443 Tehama Street - San Francisco,ca - 94103 - usa
With a reputation for excellence, Black Point Studios handles your art requests with pride. We are known for producing only the best and the most cutting-edge deliverables for our clients. Our quality is hard to match, and we deliver higher than expected results on time and on budget. Our clients trust that, whatever their project may be, Black Point Studios will combine quality, efficiency, and talent, to surpass all expectations.
Experience
Stan Miskiewicz, President / CEO
Stan has over sixteen years of professional experience in the entertainment field, including the film, television and gaming industries. As Art Director for Mondo Media, he directed cutting-edge digital animation projects for several successful games, including James Bond: Everything of Nothing and Age of Empires. In recent years, his film credits include Final Fantasy and Lost in Space. Stan has helped many companies achieve their goals, His knowledge includes building production pipelines, hiring staff, managing and coordinating projects. Stan is also an accomplished photographer where his career started over eighteen years ago. Resume available.
Alejandro Gil, Creative Director / Creative Director
Alejandro has over fourteen years of professional experience in the entertainment field. As Senior Artist for Electronic Arts Redwood Shores (EA), Alejandro worked on some of the most profitable Play Station games EA has produced to date, including The Lord of the Rings franchise (The Third Age, Return of the King and Two Towers). His other work includes Midway’s Freaky Flyers. Alejandro’s portfolio includes commercials and conceptual designs for films such as Mystery Men, What Dreams May Come. His film credits also include Final Fantasy and Animatrix. Alejandro’s animations have been nominated at several top animation festivals in Europe. He is also an accomplished sculptor and painter.
Education
Recommendations:
“Sirius gig. You guys really kicked some ass on this one, everyone has been impressed with the photoreal quality and in the time we got it done. I hope we have some chances to do this again soon... but with a more comfy production schedule… “
-David Dimeola
Executive Producer
brigade.tv
“Black Point Studios understands machinima. Their deep knowledge and collective experience with the Unreal Engine 3 enabled the creative freedom needed for our project. The crew worked seamlessly with our studio's direction. They consistently provided solutions to any roadblocks we came across, and promptly responded to all questions and concerns. In addition to carrying out all of my visions, Black Point Studios has what is demanded for today’s entertainment market, and is well positioned for where the industry is headed. With Black Point, a client can kick back, have a shot of tequila, and know the project is in good hands.”
-Lorne Lanning
Creator of Oddworld
“I have had the exceptional privilege of having worked with Black Point Studios when I was the External Art Director on the game Eragon. I had shopped around to many high-end studios to assist in creating assets and to help out on a myriad of production processes, but I kept coming back to Black Point who consistently outperformed the other studios tested and at the same time worked tirelessly with our studio to offer the most competitive pricing for their services. Their work was always exemplary, most notably their character modeling, and whatever their endeavor, they always maintained an attitude to ‘get it right’ at every step of the production process which made working with them a pleasure.”
-Wes Ford Takahashi
Hammerhead VFX Producer
Tropic Thunder
“Black Point Studios did a fine job modeling and rigging a set of characters for our theatrical CG animation project. The modelers were remarkably faithful to our designs and the riggers created a set of user-friendly, intuitive controls. Textures for the characters were stunning. Everyone we worked with at Black Point was very responsive to our direction and met all of our needs in a timely manner. Helpful Bear Productions highly recommends Black Point Studios for CG animation projects.”
-Michael Parks
Helpful Bear Productions
“Black Point Studios is our go-to external partner for a variety of work. Large or small, complex or easy, Black Point artists deliver high quality work on time. Black Point easily responds to feedback and changes, and clearly communicates when there are issues. We’ve worked on all kinds of projects with Black Point, and I trust Stan & Alejandro & their team to deliver what I need when I need it.”
-Kristine Coco, Producer
Midway Central Outsourcing Group
“I have had the pleasure of working with Black Point Studios for over 2 years on several different projects. They have consistently delivered high quality photo-realistic character models and other art work for us while working with very challenging tools, a development team located in Japan and very tight deadlines. Their project management and communication are top notch - we always knew the status of our project and rarely waited longer than an hour for a response to email or a phone call. On top of it all, Stan and Alejandro are really great guys to work with and their team reflects their calm, friendly attitude with very high levels of art skill and dedication to their craft. Feel free to contact me directly if you would like more information.”
-Jeff Smith
Director of External Production
THQ
Hardware Proficiency
Dual gigabyte
2 dual Xeon servers
30 terra bytes raid storage
30 dual Xeon workstation
1 dual proc Mac
Over 100 CPU’s for rendering
Software Proficiency
Software Skills
Maya, Version up to 2008
Photoshop, Version up to CS3
Motion Builder, latest
Painter, Version 10
Premier, latest
3ds Max, Version 9
Z-brush, latest
After Effects, latest
Shake compositing
MentalRay
Face Robot
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