DANIEL N. KOMBAKOV

Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria
Phone: (+359 898) 215 248 
E-mail: kokomba_gmail.com


Web site:http://www.kokomba.net
Bulgarian Permanent Resident
CAREER OUTLINE

More than nine years experience as a Graphic Designer, Supervising Manager and Character Designer, creating design – pencil on paper, character design, designing interface elements, developing design concepts and specific technological solutions for untraditional tasks, such as complex color, 8-bit color reduction, texturing and shading, writing time/ task/ people preliminary estimations, digital ink and paint, video compositing and editing. Strong computer understanding and skills. Experience working over the Internet – creation of various types of Web Sites, managing internet projects and development of web oriented content.

EDUCATION

1994

Kremikovtzi College of Animation and Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2D Animator

1988

High school "Fr.J.Cury", Sofia, Bulgaria, Technical specialist

COMPUTER SKILLS

Platforms: PC, Mac
Programs: Macromedia Dreamweaver; Macromedia Flash; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, AfterEffects; Corel Draw; 3D Studio Max; Toon Boom Studio; Corel Painter; Sound Forge;
Additional computer skills:
Intermediate knowledge of computer hardware;
Experience in software installation and driver related problems;
Ability to learn fast;

EMPLOYMENT

2006 - Present

GRAPHIC DESIGNER, GUI ARCHITECT, STORYBOARDS, ANIMATION

Playtech Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria (www.playtech.bg)
Responsibilities:

  • Handling the whole process of creating a game - from scratch
  • Developing design templates and layouts
  • Creating mockups and wireframes
  • Creating various graphic design for screen and video

 

2004 - 2006

WEB DESIGNER, GRAPHIC DESIGNER, VIDEO PRODUCTION PROCESSING & ANIMATION

Anima ART, Sofia, Bulgaria (www.animaart-bg.com)
Responsibilities:

  • Handling the whole process of creating a video clip - from scratch
  • Developing character design
  • Creating animations
  • Creating various graphic design for screen and print

1999 - 2004

SUPERVISOR, CHARACTER DESIGNER, POST PRODUCTION PROCESSING

Electric Dog, Sofia, Bulgaria (www.ed-multimedia.com) - all game projects for ImaginEngine, San Francisco, USA (www.imaginengine.com)
Responsibilities:

  • Managing projects
  • Creating character design
  • Creating animations
  • Creating game interface design
  • Clean-up and color in FlashMX; Formatting for export
  • Creating technology for specific tasks
  • Designing images – pencil on paper or directly with Wacom tablet
  • Final image processing and compositing
  • Video editing

PC game products:
Tonka Construction 2 – Hasbro Interactive http://www.funkidsgames.com/games/tonka_construction_2/
Barney Magical Music – Hasbro Interactive http://www.gzkidzone.com/gamesell/P14405.asp
Barney On Location All Around Town – Hasbro http://us.infogrames.com/games/barney_on_location/
Tonka Power Tools – Hasbro Interactive http://www.gzkidzone.com/gzreviews/r14404.asp
Arthur’s Camping Adventure – The Learning Co. http://www.cdaccess.com/html/shared/arthurcm.htm
Hooked On Phonics – Gateway Learning Corporation, http://www.ed-multimedia.com/HTML/Games/HOP.htm
Blue’s Preschool – Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. http://www.funkidsgames.com/games/blues_preschool_pc_chil/
Blue’s Kindergarten – Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. http://www.funkidsgames.com/games/blues_kindergarten_pc_chil/
Rugrats Go Wild – Nickelodeon, THQ http://www.thq.com/games/MinisiteDefault.asp?UPC=49128

1998 - 1999

WEB DESIGNER and PROJECT MANAGER

Computer Arts Ltd (www.computer-arts.bitex.com)

Responsibilities:

  • Graphic design
  • Interface elements design
  • Managing projects
CONSULTANT, 2D and 3D-DESIGNER and ANIMATOR

Electric Dog, Sofia, Bulgaria (www.ed-multimedia.com)
Responsibilities:

  • Creating concepts for the products
  • Creating interface design and elements
  • Creating character design and animation

Products: Virtual Gallery – a 3D walk through art gallery, Sheep Counter – a 3-7 age range edutainment game, Kid’s Planet – a three edutainment games package, all produced by Electric Dog Ltd.

1995-1997

2D-ANIMATOR and INTERFACE DESIGNER
Great Bear Technology Ltd., Sofia, fully owned by Polar Cap, Moraga, USA

Responsibilities:

  • Creating concept design and solutions
  • Creating 2D animation directly in Painter with a Wacom tablet
  • Formatting files in Macromedia Director for programming
  • Sound mix and editing

Products: The Usborne Children's Interactive Encyclopaedia – Usborne Publishing, London, UK; Great Bear Interactive Presentation – Great Bear Technology, Sofia, Bulgaria

LANGUAGES

Bulgarian
English
Russian

INTERESTS

Science-fiction books, PC games, Badmington, Pets, Outdoor activities

REFERENCES

Will be presented on demand