WORK HISTORY / EXPERIENCE
International Academy of Design & Technology
Henderson NV
Game Art and Design - Instructor
Introduction to Hard surface
Introduction to Textures and Lighting
Introduction to Organic modeling
Introductions to Low poly modeling
Portfolio project I
Introduction to Animation
August 2008 - September 2016
Introduction to 3D Studio Max.
Introduction to 3D Studio Max.
Intermediate to 3D Studio Max and Mud Box.
Intermediate to 3D Studio Max and Mud Box.
Students to design there first portfolio worth project for demo reel.
Introduction to 3D Studio Max animation.
Planetgtm.com
Henderson NV
President / Owner / Webmaster
Planetgtm.com is a website dedicated to the arts of multi media and animation, motion graphics and graphic design field. Planetgtm.com contains a highly active forums complete with forum moderators who are both current established students as well as graduated students who have successfully moved on to established careers in the multi-media field, these forum moderators overview the members daily activities and post by commenting and critiquing Planet GTM is for students who both attend ITT-Technical Institute of Henderson NV, Nashville Tennessee as well as students from the International Academy of Design and Technology.
Plantgtm also has many of the latest video tutorials designed by myself (Ryan Neal McMackin) which focuses on Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and 3D Studio Max, along with up to date video tutorials from experts around the world.
September 2008 - Present
Great Teacher McMackin (Youtube Channel)
Henderson NV
President / Owner
Great Teacher McMackin is a Youtube channel deticated to multi-media video tutorials that foucs on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Autodesk 3D Studio Max among tips and tricks to help the students as well as anyone from around the world who would like to learn from the video's uploaded onto the (Great Teacher McMackin) Youtube channel.
March 2011 - Present
Dark Water Productions
Henderson NV
Executive Officer / Vice President
Dark Water Productions is an Independent film studio located in Henderson NV, where we mainly focus on full-length feature and short films. Dark Water Productions works closely with Casting Call Entertainment Studio where they also produce actors video demo reels.
March 2005 - Present
Production credits
Only Famous When Dead
A Second Door
Genre Machine
Sidelined
Spare Change
The Black Mamba
The Emergence
It's a Living
All Eyes on Charlie
Ashes
Grand MA
Love at First Fight
Possibly Talented
Sozinho
The First Suspect
There's Zombies Out There
The Super Zero
Victor
Errancies
Stuck
Sweet Susie
The Manly Man
Milo's Crawlspace
Red Road
Ominous
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(executive producer) / Script Writer / Editor / Special Effects / Color
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Short film
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ShortFilm
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Full Length
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2010/IV
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FREE LANCE DESIGNS
EDUCATION
Digitalwarlocks.com
Henderson NV
Executive Officer / Webmaster
Digital Warlocks is an independent gaming video game company that specializes in mobile smart phone apps (Iphone and Adroid phones.) as well as clothing apparel and merchandising. Digital Warlocks is owned and operated both by Ralph Apgar III and Ryan Neal Mc Mackin. Currently Digital Warlocks are producing there first mobile game "Flick the Frog" to be released on the Iphone and Android market and eventually on Xbox 360 Kinect and Playstation 3 systems.
August 2011 - August 2012
The Caves of Loring
Henderson NV
Official Website / Book Covers 1 & 2
Designed the official website for "The Caves of Loring" book series, along with Books covers for the first two books of the four part series.
.Designed the website in WIX Flash.
.Designed Book cover 1 - "The Caves of Loring" with Adobe Photoshop.
.Designed Book cover 2 - "The Lair" with Adobe Photoshop.
October 2011
Darkwaterproductions.com
Henderson NV
Official Website
Designed the official website for Dark Water Productions.
.Designed the website in WIX Flash.
.Designed graphic elements using Adobe Photoshop.
