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Arch Bishop

Arch Bishop

New York, NY, US

 

About 

I specialize in the translation and realization of ideas into imagery from direction as loose as bubbles on trace, or a stack of tears from magazines or journals to developed or developing sets of drawings, working in parallel and as close to real-time as possible. I am an expert at generating straightforward but beautiful 2d rendered drawing sets, as well as incredibly complex and technically challenging match-moved and camera-tracked productions combining live video and 3d animations. My focus is always on process, sometimes developing bespoke solutions if scope, budget and timeline allows such decadence.

I'm a systems thinker. I love drawing and construction, making things with my hands. Working in multiple design/build shops solidified my passion for carpentry, welding and working with concrete, making scale models from paper, masonite, wood, cork, plexi, rubber, metal wire, in addition to some very unconventional materials.

I have a great deal of experience designing and preparing 3d surface- and 3d solid-models for output on all types of 3d printers and other types of CAD/CAM equipment (laser cutters, CNC milling machines, etc.), from low-end desktop machines to full-color industrial powder printing machines, having operated all of these myself over the last several years. I have a good deal of experience with 3d scanning as well, and which types of technologies lend themselves to a given application and end result.

I am excited by selling and pitching the vision, whether it's to the client, a key decision-maker or check writer, or to an approval board that brings its own unique and sometimes unconscious set of agendas and biases. I'm a self-starter and am perfectly content to be left to my own devices to direct and decide the entire course of a project. I'm a natural leader. But I also thrive in team environments filling in the necessary gaps as needed and letting others direct and/or decide how and where my skills can be most useful working towards whatever the end objective is.

Employment 

Please See LinkedIn Profile Below, New York, NY, US, Architect

www.linkedin.com/in/curtisrschmitt

Jun 2005 - Aug 2015
 

Education 

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, US, Architecture

Sep 2002 - May 2007
 

Awards 

Private Competition: Marriott Hotels and Resorts (MHR) Guestroom Designs, 1st Place

As the lead artist producing all 3d renderings, animations and imagery for the competition submission, I worked on the team that won first place resulting in a lucrative commission to fully develop a complete redesign of MHR's guestrooms and ancillary spaces.

2013
 

Rothe Johnson Fantacone Design Scholarship, 1st Place

Given to one third year full time student with a minimum 3.0 GPA, demonstrating outstanding design talent using imaging technology as a graphic tool during the creative process.

2005
 

Travisano Design Scholarship, 1st Place

Awarded to a first year undergraduate student whose studio work demonstrates excellence in the art of architecture.

2003
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills