Brent M Olivier

Bartender at Folsom Street Events brent@brentmolivier.com

Summary
I'm a left handed artist from the bayous of Louisiana, developing my skills and pushing myself further to an ideal career here in San Francisco. Over the last few years I've built upon skills and pushed my limits as a visual artist into digital media and continue my passion for traditional mediums such as oil on canvass, sculpture, ceramics, pottery, and other mixed physical media. With tradition I believe my duty as an artist in creating work that helps lead people through each movement or period in time as such as the great historical artists did in the past. I am Currently in my last year at The Art Institute of California - San Francisco and gain knowledge everyday and improve my skills and learn to code my artwork so it's accessible to everyone on any platform.

Specialties
I Love 3D animation, Flash!!! and useful innovative technologies that bring these two mediums together to make the web more animated and captivate end users. Also, Digital illustration, Web Design, and photo manipulation are my fun specialties, along with my precious bonsai trees.

Experience
Bartender at Folsom Street Events September 2010 - Present (1 year 1 month) Annual Bartender throughout the main Friday Night Recon Party, followed by Saturday Night's main event, Magnitude. Student of Web Design & Interactive Media at Art Institute of California, San Francisco April 2006 - Present (5 years 6 months) Began in Media Arts & Animation which is where I studied art its most fundamental scale which provided a strong foundation to build my professional skills upon. After two years I cleared away uncertainty and joined the Web Design & Interactive Media program where I learned how to utilize the upcoming 5Th version of HTML with other programming languages such as CSS3, JavaScript, and AS3.0, to build dynamic websites ending with an engaging and interactive user experiences through various interface designs. . 2 recommendations available upon request Student of Web Design at Art Institute of California April 2006 - Present (5 years 6 months) Web Design & Animation Internship at Vacuum Genesis January 2010 - January 2011 (1 year 1 month)
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Produced a game among the social networking giant Facebook with a team of developers in India. I developed the main character for the game and creating animation assets that will appeal to a global market and establish Vacuum Genesis as a company and brand. Web Design & Animation Internship at Vacuum Genesis January 2010 - January 2011 (1 year 1 month) Helped in creating a social networking game within Facebook with a team of developers in India. I developed the main character for the game and created animation assets that appeal to global markets and established Vacuum Genesis as a company and brand. Mr. Cowboy 2009, Promotional Assistant, Advertising Dept. at Imperial Court of San Francisco, Inc. June 2009 - July 2010 (1 year 2 months) The Imperial Council of San Francisco, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) Public Benefit Corporation in the State of California that hosts and participates in a variety of entertainment and educational events, and activities to raise monies, which support the causes of other diverse community-based charitable organizations that do not discriminate based upon race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic background. 2009 is the last year the Imperial Court is hosting the Title of Mr. Cowboy, therefore I don't have to step down, and will remain as the last Mr. Cowboy of San Francisco! Yee-haw! Our purpose is to collect charitable contributions from individuals and organizations, to distribute those contributions to other not-for-profit 501(c)(3) public benefit charitable organizations, and to have fun while doing it. Our intent is to allow membership to any individual or organization. Though our primary membership is drawn from the L/G/B/T culture we believe everyone has the right of inclusion and the desire to help their community. The more I work with the Imperial Court of San Francisco, Inc. I hope to add quality graphics representative of their class and style. Actor at Premiere Pictures Inc January 2009 - June 2010 (1 year 6 months) Web Designer/Developer at IAT-US December 2009 - January 2010 (2 months) Developed corporate site for International Air Travel in a time constraint of two weeks from the ground up. Web Designer/Developer at IAT-US
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December 2009 - January 2010 (2 months) Developed corporate site for International Air Travel in a time constraint of two weeks from the ground up. Web Designer/Programmer at Dilhan Kellenberger April 2009 - January 2010 (10 months) Customized a Flash portfolio website for Dilhan Kellenberger. I redesigned, recoded AS2.0 to AS3.0, and worked with Dilhan on this site over to build a presence of her interior design style throughout the web with a modern, clean, and flashy presentation. Actor at Premiere Pictures Inc. 2008 - 2010 (2 years) Design Artist at Josh Smith | Guitarist September 2009 - November 2009 (3 months) After designing the cover of "I've got the Guitar Blues Cook Book," for Josh Smith to raise the money to release his fifth album, he also invited me to design the album. With global status of our environment, he chose to release the album in a paper digi pack style with small amounts of recycled plastic containing the cd. Great inventive package design! Will be released in November! 1 recommendation available upon request Design Artist at Josh Smith September 2009 - November 2009 (3 months) After designing the cover of "I've got the Guitar Blues Cook Book," for Josh Smith to raise the money to release his fifth album, he also invited me to design the album. With global status of our environment, he chose to release the album in a paper digi pack style with small amounts of recycled plastic containing the cd. Great inventive package design! Will be released in November! 1 recommendation available upon request Web Designer/Programmer at Dilhan Kellenberger April 2009 - October 2009 (7 months) Customized a Flash portfolio website for Dilhan Kellenberger. I redesigned, recoded AS2.0 to AS3.0, and worked with Dilhan on this site over to build a presence of her interior design style throughout the web with a modern, clean, and flashy presentation. Bartender at Deco Lounge May 2008 - September 2009 (1 year 5 months) Bartender/Web Developer at Deco Lounge May 2007 - January 2009 (1 year 9 months)

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Skills
HTML5 CSS Adobe Creative Suite 5

Education
The Art Institute of California Bachelors of Science, 2006 - 2011 The Art Institute of California - San Francisco Bachelors of Science, Web Design & Interactive Media, 2006 - 2010 1 recommendation available upon request

Honors and Awards

Life, experiences, and adrenaline moments are my rewards. There is no honor or award greater than standing where I am today.

Interests
Design, Flash Animation, ActionScript 3.0, Web Design, 3D Modeling, 3D Animation, 2D Animation, Gardening, San Francisco and New Orleans Cultures.

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Brent M Olivier
Bartender at Folsom Street Events brent@brentmolivier.com

4 people have recommended Brent M

"Brent has a beautiful and distinctive art style, plus skill with various software, that helps make him invaluable for any creative Internet endeavor. With his charming disposition, he would be an asset in any team environment but can work equally well independently." Sharon Kaitner, Faculty, Web Design and Interactive Media, The Art Institute of San Francisco, managed Brent M at The Art Institute of San Francisco "Brent and I worked together as part of a large project for class. Brent's main roll was to code the back end and design the databases required to run the website. His skills were impressive. He commented all his work very well allowing me to debug any problems that may have arisen during the build of the website. In all, the project was a huge success." Konstandinos Goumenidis, Student, The Art Institute of California - San Francisco, worked directly with Brent M at Art Institute of California, San Francisco "Brent is an extremely talented artist. He is capable of designing a creation with limited direction. Brent completed the design and artwork for Josh Smith's CD "Inception". He provided many ideas and themes. We are very happy with Brent's work and highly recommend him to anyone who needs his services." Nicole Smith, was Brent M's client "Brent is a dedicated student who puts great time and energy into his work. During his time as my student, he not only showed proficiency in the classroom but also consistently went above and beyond expectations in his projects." Cindy Imhoff, instructor, The Art Institute of California - S.F., taught Brent M at The Art Institute of California - San Francisco

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