July 2011
Trepidation Movie Poster
Henderson NV
Promotional movie poster
Designed the promotional poster for the movie in development "Trepidation"
.Designed promotional poster using Adobe Photoshop
November 2011
Lvringmasters.com
Henderson NV
Official Website
Designed the official website for Lvringmasters.com.
.Designed the website in WIX Flash.
.Designed Graphic Elements using Adobe Photoshop.
October 2011
Celebrity Centre 30 Sec Commerical
Henderson NV
30 Second Commercial
Designed 30 second commercial spot for "Celebrity Centre.
.Designed motion graphics with After Effects and Adobe Photoshop.
.Edited commercial using Sony Vegas.
.Final rendered output in Sony Vegas,
March 2010
Ominousthemovie.com
Henderson NV
Official Movie DVD Website / Movie Poster / DVD Box Cover
Designed Ominous the movie official DVD release website..
.Designed website using WIX Flash, Adobe Photoshop.
.Designed DVD Box cover using Adobe Photoshop.
.Designed Ominous movie poster.
January 2009
Dark Water Productions "Model Video Shoot"
Henderson NV
Videography and Photo shoot
Female Model video and photography shoot..
.Filmed a video shoot with the Sony Z1U HDV Camera.
.Edited the video using Sony Vegas.
.Designed graphics using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
November 2009
Casting Call Entertainment
Henderson NV
Promotional Flyers / Banners
Designed the promotional banners and graphic flyers for Casting Call for Kids promotion.
.Designed Promotional Banners for Casting Call Kids, using Adobe Photoshop.
.Designed Promotional Flyers for Casting Call Kids, using Adobe Photoshop.
.Designed Business Cards and Posters for Casting Call Entertainment, using Adobe Photoshop.
March 2009
Callbackentertianment.com
Henderson NV
Official Website
Designed the official website for "Call Back Entertainment.com" along with graphics and Magazine layouts.
.Designed the website in Adobe Flash , Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop.
.Designed Magazine Layouts using Adobe Indesign and Adobe Illustrator.
.Designed Graphic Flyers using Adobe Photoshop.
March 2008
Hawk Filmz Enterprize
Henderson NV
Animated Company Logo
Designed Hawk Filmz Enterprize animated 3D Logo.
.Conceptual Design
.Storyboards
.3D Modeled, Textures, Lighting and animation rendered in 3D Studio Max / Photoshop.
.After Effects used for final composting effects.
.Sony Vegas for Editing, Sound Design and final output render.
September 2007
Dark Water Productions
Henderson NV
Animated Company Logo
Designed Dark Water Productions animated 3D Logo.
.Conceptual Design
.Storyboards
.3D Modeled, Textures, Lighting and animation rendered in 3D Studio Max / Photoshop.
.After Effects used for final composting effects.
.Sony Vegas for Editing, Sound Design and final output render.
March 2007
LiquidCyclone.com
Henderson NV
Art Director
Liquid Cyclone an independent multi-media company that specializes motion graphics and graphic designs.
.Designed animated Scarab Beetle for video slot machine company - Richard Fiore & Associates
.Designed Calanders for Charity Calanders
.Designed Seanpartickflaherty.com
.Designed Vegasalliance.com
.Designed Menu's and Business cards for Cafe Ole Restaurant
June 2005
3Dtotal.com
Henderson NV
Staff Moderator
Organized all the low poly contest for one of the industries leading 3D community websites.
.Designed 3D Female animated Goth Girl character using 3D Studio Max.
June 2001 - September 2005
Beezlebugbit.com
Henderson NV
Character Modeler
Modeled the lead animated character for "Little Dead Girl" music video
.Designed 3D Female animated Goth Girl character using 3D Studio Max.
Febuary - 2005
Bergman Walls & Associates Architect Firm
Henderson NV
3D Studio Max Instructor
One of Las Vegas leading architect firm, Hired to teach 3D Studio Max to the Bergman Walls and Associates Employees.
November - 2004
Glo Night Club @ The Hop
Henderson NV
Bartender
Bartender for Glo the Night Club After Hours events.
