David Whittaker Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Utilising Maya and Houdini to develop models for cg feature films

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Modelling assets at a feature film VFX level

Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

For a feature animated film, I was responsible for Modelling proxies of environments and props for look dev and layout purposes, as well as setting up cameras and basic animation of characters based on storyboards to help the director visualise environment space and composition and how all the elements gel

Sydney, Australia

Modelling

Sydney, Australia

Films credits include:Modelling - Wrinkle In TimeModelling - SkyscraperModelling, layout and DMP (3D) - Outlaw King

Sydney, Australia

Potts Point, Sydney

3D modelling, surfacing, Matte painting of environments using various software, as well as compositing shots in Nuke for the new Mad Max: Fury Road feature film

North Sydney

Short term work that comprised of 2D art, assets, artistic layout and graphic design for their IntoScience App and it's contents.

Modeller for the LEGO feature film. Working on individual character prop and vehicle assets, assisting in the layout and design of environments through to final modelling.

Sydney, Australia

Working on the upcoming feature film, Blinky Bill.

As a modeler I worked predominantly on environments for Happy FeetTwo. With work also done on characters and props. My tasks werecomprised of:• Working closely with the art director in the Layout and design of environment set pieces.• High detail modeling and final topology in Maya for said environment pieces.• Displacement sculpting of environments in both Mudbox and Zbrush.• Character blend shapes for use in animation.• Fixes and optimization to existing character topology and UV maps.• Creation and finalization of props.• UV unwrapping and exporting of finished models using proprietary tools, for use in surfacing,lighting and VFX.• Problem solving and bug fixing of models.• Communicating with the modeling supervisor and other departments to help better thepipeline process.

Working on the cinematics of the game L.A Noire. my duties included camera framing, pacing and animation. Character and prop placement and previs animation within frame. Working with, troubleshooting and documenting issues with character motion capture and Depth Anylasis technology.

Working as a 3D artist on the game L.A Noire. working on the game environment placing assets, buildings and modeling terrain, as well as creating navigational mesh for the AI to interact with