Senior VFX and Compositing Artist, (Contractor) at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

Robert Cole

Northampton, MA

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Robert L. Cole

texturelighting-at-gmail-dot-com

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3405942/

16+ years in Feature Films, Animated Shorts, Medical/Scientific Animation, and Games done with Softimage/XSI/ICE and Maya, MAX, Houdini, Mental Ray, Photoshop, Stereo Depth Compositing w/Nuke, and Small tools w/ Python.... Creation Platform and Lagoa.

Specialties: Technical Direction for Surfacing and Lighting, render optimization, trouble-shooting VFX and compositing, Mental Ray. Softimage ICE.

Specialize in procedural surfacing, advanced lighting techniques: Final Gathering, Caustics, Image-Based Lighting, HDRI. and thorough knowledge of Maya's Hypershade and XSI's Rendertree. Nuke, and Stereo Depth / Compositing.
Education
- GRAD 3D Animation
  
  Vancouver Film School
  
  1999 - 2000
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Painting
  
  Connecticut College
  
  1974 - 1980
Experience
- Senior VFX and Compositing Artist, Contractor.
  
  Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
  
  Sep 2011 - Present (14 years 9 months)
  
  XSI, Maya, and Nuke Specialist for 3D Animation and VFX.
- Contract Texture Artist/TD
  
  CounterPunch Studios
  
  Mar 2013 - Jun 2013 (3 months)
  
  Texture Artist for Lebron James Season 2 for XBOX.
  http://specials.msn.com/msnvideo/thelebrons.aspx
  Texture/Surfacing of characters and Technical Direction of most elements to be Mental Ray compliant.
  Used procedural methods where possible and created quickly rendering, simple-to-adjust, yet realistic
  shading networks that conformed to the artistic direction. Provided support to Lighting/Rendering team on occasion for MentalRay troubleshooting.
- 3D Stereo Depth artist
  
  Stereo D
  
  Jul 2010 - Oct 2011 (1 year 3 months)
  
  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3405942/
  
  Stereo (3D) conversion of Gulliver's Travels, Jackass 3D, Green Hornet,Thor, Captain America, Titanic.
  
  Extensive use of Nuke and proprietary tools.
- Freelancing
  
  Secret Identity/Smartworks Collective
  
  Sep 2009 - May 2010 (8 months)
  
  XSI and Maya work on various projects
- Texture Artist
  
  Warner Brothers Animation
  
  Sep 2008 - Nov 2008 (2 months)
  
  PEPFAR shorts
  http://hivfreegeneration.warnerbros.com/
- Surfaces/Lighting TD
  
  Nanotoon Entertainment
  
  Jul 2007 - Aug 2008 (1 year 1 month)
- Texture TD and Artist
  
  Omation Studios
  
  Jul 2004 - Dec 2005 (1 year 5 months)
  
  Developed the technical standards for the Texture Department to ensure consistency across the project and
  reliability for rendering with MentalRay. Created training materials and presentations for the Texture and the Lighting Department. Textured hero and background assets with traditional means and created procedural shader networks for the Department. Coordinated with Lighting, EFX, and Hair/Fur Departments to ensure
  compatibility through the pipeline.
- Texturing and Lighting
  
  Omation
  
  2004 - 2005 (1 year)
- All Digital Aspects..
  
  DARPA
  
  Feb 2003 - Mar 2004 (1 year 1 month)
  
  Created all elements (Storyboards, animation, modeling, texturing, lighting, layout, camera, etc) for 60 second visualization on advanced battelfield medical proceedures.
  Finished project has been featured on CNN and in the U.S. Senate.
- Texture Artist
  
  Xvivo
  
  2003 - 2004 (1 year)
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