Game Art Faculty

Mr. Fleming is skilled in 2D and 3D animation, direction and production, including professional film, television, and commercial credits that span more than 20 years in the animation industry. Feature film project credits include: Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, 3D character animator, Anastasia, Space Jam, Studio Producer/Texas Unit. Television credits include: King of the Hill, directed the original test pilot for Fox; The Proud Family, animation and layout for first episodes; Ren and Stimpy, assistant animator on the pilot episode. He has been a 2D character animator for games and new media including SpongeBob SquarePants and Disney’s Villain’s Revenge. He is an active member of ASIFA-Colorado.

Mr. Burns is a 25-year veteran in the animation industry being involved in various high-profile projects, including: MTV promo spots, stop-motion animator on Disney’s James and the Giant Peach, Character Animator and Previsualization artist on Walt Disney’s The Wild, Director/Animator on the M&Ms Guys for Will Vinton Studios, and episode director on a primetime animated TV show called The PJs starring Eddie Murphy. Mr. Burns’s work utilizes different animation and special effect techniques including stop-motion, Claymation, traditional drawn, Flash and Maya computer 3D. He has worked freelance running his own home-based animation production company creating animation for video games, PBS programs, TV commercials and educational video productions, as well as teaching adjunct college-level computer animation, portfolio design and industry business practices.

Mr. Finn studied art and computer graphics among the first wave of students to learn in an art school, receiving his BFA and MA in fine art. After graduating he managed a team in Manhattan for Rafael Vinoly Architects creating some of the first architectural simulations, and using the computer to create simulations for presentation and competition such as The Tokyo International Forum and the Manhattan Ferry Redesign competition. Daev went on to work in television and commercials before moving to Los Angeles in 1995 to join Rhythm and Hues Studios where he would stay for more than ten years. There he worked on video games, commercials, and films such as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Scooby Doo, Garfield and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe for which he created the look of the main character Aslan, the creature pipeline and various other creatures. This work was nominated for an Academy Award in Visual Effects. After a stint at Sony Imageworks on the animated film Open Season, Daev and his family decided to relocate to Colorado where he now works from his own studio on films and commercials and is developing his own video games and interactive media.