
SHAWN NELSON
Digital Arts
Instructor/Author/Designer
Personal Statement
I am an educator and design/develop visual and interactive learning solutions that support training in the technology, animation, and games space. I often contribute graphics, and written materials for online, e-learning, and instructor-led courses. I have taught many of these classes over the years and continue to do so to this day.
I also have years of animation, and games production experience and have worked on titles in the AAA, PC, and Mobile spaces. Some of them were even award-winning. I have film and television credits and a long list of online clients in the advertising and educational space. I have worn many hats over the years and understand the nuances of being a Digital Creative.
Teaching Experience
Instructor & Online Author @ SAE Expression Center in Emeryville, CA 2018 - Current
Instructor & Online Author @ Academy of Art in San Francisco, CA 2004 - 2019
Instructor @ The Art Institute in San Francisco, CA 2004
Education
UC Berkeley CTE Program
MFA in Computer Animation from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA
Character Animation Certificate Program at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA
BFA in Sculpture from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, CA
Software Knowledge
Adobe
Photoshop
After FX
Illustrator
Premiere
Animate/Flash
Audition
Character Animator
Games Software
Unreal
Unity
Perforce
Vicious
Havok
Speech Graphics
Alien Brain
Mixamo
Oculus VR System
Steam
Software used in Educational Development
Canvas
Kismet
Acrobat Pro
Word Press
Wix
MS Project
Camtasia Studio
EdX
Moodle
Power Point
Jira
Word
Google Doc
DropBox
Document 360
AAU Custom Online Software
Other Software
LinkedIn Recruiter
Green House
Taleo
Art Station
Slack
Zoom
Discord
Big Blue Button
Skype
3D Software
Maya
3Ds Max
Motion Builder
Z Brush
Mudbox
Substance Painter
Blender
Spline 2D/3D

Samples of Class Materials
Authored @ AAU
AE_29_OL1: Intro to 3D Modeling & Animation
CA3D 468 v1 : Games: Animation
ANM 333 v2 : Games: Animation
ANM 101 v2 : Introduction to Computer Graphics for Animation
Authored @ SAE
3D Art and Animation for Games 2001W15 Animation for Games 2001W15
Final Project Preparation 2001W15
3D Art and Animation for Games 1901W15
Classes Taught:
# CA3D 468 v1 :Games: Animation
# CA3D_467 v1: Games: Character Animation
# ANM 686 v1 : MS: 3D Character Animation 1
# ANM 333 v2 : Games: Animation
# GAM 202 v1 : 3D Animation for Games
# GAM 202 v2 : 3D Animation for Games
# ANM_205v1 : Careers in Animation & VFX
# WNM800 OL45: MS: Directed Study
# ANM105 v2 : Computer Animation Production
Class Video Segments
Senior Class Projects SAE
Class of 2019 Senior project.
Class of 2020 Spring Senior project.
Class of 2020 Fall Senior project.