Resumé

EXPERIENCE

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Layout/Matchmove Artist - Industrial Light & Magic (Vancouver)

09/18/2017 - present

    • Work closely with supervisors, take direction/feedback

    •  Track/matchmove plates in proprietary software

    •  Place and adjust mocapped characters within shotfiles

   • Matchmove camera footage
   • matchamation of characters and props
   • facial solving for actors

- The Stand (2020-)

- Jungle Cruise (2021)

- The Irishman (2019)

- Aquaman (2018)

- Solo:  A Star Wars Story (2018)

Layout/Matchmove Artist - Industrial Light & Magic (San Francisco)

04/07/14 - 07/21/2017

    • Work closely with supervisors, take direction/feedback

    •  Track/matchmove plates in proprietary software

    •  Place and adjust mocapped characters within shotfiles

   • Matchmove camera footage
   • matchamation of characters and props
   • set up quadCam 2D/3D points for facial solving
   • facial solving for mocap actors
 

- Ready Player One (2018)

- Star Wars:  Rogue One (2018)

- TMNT:  Out of the Shadows (2016)

Junior Layout/Matchmove Artist - Industrial Light & Magic (San Francisco)

04/07/14 - 05/01/15

     • Photomodel assets and environments using proprietary software, incorporate with shotfiles

     • Decimating LIDAR in Maya for easier use of shotfiles

    • Work closely with supervisors, take direction/feedback

    •  Track/matchmove plates in proprietary software

    •  Place and adjust mocapped characters within shotfiles

   • Matchmove camera footage
   • matchamation of characters and props
   • set up quadCam 2D/3D points for facial solving
   • facial solving for mocap actors
   • previs-to-layout conversion

- CreatureDev:
   • hair/cloth/muscle simulations on CG characters

   • fix geometry penetrations

- Warcraft (2016)

- Antman (2015)

Freelance Digital Painter

04/13 - 04/14

     • Work closely with clients on commissioned art pieces, utilizing Adobe Photoshop

        and Paint Tool Sai

     • Have ongoing client involvement throughout creation process

Environment Layout TD - Rhythm & Hues Studios                                                        

11/10 – 04/13                    

    • Set up shots and/or import appropriate assets to set dress said shot,

       export for light/FX/anim, etc.

    • Occasionally go to envlayout dailies and other meetings.

   - Percy Jackson:  Sea of Monsters (2013)

   - R.I.P.D. (2013)

   - Life of Pi (2012)

Animation Layout TD - Rhythm & Hues Studios                                                                           

09/26/07 – 11/10   

    • Set up shots for animation, go to animation dailies and other meetings

    • Help animation with technical problems for the duration of production, sometimes work

      with other departments to help facilitate this

   - Alvin and the Chipmunks:  Chipwrecked (2011)

   - Hop (2011)

   - Yogi Bear (2010)

   - Alvin and the Chipmunks:  The Squeakuel (2009)

   - Cirque du Freak (2009)

   - Aliens in the Attic (2009)

   - Land of the Lost (2009)

   - The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Junior Technical Animation TD - Rhythm & Hues Studios

08/15/07 – 11/16/07                                                                          

    • Do technical animation (hair, fur, deformations) for output to lighting department for

      shots on Alvin and the Chipmunks.

    • Clean up on mesh deformations coming from animation department

    - Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Junior Rigging TD - Apprentice - Apprenticeship with Rhythm & Hues Studios                 

07/09/07 – 08/10/07                                 

    • Learned R&H proprietary software and working environment, pipeline

    • Trained on in-house models to rig and do technical animation

 SKILLS

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• Adobe Photoshop                                        • Macromedia Flash 
• Adobe After Effects                                     • 3ds Max
• Adobe Audition                                           • Windows OS
• Paint Tool Sai                                             • Linux OS
• Autodesk Maya                                          • Rhythm & Hues Proprietary Software Packages         
• Autodesk Matchmover                                • Industrial Light & Magic Proprietary Software Packages        

• Syntheyes    

EDUCATION
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Bachelor of Science in Media Arts & Animation June 2007
The Art Institute of California – Orange County