Stella Costello

Objective

Higlights

• Quality in design ranging from the entirely imaginative to real world replicas.
• Frequent exhibitor in various museums throughout Second Life.
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Second Life modeling, Sony Vegas
• Organic primitive based modeling, architectural visualization
• Sophisticated texturing (hand drawn or photo-sourced)
• Machinima storyboarding, filming, and editing

Employment History

• Designed and created educational virtual spaces in SL, ranging from various university sims to the NMC Conference and Orientation sims
• Filmed and edited various machinima pieces showcasing NMC's projects and symposiums
• Assisted in new user orientation for the NMC symposium series of virtual conferences in Second Life, as well as providing new SL user training at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference.
• Designed course structure and taught a week long session on basic Machinima in SL to NMC's clients, Provided additional assistance during NMC's basic Prim Sculpture sessions

2006-present         Self Employed

• Worked as a consultant under contract to ESC for approximately 7 months providing building and texture support on various projects including Second House of Sweden, Samsung's SISA, and various floater projects.
• Subcontracted on various builds with Aimee Weber Studios including NBC, Wiley Books, and NOAA.
• Second Life Sculptural Artist featured in many SL galleries with works highlighting cultural symbolism in SL and prims as an expressive medium.

Selected Exhibits and Community Involvement