Mike Spring
Instructor / Digital Artist
General info
Instructor / Digital Artist
LA Film School - Online Instructor - Digital Painting & Environment Design
Visual Developer, Graphic Designer, Compositor, Illustrator, and Game Developer (iPhone game apps... Robo Ki, Drop n Pop... with more on the way!)
Experience includes work with Disney Imagineering, Reality Check Studios, Duck Studios, Outpost Digital, Seiniger Advertising, Blissium, Entity FX, World of Tomorrow, The WB, Zoic Studios, Fenix Collective, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), 2000 Strong, and ShutterPunch, NBC Universal, Visual Creatures, Illuminate.
Visual Developer, Graphic Designer, Compositor, Illustrator, and Game Developer (iPhone game apps... Robo Ki, Drop n Pop... with more on the way!)
Experience includes work with Disney Imagineering, Reality Check Studios, Duck Studios, Outpost Digital, Seiniger Advertising, Blissium, Entity FX, World of Tomorrow, The WB, Zoic Studios, Fenix Collective, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), 2000 Strong, and ShutterPunch, NBC Universal, Visual Creatures, Illuminate.
Experience
Designer/Animator/Illustrator/Compositor
www.krop.com/mikespring
LA Film School - Online Instructor - Digital Painting & Environment Design - October 2020 - present
Freelance VFX Artist, Compositor, Illustration, Graphic Design, Photoshop/AE – June 1998 – present
Video/Graphics Production, UI/UX - January 2015 – May 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers - Lead full life cycle of creative for application design, video/graphics, motion graphics, after effects animation, UI/UX in collaboration with leadership and team members. Designed training and informational videos to help users approach new products with confidence. Created videos featuring PwC’s latest automation news and features, including filming of colleagues, editing of all footage, motion graphics creation and applying firm branding and music.
ShutterPunch – June 2014 to December 2014
various projects - compositor – After Effects
Illuminiate - November 2013 to May 2014
XFiles uprez – compositor – After Effects
NBC Universal - January to October 2013
Defiance episodic – compositor – After Effects
ShutterPunch - August to December 2012
Perception episodic - compositor – After Effects
Visual Creatures - July 2012
commercials for NFL Network – compositor - After Effects
Playground Media - April 2012 to June 2012
promos for Sony Pictures - motion graphics – After Effects
ShutterPunch - April 2012
The Selection (pilot) - compositor – After Effects
Water For Elephants - directed by Francis Lawrence - compositor
We Bought a Zoo - directed by Cameron Crowe - compositor
Forgotten History of the United States - directed by Oliver Stone - compositor
Castro In Winter - directed by Oliver Stone - compositor
Savages - directed by Oliver Stone
Gangster Squad - Ruben Fleischer
Crazy Horse Effects - June 2010 - April 2012 - compositor – After Effects
"Drop N Pop" game app - game art and UI development and art
Motivated Robot Studios - April to June 2010 – analog tools/Photoshop
Weeds Season 6 Promo - compositor – After Effects
2000 Strong - May 2010
Live Earth Promo, Spike TV commercials - compositor – After Effects
Blissium - compositor - April 2010
Kodak commercial - compositor – After Effects
Thomas Cobb Group - March 2010
Alice in Wonderland - directed by Tim Burton - 3d conversion compositor – After Effects
ICO Entertainment Inc. - January 2010
"Robo Ki" game app - game art and UI development and art – analog tools/Photoshop/AE
Motivated Robot Studios - Aug to Dec 2009
