Hello, I'm Fiachra Murtagh. I have previously worked with Ireland Planner/Sightsear as a "Graphic Designer and Animator". During my time there, I have created many tour guide character designs for their interactive travel app, drawn the storyboard for the promotional video, animated the promotional video using Toon Boom Harmony. I also created textures for the 3D models of the main tour guide characters, SightseAR Sam and Sue, using Krita. I also created the 3D models of SightseAR Sam and Sue using Blender, and then I applied the textures to the models using UV Mapping.

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I have also worked as an intern for Elk Studio in early 2020, but was cut short due to the pandemic. During my time there, I created character designs and logos for various projects using Krita, and editing some scenes for small animation. I also created small animations during my time at the studio, using Toon Boom.

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Bachelor of Science Degree in 'Computing in Games Development' from DkIT (2013 - 2017) During my time at college, I mainly focused in the graphic design areas of the course. I have created 3D models, creating textures, menu design and more for video games. During my time at college, I created 3D models using 3DS Max and textures using Photoshop.

Working on my MSc in 'Computing in Computer Animation' (2023 - 2025). I used Unreal Engine 5 to create a Medieval themed obstacle course game during my 2nd semester of the first year of the course. During my final semester of the course, I created an animated short, using Blender, answering the reserach question 'How do you express a character's thoughts and/or emotions purely through body gestures?".