Jason Lee
Technical Artist II at Velan Studios, Inc.
City of Troy, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Lee is a Technical Artist with 11 years of experience blending computer science and visual art to develop tools and pipelines for character animation and FX in games. Currently a Technical Artist II at Velan Studios, he has built production-grade Maya tools (Python/Qt), bulk asset conversion workflows, and custom exporters to streamline multi-format pipelines for both in-house and outsourced teams. His background spans a MS in Visualization and a certificate in Character Animation, enabling him to translate physically based animation research into practical studio solutions. Notable strengths include standardizing complex facial and body animation workflows across dozens of rigs and reducing asset handoff friction between Maya, Unreal, and a proprietary engine. Based in Troy, NY, he brings a hands-on, interdisciplinary approach that bridges research-driven techniques with everyday production efficiency.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Visualization, Master of Science - MS, Visualization at Texas A&M UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Hong Kong International SchoolCertificate, Character Animation, Certificate, Character Animation at Animation Mentor
Github Skills (16)
digest7
elections7
health5
javascript4
dashboard4
mental-health4
python3
flutter3
react-native2
scheduler2
golang2
android2
typescript2
ios2
system-generator1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jzblee/over_ez
Apr 2017 - Feb 2022
Suite of tools for streamlining the creation of the weekly APO EZ Digest
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 77 pushes in 4 years 10 months
digestjavascriptsuitecreation
jzblee/fluffyforager
Sep 2015 - Jul 2020
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
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