Oprah Winfrey Network - various on-air promos
motion graphics compositor – After Effects
OWN - July to Aug 2009
Outpost Digital - compositor on various projects – After Effects
March to June 2009
Duck Studios - compositor on various projects – After Effects
Jan to March 2009
Fenix Collective - compositor on various projects – After Effects
Dec 2008 to Jan 2009
Blissium - compositor on various projects – After Effects
Sept to Nov 2008
Cake - compositor on various projects – After Effects
July to Aug 2008
Wheel of Fortune - motion graphics – After Effects
Reality Check Studios - July 2008
Smallville Television Series - compositor
Sports Science Television Series - compositor – After Effects
X-Files 2: I Want To Believe - directed by Chris Carter - compositor – After Effects
EntityFX - Jan - June 2008
"The Living Landscape" interactive game at "Soarin'" (Disney World)
Disney Imagineering visual development - Photoshop
Max Payne - directed by John Moore - visual development - Photoshop
Incarnate Video Game - visual development – Photoshop
Reality Check Studios - Jan to Dec 2007
NEO - compositor on various feature film projects – After Effects
June to Dec 2006
Smallville Television Series - compositor – After Effects
Aquaman Television Series Pilot - compositor – After Effects
EntityFX - Nov 2005 to May 2006
Blissium - compositor on various projects – After Effects
Oct to Nov 2005
Bones Television Series - compositor – After Effects
Skinwalkers Feature Film Teaser - motion graphics compositor – After Effects
Ignite Creative - April to Sept 2005
Ford Motor Company - compositor – After Effects
The Discovery Channel - compositor – After Effects
Serenity - directed by Joss Whedon – compositor – After Effects compositor
29 Down Television Series - compositor – After Effects
Zoic Studios - Dec 2004 to March 2005
A Sound of Thunder - directed by Peter Hyams - compositor – After Effects
VFXPC - June to Sept 2004
Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow - directed by Kerry Conran
compositor, opticals – After Effects
render wrangling – Maya/Apple
World of Tomorrow, Inc. - Oct 2003 to June 2004
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - directed by Andrew Adamson
3D-Previsualization - Maya
The WB - 2002 -2003
On-Air graphics for Prime Time as well as Kids WB programming
2d animation and 3D texturing – After Effects/Maya
The WB - 2002 -2003
Audi TT/Seattle Seahawks In-Game Animation
3d animator – Maya
Hornet Inc. - 2002
Fossil - directed by Neal Nellans
concept designer/animator/compositor for "The Mambouri Legend" sequence – After Effects
2001 - 2002
Alien Versus Predator 2 Video Game
Illustrations for the packaging campaign – hand drawn
Seiniger Advertising Group - September 2001
Despierta America, El Gordo Y La Flaca, De Cabeza, and Premio Lo Nuestro
on-air graphics and motion graphics compositor – After Effects/Paintbox/Maya
Univision Network - October 1998 to August 2001
Freelance VFX Artist, Compositor, Illustration, Graphic Design, Photoshop/AE – June 1998 – present
Video/Graphics Production, UI/UX - January 2015 – May 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers - Lead full life cycle of creative for application design, video/graphics, motion graphics, after effects animation, UI/UX in collaboration with leadership and team members. Designed training and informational videos to help users approach new products with confidence. Created videos featuring PwC’s latest automation news and features, including filming of colleagues, editing of all footage, motion graphics creation and applying firm branding and music.
