Ben Gracey
Instructor
About Me
Ben is an accomplished 3D artist, modeler, and animator, specializing in lighting, VFX, texturing, and environment design. His ultimate goal is to help students bring their creative visions to life and start them on their own path of adventure. With a wide range of professional and technical experience under his belt – leading teams, tutoring across disciplines, creating environments for game trailers, working visually with a multitude of games, genres, and cinematic mechanics, developing media for a variety of commercials and ads, connecting with clients, generating leads, and more – he’s certainly well-prepared for the task!
When he isn’t sharing his love of 3D with others, Ben enjoys building computers, 3D printing, gaming, and playing with his pets.
Achievements
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Holds a bachelor’s degree in 3D Animation from the University of Colorado, Denver
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Co-created an animated film short as part of a small production team
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Led a 3D team to create a Metaverse experience for a commercial application
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Taught 3D modeling and game design to students of all ages, offering customized lesson plans and encouraging creativity and critical thinking through project-oriented curricula
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Brand ambassador for Dream Style Remodeling, focusing on client communication
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Researcher at Lampe Lab, running molecular docking simulations to visualize protein-ligand interactions