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Senior VFX and Compositing Artist, Contractor.
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
Sep 2011 - Present (12 years 8 months)
XSI, Maya, and Nuke Specialist for 3D Animation and VFX.
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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.
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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.
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Freelancing
Secret Identity/Smartworks Collective
Sep 2009 - May 2010 (8 months)
XSI and Maya work on various projects
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Texture Artist
Warner Brothers Animation
Sep 2008 - Nov 2008 (2 months)
PEPFAR shorts
http://hivfreegeneration.warnerbros.com/
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Surfaces/Lighting TD
Nanotoon Entertainment
Jul 2007 - Aug 2008 (1 year 1 month)
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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.
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Texturing and Lighting
Omation
2004 - 2005 (1 year)
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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.
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Texture Artist
Xvivo
2003 - 2004 (1 year)