Joshua Buck is a 10 year veteran of the game industry.  Josh has worked as a production artist and lead animator at Stainless Steel Studios in Boston as well as a freelance artist and animator.   Josh has designed, created and animated hundreds of characters, buildings and vehicles for award-winning, AAA-rated personal computer game titles and real-time gaming environments. Among the game titles he's worked on are Empire Earth, the winner of a Gamespy Award for PC Game of the Year, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, one of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Top 5 Computer Strategy Games of the Year, Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War and Empire Earth III.  Josh has produced art-work for games published by Sierra, Activision, Midway and Vivendi Universal Games.  Josh continues to contribute to the AAA game sector as well as to numerous side projects. Currently Josh is developing the game-art curriculum and teaching as an Assistant Professor of Art and Animation at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Josh holds a BFA from the University of Rhode Island and an MFA in Computer Art & Animation from Savannah College of Art & Design.