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			 My  name is Nick Kropat.  
		     
		    I am a passionate 3d professional with  7 years animation experience and a love
		    for all things game.  After a number of false-starts I am once again looking for a studio where I  can put my talents to work creating great games that people will love  to play.            
			  I discovered my love of 3d in 2008 when  I stumbled across an old amiga2000 Video Toaster in the AV club of my  high school.  It had a copy of Lightwave 2.0 installed on it, and  after playing with it for 2 hours I instantly knew that 3d was my  calling.  Originally I wanted to work on feature films, however,  after having the great chance to work on a few small film projects I  realized it wasn't what I thought it would be, and have since  re-focused on my love of games, and real time environments.  
			
            Since 2003 I have worked  full time for Virtual 3d Inc here in Florida where I quickly was  promoted to Lead 3d artist and at one time managed 5 other artists.  During that time I also volunteered on a small indie title being  created by Earthwave Studios in Germany where I acted as an  Environment artist creating the main city in the game.  I feel my  seriousness about completing tasks on time and with the highest  quality, as well as my drive to keep learning and exploring new  techniques and my love of working as part of a team would make me a  valuable addition to any studio. 
             
             
  
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