Tom Tobey
4578 Altadena Ave.
San Diego, CA 92115
858-243-2848
tomtobey@hotmail.com

Giganticrobot.com
Web cartoon – work in progress

Sony Online Entertainment / Senior Animator 08/08-Present
EverQuest 2
- Responsible for NPC animations

Flying Lab Software / Senior Animator 06/06-07/08
Pirates of the Burning Sea
- Responsible for character animation and character weighting

Monolith Productions / Animation Lead 06/05 - 06/06
-Animation Lead for PS3/Xbox2 First Person Shooter

Sony Online Entertainment / Senior Animator 03/02-05/05
EverQuest 2
- Responsible for main Froglok animations
EverQuest
Depths of Darkhollow / PC
-Responsible for NPC animation
Dragons of Norrath / PC
-Responsible for animation direction of outsourced non-player characters, as well as NPC animation
The Omens of War / PC
- Responsible for character animation and character set-up for new non-player characters and weapons
- Successfully scheduled production for a team of 2 animators
- contributed to the design process of new player characters for a future EverQuest expansion
The Gates of Discord / PC
- Responsible for character animation and character set-up for new non-player characters
- Successfully scheduled production for a team of 4 animators
- contributed to the design process of new player characters for a future EverQuest expansion
The Lost Dungeons of Norrath / PC
- Responsible for character animation and character set-up for new non-player characters
- Successfully scheduled production for a team of 4 animators
- contributed to the design process of new player characters for a future EverQuest expansion
The Legacy of Ykesha / PC
- Solely responsible for character animation and character set-up of a new player race, the Frogloks
- Responsible for character animation and character set-up of new non-player characters
- Successfully scheduled production for a team of two animators
The Planes of Power / PC
- Responsible for character animation and character set-up of the god characters and several non-player characters

EA Australia / Lead Animator 09/01-02/02
The Croc Hunter
- Responsible for character design and concept sketches
Rapid / Playstation 2
- Responsible for character animation and character set-up for a SSX Tricky style game, utilizing a surfboard and a river canyon

Midway Home Entertainment / Senior Animator 09/00-09/01
Freaky Flyers / Playstation 2
- Briefly worked on character set up and animation for in game playable characters and non-player characters
Spyhunter / Playstation 2
- Worked on character animation for in-game FMV sequences

Crystal Dynamics / Senior Animator 01/00-09/00
102 Dalmatians / Playstation
- Responsible for all storyboards and character animation for the in game cut sequences

Sony Computer Entertainment /989 Studios / Lead Animator and Producer 04/96-01/00
Barbarians (aka Mark of Kri) Playstation / Lead Animator
- Responsible for scheduling and tasking a team of 4 animators
- Animated main character and non-player characters
Angels 2070 / Playstation / Producer
- Responsible for scheduling and tasking an entire game development team
- Responsible for game design and lead character animation
Blasto / Playstation / Lead Animator
- Responsible for character animation of lead character and non-player characters

Sega Technical Institute / Senior Animator 09/94-04/96
DieHard Arcade / Arcade
- Responsible for character animation for in game player characters and non-player characters
The Ooze / Sega Genesis
- Responsible for in-game sprite animation and intro screen graphic
ComixZone / Sega Genesis
- Responsible for in-game character animation

Absolute Entertainment / Senior Animator 09/93-04/94
MechWarrior CD
/ Sega CD
- Responsible for story boards, FMV sprite animation and environment tile creation
Penn and Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors / Sega CD
- Responsible for in-game sprite animation
Home Improvement / Super Nintendo
- Responsible for in-game animation of non-player characters
Goofy’s Hysterical History Tour / Sega Genesis
- Responsible for in-game animation of lead character and non-player characters

Milt Neil Productions /Animator 09/92-09/93
-responsible for animation,in-betweens and clean-up on various projects including trade show videos and an educational soccer films starring Pele’

Don Bluth Studios / Asst. Animator, Inbetweener, Clean-Up Artist, 06/91-09/92
The Pebble and the Penguin
- Briefly responsible for assistant animation before the studio closed down
Thumbelina
- Responsible for inbetweens and clean-up animation
A Troll in Central Park
- Responsible for clean-up animation

Milt Neil Productions /Animator 05/89-05/91
- Responsible for animation, in-betweens and clean-up on various projects including trade show videos and educational soccer films starring Pele’


Contract Client List:

Majesco Inc. 01/00- 03/00
Frogger / Gameboy Advanced
- Responsible for intro and level in-game screens

Warner Brothers TV Animation 05/91 – 06/91
Tiny Toons / Sepulveda Boulevard episode
Responsible for key character layout


Education:


Pennsylvania State University -
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Arts, 1988
State College, Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Architecture


The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art -
Three Year Certificate in Animation,1989
Dover, New Jersey