ShutterPunch – June 2014 to December 2014
various projects - compositor – After Effects
Illuminiate - November 2013 to May 2014
XFiles uprez – compositor – After Effects
NBC Universal - January to October 2013
Defiance episodic – compositor – After Effects
ShutterPunch - August to December 2012
Perception episodic - compositor – After Effects
Visual Creatures - July 2012
commercials for NFL Network – compositor - After Effects
Playground Media - April 2012 to June 2012
promos for Sony Pictures - motion graphics – After Effects
ShutterPunch - April 2012
The Selection (pilot) - compositor – After Effects
Water For Elephants - directed by Francis Lawrence - compositor
We Bought a Zoo - directed by Cameron Crowe - compositor
Forgotten History of the United States - directed by Oliver Stone - compositor
Castro In Winter - directed by Oliver Stone - compositor
Savages - directed by Oliver Stone
Gangster Squad - Ruben Fleischer
Crazy Horse Effects - June 2010 - April 2012 - compositor – After Effects
"Drop N Pop" game app - game art and UI development and art
Motivated Robot Studios - April to June 2010 – analog tools/Photoshop
Weeds Season 6 Promo - compositor – After Effects
2000 Strong - May 2010
Live Earth Promo, Spike TV commercials - compositor – After Effects
Blissium - compositor - April 2010
Kodak commercial - compositor – After Effects
Thomas Cobb Group - March 2010
Alice in Wonderland - directed by Tim Burton - 3d conversion compositor – After Effects
ICO Entertainment Inc. - January 2010
"Robo Ki" game app - game art and UI development and art – analog tools/Photoshop/AE
Motivated Robot Studios - Aug to Dec 2009
Oprah Winfrey Network - various on-air promos
motion graphics compositor – After Effects
OWN - July to Aug 2009
Outpost Digital - compositor on various projects – After Effects
March to June 2009
Duck Studios - compositor on various projects – After Effects
Jan to March 2009
Fenix Collective - compositor on various projects – After Effects
Dec 2008 to Jan 2009
Blissium - compositor on various projects – After Effects
Sept to Nov 2008
Cake - compositor on various projects – After Effects
July to Aug 2008
Wheel of Fortune - motion graphics – After Effects
Reality Check Studios - July 2008
Smallville Television Series - compositor
Sports Science Television Series - compositor – After Effects
X-Files 2: I Want To Believe - directed by Chris Carter - compositor – After Effects
EntityFX - Jan - June 2008
"The Living Landscape" interactive game at "Soarin'" (Disney World)
Disney Imagineering visual development - Photoshop
Max Payne - directed by John Moore - visual development - Photoshop
Incarnate Video Game - visual development – Photoshop
Reality Check Studios - Jan to Dec 2007
NEO - compositor on various feature film projects – After Effects
June to Dec 2006
Smallville Television Series - compositor – After Effects
Aquaman Television Series Pilot - compositor – After Effects
EntityFX - Nov 2005 to May 2006
Blissium - compositor on various projects – After Effects
Oct to Nov 2005
Bones Television Series - compositor – After Effects
Skinwalkers Feature Film Teaser - motion graphics compositor – After Effects
Ignite Creative - April to Sept 2005
Ford Motor Company - compositor – After Effects
The Discovery Channel - compositor – After Effects
Serenity - directed by Joss Whedon – compositor – After Effects compositor
29 Down Television Series - compositor – After Effects
Zoic Studios - Dec 2004 to March 2005
A Sound of Thunder - directed by Peter Hyams - compositor – After Effects
VFXPC - June to Sept 2004
Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow - directed by Kerry Conran
compositor, opticals – After Effects
render wrangling – Maya/Apple
World of Tomorrow, Inc. - Oct 2003 to June 2004
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - directed by Andrew Adamson
3D-Previsualization - Maya
The WB - 2002 -2003
On-Air graphics for Prime Time as well as Kids WB programming
2d animation and 3D texturing – After Effects/Maya
The WB - 2002 -2003
Audi TT/Seattle Seahawks In-Game Animation
3d animator – Maya
Hornet Inc. - 2002
Fossil - directed by Neal Nellans
concept designer/animator/compositor for "The Mambouri Legend" sequence – After Effects
2001 - 2002
Alien Versus Predator 2 Video Game
Illustrations for the packaging campaign – hand drawn
Seiniger Advertising Group - September 2001
Despierta America, El Gordo Y La Flaca, De Cabeza, and Premio Lo Nuestro
on-air graphics and motion graphics compositor – After Effects/Paintbox/Maya
Univision Network - October 1998 to August 2001
Education
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Creature Design - 2011
Creature Design - 2010
Digital Painting - 2010
Creature Design - 2010
Digital Painting - 2010
Art Center College of Design
Entertainment Design - 2009
Children's Book Illustration - 2002
Children's Book Illustration - 2002
BFA Computer Animation
Ringling College of Art and Design
BFA Computer Animation
Minor in Photography
Minor in Photography
BFA English
University of Miami
BFA English
Minor in Business
Member of University of Miami Crew Team (rowing) 1989-1991
Minor in Business
Member of University of Miami Crew Team (rowing) 1989-1991
General Studies
University of Colorado
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