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Vancouver, Canada Area

Vancouver, Canada Area

The Power Rangers:Generated a number of FX elements inside Houdini, including a high-detail simulation of shattered wood and glass in a window frame, a snapping telephone wire with sparks, engine thrusters, as well as dust and debris. Generated custom setups and used prepared setups in shots.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Storks:Used Houdini and Katana to create window streaks, cloud interaction, baby tears, and footprints in snow. Created custom elements and used prepared setups in shots.The Angry Birds Movie:Used Houdini and Katana to create a variety of elements, including an animated cloud, bird poop, shattered glass, falling rocks, and footprints on a beach. Created.

Montreal

Dracula: UntoldAnimated particles to create instanced swarms of bats. Responsibilities included making artistic changes to particle simulations, fixing technical problems, and generating quality-control renders. Jupiter Ascending:Created a procedural setup for generating gunfire for multiple gun turrets on a large space ship. Responsibilities included look.

Montreal, Canada Area

Paddington:Applied fixes to Paddington's fur, jacket, and hat. Responsibilities included working in Maya to make artistic changes, using in-house tools to fix cloth simulations, and creating quality-control renders.

Vancouver, Canada Area

The Maze RunnerUsed in-house Houdini tools to generate custom ivy for set extensions. Built rigid body elements for ground/dirt being displaced by numerous geyser eruptions during maze transformation. White House Down Created rigid body destruction elements for the collapsing of a ceiling in the White House. Created smoke and fire elements for crashing.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Jack the Giant SlayerBuilt a library of various types of fire, ranging from torches to large bonfires, using Houdini. Modified and maintained a tool for use in shots. Ender's GameDeveloped the look for a ship engine thruster effect. Designed a tool to procedurally apply the effect to numerous ships. Lit and rendered realistic clouds

Vancouver, Canada Area

Battleship:Tested the Bullet Physics Solver in order to integrate it into Houdini tools. Vehicle explosions and ground destruction effects were created using the tools

Vancouver, Canada Area

Transformers 3: Dark of the MoonUsed Maya and NCloth to create flying paper, sparks, and smoke.Worked in Houdini to create falling debris and smoke.ThorCreated numerous FX elements including ice shatters, wisps, fog, snow, 3D breath, and Thor's spinning hammer. Senior snow artist in charge of making atmospheric effects, as well as modifying and maintaining.

InvictusCo-developed a sprite crowd system in Houdini to animate large stadium crowds. Created and maintained tools for the system using Python and Houdini. Trained and managed a team of four artists in using the tools to make crowds for shots. Presented the tools and shots to the client in meetings and dailies.

G.I. Joe: Rise of the CobraHandled digital assets between Maya and Houdini. Animated rigid-body dynamics and particle elements.Researched and developed rigid-body dynamics solutions.

Escape From Planet EarthTested Houdini tools during the Research & Development cycle.Created atmospheric effects for the opening shot of the film.Tracked down Houdini­-related problems on the render farm.

Certificate, 3D Animation

Certificate of Graduation in 3D Animation & Visual Effects. Certificate of Graduation in Houdini. Chosen as a part of the YouTube Student.

Certificate, 3D Animation

Bachelors Of Science, Multimedia