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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Helping the team of modelers with transitioning to a new pipeline and workflows.- Contributing new tools to assist in the modeling workflow.- Research and Development on updated assets using software new to the show

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

- responsible for managing a team of 8 modelers as well as all the assets during a shift to a new pipeline- collaborated with producers, directors and other supervisors to ensure work was completed for 2 movies- assisted my team and production by creating Python tools to reduce errors and accelerate workflows

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- managed weekly tasks for the modeling team to ensure production stayed on schedule- fielded modeling requests from other departments- documented and provided solutions for technical challenges faces while migrating to a new rendering pipeline

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- trained and mentored junior artists on workflows I established in previous seasons of the show- collaborated with the previz department on preparing locations to determine solutions ahead of schedule- updated old assets to a higher standard with documentation on my processes

Toronto, Canada Area

- created new assets for modular environments where were reused for several years beyond initial creation- participated on pitch projects when available and demonstrated enthusiasm for learning and adapting- collaborated with surfacing artists for look dev on various assets

Oakville, Ontario

Assisted my peers with learning the basics of 3D modeling and taught software such as Maya, Photoshop and Zbrush.

Sheridan College

Worked with students of game design on a science fiction Unity 4 demo. My responsibility was creating unique 3D assets based on provided concepts, creating modular assets for the level designer and helping boost the visual look. By using open source shaders and teaching the team a PBR workflow, we were able to use physically based textures before they were.