Thomas Chouinard

Digitally Sculpt 3D assets,characters, props

Digitally Sculpt 3D assets & statues.
- Disney
- DC

Digitally Sculpt toys, figures and 3D assets.
-Naruto
-Walking Dead
-Borderlands
-RWBY

Sculpt 3D Digital Assets
DC COMICS
MARVEL
STAR WARS
DREAMWORKS
DISNEY
PIXAR

Digitally Sculpt/ Design - First Years Products.

Digitally sculpt all the assets for WWE collectibles.
Sketch and develop new products.
Propose concepts for new collectible lines,
Design color spec documents & technical illustrations.
Responsible for digitally sculpting/keying/engineering of each collectible.
Work with teams of artists on the 3d printing side of production.
Pantone paint art direction,

Digitally sculpt and design a new line of 5 inch Space Cadet Mini busts.

Digitally design and sculpt toys/products for multiple commercial clients.
Pathfinder - Death by Dice (Goblin bank)
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS - Creature from the Black Lagoon

-Instruct Oakland’s summer intensive sculpting program of 17 Students.
-Course material included advanced anatomy sculpting, sculpting for commercial purposes and maquette building.
-Introduced students to the creative sculpting process.
-Provided instruction for professional tool usage.
-Detailed the pipeline for creating custom characters from ideation to a final sculpt.

Design & sculpt various characters for a their line of cupcake baking molds. Design and engineer molding for each character shell.
Create Logos and Graphic Designs for their packaging.

Design Spec sheets & Character turn around illustrations

SHOPKINS SEASON 4,5,6
UGGLYS PET SHOP series 2
World Of Warriors

-Designed BrushyBall’s toy packaging aimed for children Ages 3+.
-Sculpted and developed the new line of BrushyBall “Brushy Buddy” products.
-Provided multiple toy design sketches, color swatches and plastic samples to produce the final product.

Sculpt large scale foam characters, props, and sets for haunted houses, amusement parks and everything in between.
Clients:
Cedar Point (Halloweekends)
Jungle island
Six Flaggs

Clients I've sculpted for: Art Van, Blue Cross Blue Shield, S3 Solutions, DTE energy, Disney Radio. Ford, First Merrit Bank, Display Group- Fox Sports - Pistons, Red Wings, Tigers.


Sculpted various styles including realistic, automotive, mechanical, organic and cartoon style Props/Figures for America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Constructed 2-14 ft characters using 2D layouts and blueprints.
Collaborated with multiple artists, fabricators, welders and carpenters to complete complex projects.
Able to manage many assignments at one time.
Certified and trained in Metal and Woodshop Safety.
Repaired, cleaned, and repurposed many chipped, flaked, rusted, and broken floats.
Lifted and positioned many 100+ lb assets in the art studio daily.
Materials sculpted -- Styrofoam, Wood, Steel, plastic resin.
Fabricated 2 part molds for rapid casting.

Designed the package for the Brushyball children's toy. Worked with the company in key steps for producing the new package designs for BrushyBall toothbrush training toys for toddlers.

Crafted and constructed 5 high quality mascot costumes in less than 3 weeks.
Menna’s Joint and everyone involved uses their mascots for promotional events, advertising and internal purposes.

-Contributed design ideas and concepts on new products.
-Produced rough anatomical sculpts and articulations for multiple toys.
-Gained professional mold making and casting skills.
-Assisted on projects for several companies in the collectible & toy industry.
-Maintained the studio, cleaned/organized , managed and designed the promotional postcards and events, updated their online promotions, and was in charge of their social media content.
-Constructed the base for Sideshow Collectible’s G.I. Joe - Storm Shadow Polystone Statue.
-Sculpted surface textures and roughed the anatomy for the 10' Hulk Avengers toy in the Hasbro Line up.