Terrie Denman

Last last year I supported the 2016 Adventures in STEM Careers Pilot Program. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. I spoke to middle school students in sixth grade about how STEM applies to working as a game developer. I showed them a body of my work, the type of tools VFX artists use, and explained the relations between STEM and technical art as well as all other disciplines in game development.

Awarded the CEO Discretionary Award for outstanding work on World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. I was involved in pipeline training, pipeline management, asset structure, art direction, working cross discipline, and managing a team of seven artists. I worked hard to develop a strong foundation between systems design and visual effects through a long term visual and communicative validation system. Since then we have transitioned this system to other design teams and it has been very… Show more

Awarded the CEO Discretionary Award for outstanding work on World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. I was involved in pipeline training, pipeline management, asset structure, art direction, working cross discipline, and managing a team of seven artists. I worked hard to develop a strong foundation between systems design and visual effects through a long term visual and communicative validation system. Since then we have transitioned this system to other design teams and it has been very successful. Show less

To Whom It May Concern,

This is in response to Terrie Denman’s request for a letter of recommendation for your currently available junior artist’s position.

Ms. Denman recently completed the Game Modeling and Animation course from The Art Institute of California-Orange County that I teach. Hence, I find myself in a position to give you a fairly informed opinion on her suitability for this junior position.

Out of the twenty-two students enrolled at the time, Ms. Denman… Show more

To Whom It May Concern,

This is in response to Terrie Denman’s request for a letter of recommendation for your currently available junior artist’s position.

Ms. Denman recently completed the Game Modeling and Animation course from The Art Institute of California-Orange County that I teach. Hence, I find myself in a position to give you a fairly informed opinion on her suitability for this junior position.

Out of the twenty-two students enrolled at the time, Ms. Denman definitely stood out toward the upper tier of the more talented artists in class. She easily adapted to using new tools and techniques. The class was mainly using 3dsmax and her switching from Maya to 3dsmax seemed effortless and instinctive. She also took on the more challenging tasks. During the in-class modeling midterm, students had a choice of modeling one of three objects. She took it upon herself and chose to model the more difficult choice. Ms. Denman was the only student that decided to tackle the character model and finished it with a strong level of competency.

When it comes to modeling, she seems to comprehend shape and form fairly well along with the understanding of edge loop modeling. As far as texturing, she has a good fundamental grasp of color and value with a very painterly style, which seems to suit the aesthetic look and feel of the World of Warcraft universe.

It is because of these qualities that make me recommend her for this junior position. A creative and talented work environment like Blizzard would enable her to polish and extend her creative artistic prowess to another level and at the same time enable her surrounding artistic peers to benefit from her prowess.

Once more, let me recommend Ms. Denman for your junior artist vacancy and assure you of her competence and suitability for this entry-level position.

Sincerely,

Chung Ho Kan
Senior 3D Character Artist
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