Rein Tice

3D Artist in Game Development

My educational goal is to obtain a Bachelor’s in Computer Animation and Game Development. I have a strong passion and drive to achieve my lifelong dream of being a digital artist using industry-leading software and working with teams to produce high-quality entertainment content, within the rapidly growing and adapting Video Game Development industry. I have extensively learned software and techniques to better prepare myself, and always continually learn new skills and to refine my work. My unwavering passion is 3D Modeling and Texturing, I have dreamt of achieving this as a career since I was 8 years old. It was then that I was first introduced to the tools, and instantly fell in love.
Chico State has been teaching game industry standard pipelines to help prepare myself to be career-ready. Being in this program has shown that this is exactly what I have been working for, and want to continue forever. I feel as I am in my element. Pursuing my goals have been incredibly exciting and soul fulfilling. I have been waiting my whole life, and through many hardships, to finally get the opportunity to pursue this life-long dream. I feel incredibly lucky and grateful for where I am now, getting to share my educational experience with great instructors and peers. My career goal is to work in a Game Development Studio. It has been my lifelong goal to have the privilege to work with teams to deliver memorable, emotionally impactful, interactive narrative stories that will nurture and inspire the human spirit. I crave to participate and share creative and innovative ideas and tools to help further develop the industry in new and exciting ways. I want to share this love and passion with the world and will continue to put forth my strongest efforts to achieve this dream.

* I have been playing guitar since I was 9 years old, a total of 24 years. I have performed concerts, recorded albums, filmed music videos, and toured with bands. We had won competitions such as "battle of the bands". We had put on events to raise money to rebuild a historic movie theater. Sold lots of merchandise, albums, as well as posters, clothes, and other retail items. We were played on the radio. As well as in Canada, topping charts above other well-known global artists.
* I have participated in a Barista Championship competition, winning second place. I have exhibited great skill and knowledge within Starbucks company. I have also conducted seminars, meetings, and presentations on coffee knowledge and culture. I have also won many Partner of Quarter awards as well.
* I have created and sold art in art galleries. Art I have created has been celebrated, traditional and digital.
* I have taught, trained, and developed hundreds of employees throughout my 17+ years of work experience. Advocating people's strengths, and empowering people to be the best that they can be.
* I have been working for over 17 years for Starbucks, and have harvested many great skills while growing and developing the partners that I have worked with. I have harbored an incredibly strong work ethic that has been celebrated by employers, customers, and fellow employees. This has also been translated into the college environment where I have had my success and efforts rewarded and celebrated by my peers and instructors. I have built the skill sets and work-life experiences to help motivate, inspire, and encourage the strong desire and passion to pursue my dream of achieving my dream of being a digital artist in video game development.
* Played guitar in a band for 10 years
- Performed hundreds of shows.
- Recorded three albums in studios, sold thousands of copies.
- Worked with a Chico film studio to create a music video.
- Multiple tours in California, Nevada, and Oregon. Performed in them as well as orchestrated events as well.
- Music was regularly aired on ZRock radio station in Redding, CA. Topped charts in Canada (2006).
- Sold merchandise, stickers, shirts, buttons, posters, etc.
- Participated in multiple “Battle of The Bands” won 1st place in one of them and placed in top 3 multiple times.
- Put together a charity event to raise money to restore the historic Rodgers Theatre in Corning, CA. It was a live band show, we had other bands perform as well as the one I was currently in.