Faculty

Manuel Carrasco, Director, Department of Digital Media

Manuel has been a successful artist and illustrator for over 16 years working in the film, animation and videogame industries. His feature film/animation credits include Space Jam, Anastasia and Prince of Egypt as well as work for studios including DreamWorks, Fox Feature, Richard Rich Studios, Warner Brothers and Nickelodeon.  
As an artist in the videogame industry, Manuel has created concept art and animation assets for studios including Acclaim Entertainment, NC Soft, Edge of Reality and UbiSoft for AAA titles including Turok, VEXX and Red Star.  In 2005 Manuel joined Austin based Stray Bullet Games as the studio’s Lead Concept Artist. In addition to his commercial work, Manuel is a fine artist known for his lifelike paintings of predatory birds of the southwest. His work can be found in galleries across the state of Texas.  At Gemini School, Manuel teaches Concept Art classes for 3rd and 4th year students as part of Computer Graphics II and III.

Jonathon Gilbreath, Anatomy and Photoshop

Jonathon has been a successful conceptual and development artist for 13 years; working for a wide variety of US government agencies and corporations. In 1997 he founded CyberINK Studios, an animation and design studio focused on visual development for film, TV and multimedia. His clients include the US Dept. of Defense, AMD, Warner Brothers, Sony and Midway. In addition to his commercial work, Jonathon teaches classes for both students and professionals in Human Anatomy, Architectural & Character Design, Camera & Lighting and 3D Modeling for Film, TV and Gaming. At Gemini School, Jonathon teaches Computer Graphics I-III, Anatomy and Perspective.

Famir Gjevukaj, Zbrush

Fatmir's 15+ year career includes working as a Fine Artist, Illustrator, Sculptor and, most recently, as a 3D artist in the entertainment industry. A Z-Brush and 3dsMax expert, Fatmir has worked with studios including Midway Games, Radioactive Labs and Critical Mass Interactive. His combination of classical art training and in-depth knowledge of anatomy helped to establish his reputation as a Character Artist. Fatmir holds a B.F.A. from the Fine Arts Academy of Prishtina (Kosova) with a major in Painting.

David Levy, Concept Art

For over 15 years, David has created some of videogame's most compelling images for titles including Turok, NBA Jam, Prince of Persia and Assassins. A native of Montpellier France, his career includes positions from concept artist to creative director with companies including Argonaut, Acclaim UK, Acclaim US, ReelFX and UbiSoft. David has also been a featured speaker at industry events including the Game Developers Conference, North American Concept Artist Workshop and Gnomon Workshop. Today, he is the CEO of Steambot Studios, a cutting edge digital art house with studios in Montreal, CAN and Austin, TX. David recently finished concept art work for the sequel of the major motion picture TRON and continues to work in film and videogames. David splits his time between Los Angeles, CA and Austin, TX and is on the Advisory Board of Gemini School. He holds a BTS (Brevet de Technicien Superieur) in Industrial Design from the European Institute of Toulon and a BA with honors from Maastricht, Netherlands in Industrial Design and Architecture.

Rick Patrick, Photography

Rick Patrick’s lifelong journey with photography began while he was a student at the University of Texas. He’s been known to shoot everything from portraits to food, home interiors and the vast Texas highways. With a client list that includes agencies (GSD&M, Pentagram, FD2S), major publications (Texas Monthly, Newsweek, The New York Times, Better Homes & Gardens, Metropolitan Home, Country Living) and hi-tech (IBM, Motorola, Applied Materials) Rick is uniquely suited to teach Gemini School students the power of the camera lens.  When he’s not teaching at Gemini School, Rick can be found at his East Austin photo studio-Studio 1308.

Chip Patterson, Perspective, Architectual Design

Chip Patterson started his career as an artist over 15 years ago at Austin, Texas based Origin/Electronic Arts. With his extensive background in architecture and the traditional arts, Chip created digital environments for titles including "Red Star”,"VEXX","All Star Baseball" and "Tabula Rasa". He holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design from Texas A&M University and has studied art on the Arthur Light Scholarship in Florence, Italy.

Johnathon Vought, 3D Modelling in 3DS Max

Johnathon started his career as an artist/animator working on “Dragonball Z”, a popular syndicated anime series. That experience led him to expand his portfolio to include 3D design and animation projects in film, videogame and architecture. In 2001, Johnathon founded RadioActive Labs, Inc. where he worked on a variety of film, animation and videogame projects, including the 2006 Texas Longhorns Football opening (the running of the Longhorns) on the “Godzillatron”. Johnathon is an adjunct faculty member at Austin Community College and teaches 3DsMax classes at Gemini School. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Texas.