Dane Shannon-Sparks

Dane Shannon-Sparks is a Senior Technical Artist at Bluepoint Games since January 2017, specializing in visual effects for AAA game titles and tool development for Houdini, Maya, and Bluepoint's proprietary game engine. Concurrently, Dane serves as a researcher at Texas A&M University, collaborating with Dr. Ergun Akleman, and has experience as an Instructor of Record, teaching courses in Maya and After Effects within the undergraduate Visualization program. Prior experience includes software development at Midnight Studios and serving as Rigging and Effects Lead for a DreamWorks Animation project, where Dane contributed to the production of an animated short. Dane holds a Master’s Degree in Visualization from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Design from Texas State University.