Mikayla Kresco

3D Animator, Graphic Designer @MAGIC Spell Studios

Los Angeles, United States

Summary

3D Character Animator also trained in 2D Animation, Modeling, Texturing, Effects/Simulation, Lighting, Compositing, Rendering, and Editing.
Director of 3D Animated short film, Bliss (2024) and Rooted (2025). Rooted is an official selection of eight film festivals so far.
Skills: Autodesk Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Houdini, Uncreal Engine, Marvelous Designer, Nuke, Adobe Photoshop, Traditional drawing, painting, handdrawn animation, Toon Boom Harmony, TV Paint, After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Storyboard Pro, Procreate, iMovie, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Google Suite.

Skills

Software proficiency

Maya

ZBrush

Unreal Engine

Photoshop

Illustrator

Premiere

Harmony

Substance 3D Painter

Procreate

Marvelous Designer

After Effects

Storyboard Pro

Arnold

TVPaint

Nuke

Houdini

Reel

Productions

- Movie
  Rooted
- Year
  2025
- Role
  Co-Director, Head of Animation
- Company
  Rochester Institute of Technology
- Movie
  Bliss
- Year
  2024
- Role
  Director, Animator
- Company
  Rochester Institute of Technology
- Movie
  AMA
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Prop Modeler
- Company
  RIT School of Film & Animation

Experience

Story Developer - Finger Lakes Virtual Museum at MAGIC Spell Studios
US
May 2024 - August 2024
Researching the history of Ontario County, creating databases, and writing narratives about the Finger Lakes history. Weaving together in-app writing with videos, photos, and AR experiences that will pop up via QR-codes at New York historical signs. Partnership with Finger Lakes Visitors Connection.
Graphic Designer at MAGIC Spell Studios
Rochester, US
September 2023 - Present
Graphic Designer for MAGIC Spell Studios' Content Creation Team. Create graphics for social media, Xibo tv displays, and print.

Use of Adobe Illustrator to create graphics to publicize MAGIC's animation, video game, and film content and events.

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