Contact Information:

Steve Smith c/o ArtToyz Studios

29443 Spruce Canyon Drive, Golden, CO 80403

(303)642-2332 SteveSmith@ArtToyz.com

Steve Smith Artist Bio

Steve is currently the owner of ArtToyz Studios in Golden Colorado and a retired digital art and animation professor. Steve has taught courses in 2D and 3D Animation, Computer Graphics, Video Production and Effects Generation and Traditional Art.

Steve also engages in multimedia productions, live performance art, art software development, 2D and 3D animation and traditional fine art. Media include: animation, computer graphics, painting, drawing, sculpture, stained glass, and mosaic.

Since 1999, ArtToyz Studios has offered media services in animation and video production.. He can be contacted via e-mail at SteveSmith@ArtToyz.com

Work Experience

1/10 - Present  Arttoyz Studios - Fine Art and Computer Graphic Services- Owner since 8/97

5/12 –5/13  Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design – Adjunct Instructor

8/13 - 1/14 CU Denver DAC - Adjunct Instructor - Animation   

1/92 - Present   Jazz Alley TV - Maui - Head Animator for TV and film production company   

9/97 - 1/10 Art Institute of Colorado - Denver - Professor in Media Arts and Animation and Visual Effects/Motion Graphics - Instructor in traditional art media as well as 3D Modeling, Lighting, Character Animation and Rigging, and Special Effects 8/96 – 8/97     

8/96 - 9/97 Art Institute of Colorado - Denver - Academic Department Director - Computer Animation - administration and management of students and faculty in computer animation. Budgeting and planning to expand from Associates Degree to Bachelor's Degree Program

8/95 - 8/96        Parsons Brinckerhoff - Denver - Computer Artist and Animator - Creation of simulations in the form of stills, animation, virtual reality for transportation industry - Production management, creation and execution of electronic presentations - Creation and maintenance of web pages, interactive applications, interactive newsletter, R&D

11/88 - 8/95      Robert Waxman, Inc. - Denver - Software Applications Engineer - production management, creation and execution of electronic presentations - demonstrations of computer graphic and animation softwares - trainer, animator and computer graphic artist for Waxman’s Industrial Network - tech support and seminars on a variety of computer graphics and animation products

4/85 - 11/88      Pallas Photo Labs - Denver - Computer Artist - creation of slide shows involving illustration - care and operation of computer graphic equipment - quality control of production artwork                             

10/83 - 4/85     Genigraphics, Inc. - Denver - Computer Artist - creation, proofing, shooting and quality control, digitizing logos, 35mm copy stand, PC software, film recorders, Color Copy Center and Genigraphics Consoles - Demos to Clients

11/84 - 2/85   Genigraphics, Inc. - Acting Production Manager - Personnel administration for the production staff, including employment, recruiting, evaluation, training and orientation - Also included quality control, and equipment maintenance

Education and

Professional Training

1972 - Graduated from Bear Creek High School, Morrison, CO

1974 - University of Northern Colorado, Summer Session, Florence, Italy

1976 - B.A. in Art Education, Colorado State University, CO

1982 - M.F.A. in Painting and Computer Graphics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

1983 - Genigraphics Console Training, 3 Weeks, Syracuse, NY

1988 - Genigraphics P.G.P. Training, 1 Week, Irvine, CA

1989 - Topas Animator Training, 3 Days, AT&T Graphic Software Labs, Indianapolis

1989 - Quark Xpress, PowerPoint & Hypercard Courses, ConnectingPoint, Denver, CO

1991 - 3D Studio Dealer Training - Autodesk, 1 Week, Sausalito, CA

1992 - Silicon Graphics & Alias Power Animator Training - 1 Week, Mountain View

UNIX / Mainframe - Silicon Graphics - Alias Power Animator, Genigraphics 100D

PC & MAC - Autodesk - 3Ds Max (3Ds Max – Beta Tester for Release 1.0,  3.0, and 7.0), Maya, Combusion, AutoCAD, - Adobe - Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Flash, After Effects, Audition, Encore - Corel - Draw, Paint  - Microsoft  - Power Point, Office - Quark – Xpress - Macromedia – Director

Mountain States Advertising/Marketing Review, March 1985, Cover - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Article on Genigraphics Art Who, March 1985 - The Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry, Supplement No. 7, 1985, Cover - Rocky Mountain News, Sunday September 19, 1985, Entertainment Section, Article on Artist - A Day in the Life of American, computer graphics support, Logo Design and T-Shirt, April 1986 - AV Video, January 1990, Art Gallery - Computer Graphics World, September 1991 - Resolution, Fall 1991 - Computer Artist, October/November 1993