Jason Pohl

Jason Pohl

Jason Pohl (left) with co-worker Jim Quinn.
Born July 1, 1981 (1981-07-01) (age 30)[1]
Mendota, Illinois, USA
Occupation Motorcycle Designer

Jason Pohl (born July 1, 1981) is a chopper designer who works at Orange County Choppers. He is most commonly known for his workplace being the subject of the American TV shows American Chopper and American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior.

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History

Jason’s initial plan was to join the U.S. Marine Corps after finishing high school, however, he was awarded the August Holland Scholarship and decided to attend the Illinois Institute of Art, where he holds a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts.[2]

Career

Jason Pohl joined Orange County Choppers as Senior Designer in early 2004. He started his career at Incredible Technologies, based in Arlington Heights, IL as an Artist/Animator of videogames, where he worked on a digital pinball prototype licensed by OCC and was responsible for the modeling and designing of all choppers featured in the game. Upon completion of the project, Paul Teutul Sr. was so impressed with his work, he approached Jason to join the team. Since joining OCC, Jason finds the most challenging part of his job to be taking 2-dimensional conceptual drawings and modeling and reshaping them into fully functional 3-dimensional parts.[2]

Computer Setup

Hardware

Equipment Manufacturer Model
Monitor 1 Wacom Cintiq Interactive Pen Display[3]
Monitor 2 N/A N/A
Mouse N/A N/A
Keyboard Logitech G15?
Motherboard N/A N/A
CPU N/A N/A
Power Supply Unit N/A N/A
Graphics Card N/A N/A
RAM N/A N/A

Software

Distributor Program
Adobe Systems Photoshop[3]
Adobe Systems Illustrator[3]
Adobe Systems After Effects[3]
Adobe Systems Premiere Pro[3]
Adobe Systems Creative Suite[3]
Microsoft Windows XP Professional[3]
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. SolidWorks[3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.realitybug.com/americanchopper/cast/72-Jason-Pohl Accessed 2 September 2010
  2. ^ a b http://www.orangecountychoppers.com/team Accessed 2 September 2010
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h http://www.adobe.com/motion/orangecountychoppers.html Accessed 2 September 2010

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