profile A freelance designer interested in a wide spectrum of visual development from creating vector art, desktop publishing and photo shooting, manipulating and retouching to 3D modelling, UV mapping, texturing, rendering and character design, album art… Versatile, inquisitive and open minded graphic designer with excellent tolerance however can deal with strict deadlines. Since worked for companies which operate in different sectors, has got a wide range of experience (more than 20 years) what could be an advantage during future projects. Employment History 2005 – present Freelance Designer / Web-design, Desktop publishing, Animation • Designing printed products, web-design, animation, brand identity; 3D modelling, UV mapping, texturing, rendering, photo shooting, manipulating and retouching, creating vector drawings, character design, making album art • Keeping in touch with clients, managing jobs, scheduling tasks, making invoices 2004 – 2005 Graphic designer / Desktop publishing Faa Produkt Ltd. (Printing-house, Publisher) Veszprém, Hungary • Designing printed products like flyers, folders, business cards, brochures, books, magazine, brand, invitation cards and posters (worked even all night long to meet deadlines) • Being at the press house on Machine Start-up to check colours, density and possible errors • Scanning documents for further application in end products • Basic pre-press tasks 2001 – 2002 Clean-up and In-between Artist / Drawing the cartoon series “Mr. Bean” Varga Studio Ltd. (Entertainment, Cartoon Studio) Budapest, Hungary • Trying to find out what the animator wanted to achieve within the scene • Discuss the scenes’ details with the animation supervisors • Cleaning-up and In-betweening scenes arrived from England, Ukraine and Hungary 2000 – 2004 Graphic designer / Web-design, Desktop publishing Infornax IT CO (Information Technology) Veszprém, Hungary • Mainly web-design (HTML, CSS, Flash, basic PHP and JavaScript) • Infrequently DTP tasks (logo, brochure, business card, poster) • Keeping in touch with clients, discussing the projects’ details, finding out what they want 1996 – 2000 System administrator / IT department role Veszprém County Police Headquarters (Law Enforcement) Veszprém, Hungary • Managing the HQs IT park (hundreds of nodes), supervising network, ensure the flawless workflow for the employees • Setting up new hardwares, in case of a problem repairing the machine, changing parts, fixing errors • Installing softwares on employees PCs, giving proper training for certain packages • Daily tasks like managing system backups, data recording References available on request. Education and training 2001 Qualified Animated Film Drawer Animating, Cleaning-up, In-betweening, Lip-sync, Character design, Handling exposition lists Pannónia Filmstudió Budapest, Hungary 1996 Passed GCSE levels: History, Hungarian, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, P.E., Music, Geography, Philosophy Passed A levels: Foreign Language (English), Mathematics Abitur Final Exam: Computer Science Vetési Albert Grammar School Veszprém, Hungary Personal Skills and Competences Computer S&C • Professional knowledge of applications: Adobe PhotoShop, InDesign; CorelDraw; Autodesk 3ds max, Mudbox; Maxon Cinema 4D and Bodypaint; Blender; Headus UVLayout • Good knowledge of: Adobe Premiere, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash; QuarkXPress; Autodesk XSI; Sony Soundforge, Acid, Unreal Engine 4 • Basic knowledge of: Adobe AfterEffects; Autodesk Combustion; SideFX Houdini; Next Limit RealFlow; Pixologic ZBrush; e-on Vue; Nevercenter Silo; many renderers Language S&C • Hungarian - native • English (technical, professional) - intermediate Social S&C • Team Spirit • Good communication skills gained through my work experience • Willingness to learn and the ability to learn fast Other S&C I like to play the guitar, read; Interested in car repairing, sports, beers; Usually walk long distances with my dog in any condition what suits for him A few Examples and Achievements • Working to overseas for a 3D screen saver/encyclopedia/social media project (modelling, UV unfolding, texturing) using Blender – utilizing time-lag during the working–approving sessions • Album art for bands’ CDs including logos using various techniques and applications (Without Face, GuilThee) • 3D environment/prop modelling and UV unfolding for a Feature Animation using SoftImage XSI • Making book designs inclusive of retouching, desktop publishing and pre-press tasks for a small book publisher • Creating logo, printed products, web-design and Flash animations (a couple controlled by ActionScript) for a North American client • Providing all-in solutions for a large paving stone manufacturer from DTP through photo shooting and retouching to 3D modelled illustrations, in cooperation with printing houses and advert printing companies Veszprém Beton (flyers, labels, banners, prospectus) • Complete solution for a €  50  000 budget open-air electronic music festival with performers from Europe and the USA Gardens of Fiction 2 (and later the 3rd) (logos, flyers, leaflets, posters, ticket, VIP-cards, Flash animations, web-design) • Cartoony character designs for the rock band Hollywoodoo from which an animated music video had been created Earlier I wrote several lyrics in english to rock bands, and translated english subtitles to hungarian for a few films. (for example The Road to El Dorado, Chasseurs de Dragons)