Bartender for NYC on the move events.
Designed & maintained their website Gloglobal.com
November 2001 - December 2003
Ovations After Hours Club
Henderson NV
Parris Hotel and Casino Cyraco Productions / Promotions
Managed & promotions for Ovation After Hours Club - Ortinique Restaurant
Booked weekly DJ's for events and parties.
November 2001 - December 2003
Sunset Stations Hotel and Casino
Henderson NV
Bartender / Barback
Bartender / Barback at Sunset Stations Hotel & Casino.
.Guadi Bar
.Bullfighters Sports Bar
.Seville Bar
.Capri Italian Restaurant
June 1997 - November 2001
American Baggage Company
Henderson NV
Baggage Security Handler
Baggage Security Handler for all the major flight tour groups.
July 1993 - June 1997
Art Institute of Nevada Las Vegas
Henderson NV
Bachelors Degree of Science in Media Arts and Animation
Graduated September 2005
Dahan's Institute of Massage Therapy
Certification in massage therapy.
Las Vegas NV
September 1994
Chaparral High School
High school diploma
Las Vegas NV
July 1993
November 2005 - September 2014
ITT-Technical Institute
Henderson NV
Visual Communications - Instructor
Introduction to Design
Digital Type & Image Manipulation
Introduction to 3D Modeling
Animation I
Animation II
Typography
Broadcast Graphics
Interactive Communications Designs
Graphic Design Productions Process
Audio & Video Techniques
Design Project
Professional Procedures and Portfolio
Creative Writing & Storyboards
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop.
Advanced Adobe Photoshop.
Introduction to 3D Studio Max.
Introduction to 3D Studio Max animation.
Advance 3D Studio Max animation.
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator & Adobe Indesign.
Introduction to Adobe After Effects.
Introduction to Adobe Flash.
Advance Adobe Illustrator & Adobe Indesign.
Introduction to Adobe Premier Pro.
Portfolio / Website / Demo Reels.
Proper Resume / Cover Letters / Interview Process.
Proper Script Writing and Storyboard Techniques.
Aristocrat Technologies Inc.
Henderson NV
Technical Artist
Manage artist assets to bridge the gap between Artist and Software engineers
Manage all video capturing and font designs the company’s latest slot games.
Worked on Elriva, Britney Spears, Tim McGraw, Game of Thrones, Candyland licenses.
January 2016 - Present
SLS Hotel and Casino
Henderson NV
2D / 3D Motion Graphics and Video Editor
Manage and design all 2D/3D motion graphics and video creative content for the state of the art Daktronic digital signs throughout the entire property which consist of brand, casino and night life marketing.
September 2014 - January 2016
GTM Sports Banners
Henderson NV
Chiefs Executive Officer
GTM Sports banners specializes in custom professional facebook headers and logos for professional facebook businesses.
http://www.gtmsportsbanners.com
https://www.facebook.com/gtmsportsbanners
October 2013 - Present
RYAN NEAL MC MACKIN
SOFTWARE / TECHNICAL SKILLS / KNOWNLEDGE
3D Studio Max
Character Studio
Mud Box
Terragen
Sony Vegas
DVD Architect
Font Labs
FTP Networking
FTP Explorer
Brazil Renderer
Mental Ray Renderer
Vray Renderer
Quick Silver Renderer
Cinscore
Typography Design
2D / 3D Motion Graphics
2D / 3D Logo Design
Animated Logo Design
Corporate Identity
Graphic Design
Visiconn.net
Windows 7 / XP
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Daktronics
Alien Brain
Perforce
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Flash
Adobe Indesign
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premier Pro
Adobe Dreamweaver
Hardware & Software Intergration
Story Boarding
Conceptual Art
Script Writing
Celtx
Wix Flash & HTML 5
HTML
3D Modeling
3D Animation
2D Animation
Video Editing
Video Color Correcting
Sound Design
Video Instructional Design