ABOUT ME

Hola. My name is Juan Whittaker-Troncoso and welcome to my website. I Hope you enjoy learning a bit about me and enjoy my work.
FULL NAME
JUAN WHITTAKER-TRONCOSO
BIRTHDAY
9 SEP, 1985
BIRTH PLACE
SEVILLA, ESPAÑA
HOBBIES
VIDEO GAMES, FOOTBALL, MOVIES
ADDRESS
LONDON, UK
PHONE
+447889828387
EMAIL
JUAN@KAKUMEISTUDIOS.COM
WEB
WWW.JUANWHITTAKER-TRONCOSO.COM
I was born in Sevilla, Spain and left for London at a very young age. It is here where I grew up and studied. As a boy I was always obsessed with drawing and playing Nintendo games. It was this passion for Nintendo that inspired me to set my lifes goal off becoming the best games designer the world has ever seen. My style off work and way of thinking has been greatly inspired by japanese art and culture. I speak Spanish, English and I'm currently learning Japanese. I love chorizo, The Legend of Zelda, ice skating and the Burger King tripple Whopper. I'm a huge football fan and support F.C.Barcelona.
MY SKILLS
MY SKILLS

Here we have a list of my core skills and a score to determine my proficiency within each field. I am always looking to improve these scores and add new skills to the list.
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO

A showcase of my work from a variety of jobs displaying many of my skills.
SHOWREEL 2016
ANIMATION
TALE OF THE MASTER SWORD
ANIMATION
FACE HUGGER
ANIMATION
GREEN DANCER
ANIMATION
LICKER
ANIMATION
HOLO CHESS
ANIMATION
LADY EMOTIONS
ANIMATION
BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER
ANIMATION
T.A.P. RUN
GAME
WE ARE FSTVL PAC-MAN
GAME
ROAD RUSH 66
GAME
MAN ALIVE
GAME
HERTZ GAME
GAME
BUNGINO BROTHERS
GAME
GENEVA GAME
GAME
FACIAL ANIMATION
ANIMATION
MIKO ANIMATION
ANIMATION
CHARACTER RIGS
3D
CHARACTER DESIGNS
ILLUSTRATIONS
3D MODELS
3D
WE MONSTER ANIMATION
ANIMATION
ENVIRONMENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
LOGO DESIGNS
ILLUSTRATIONS
3D ENVIRONMENTS
3D
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORK EXPERIENCE

Until now my work experience has been quite varied. All my jobs have required me to use all my current skills and learn many new ones. This included learning new design techniques, modelling methods or programming languages. My aim now is to focus 100% on the games industry, which has always been my life's goal.
KAKUMEI STUDIOS LTD
GAMES DESIGNER, ANIMATOR
AUG 2014 - PRESENT
Lead game designer, creating game concepts and guiding the team through production. Storyboarding/directing and animating all in-game content using 3DS Max. All games are created in Unity 3D. Games have been created for Console, PC and Mobile. I created T.A.P. Run for Mobile which is out now and received good reviews. Most recent work is an unannounced game for Nintendo Wii U and PC
www.kakumeistudios.com
GLOBAL EMPIRE SOFT
GAMES DEVELOPER/DESIGNER, 3D ARTIST/ANIMATOR
MAY 2012 - MAY 2013
My main role was to develop the games using Unity3D. I'd do this using javascript and also some C#. My other tasks involved a lot of 3d modelling and animation with 3D studio Max. The animation work included rigging and skinning again in 3D Studio Max.
www.globalempiresoft.com
THE MINIMART
WEB DEVELOPER
AUG 2013 - DEC 2014
All of my work at the Minimart was web content. I would assist in building web sites, email campaigns, icon animations, banner campaigns and games on the web or facebook canvas. All web work would use HTML5, CSS and javascript. For the banners I would use Flash and the games were either HTML5 canvas or Construct2.
www.theminimart.com
ADAPTIVE AFFINITY
WEB DEVELOPER/DESIGNER
FEB 2012 - DEC 2014
At Adaptive I worked as an assistant in web developing and was incharge of all design work. I would design web sites, update current web sites, design banners and emails. All design work was done in Photoshop and Illustrator. Web development was done using HTML and CSS.
www.adaptiveaffinity.com
HERTZ
GAMES DESIGNER/DEVELOPER, DIGITAL ARTIST
MAY 2012 - JUN 2012
This job was a contract job to create a competition game for the Hertz website. I worked alone in designing and building the game from scratch in Flash AS3. All assest were designed in photoshop and illustrator.
www.hertzgame.com
PROCESS
PROCESS

I stick to my process the same way on every project. In my opinion it is vital to stick to these key points if you are to create a successful project. With a clear plan at the start of any project, everyone in the team will find it much easier to understand what they have to do, why they are doing it and where they are going with it.

IDEA

CONCEPT

DESIGN

DEVELOP

TEST

LAUNCH
EDUCATION
EDUCATION

I gained all my education in London from primary school through to university. I spent many years after school gaining knowledge in game design, animation and 3D art. I was always clear of what I loved doing most and where my strengths were.
BA GAME DESIGN
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON
UK
SEP 2007 - JUNE 2010
My BA involved making game prototypes and later creating a full game containing missions and objectives. The games would also contain fully textured and animated characters and fully playable levels. For the graduation show, my game was selected as game of show by Gavin Russell of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. I graduated and achieved a 2.1.
SEP 2006 - JUNE 2007
Working with 3DS Max and Photoshop we were required to create both high and low polygon models for both game environments and short animations. I learned the skills to unwrap and texture models, rig and skin characters and create particle effects.
DIPLOMA 3D MODELLING AND ANIMATION
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON
UK
DIPLOMA 2D ANIMATION
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON
UK
SEP 2004 - JUNE 2005
This course helped me take my skills in art and apply them to 2D animation. I learned about the principles of animation, key framing and thr process of taking animtions from paper to a digital format.
SEP 1996 - JUL 2002
5 GCSE’s A-C including English and Spanish. One A* achieved duriong my A-levels
GCSE / A-LEVELS
HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL
UK
TESTIMONIALS
TESTIMONIALS

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