I am an Emmy nominated visual effects artist with over twenty years experience in the visual effects/CG industry. I do a bit of everything from digital sculpting for animation and 3D print to technical animation to CG instruction to scientific visualization and even jewelry design. I'm known for my enthusiasm for entomology and in my free time I create animations that explain insect physiology (www.entomologyanimated.com). I am currently working freelance in Hollywood CA. I am one of the founders of ZBrush Jewelry Workshop: an online community that teaches ZBrush to jewelry designers/artists. I am the author of books and magazine articles on 3D animation, specifically Autodesk's Maya and Maxon's ZBrush. I have been a guest speaker at Harvard Medical School nanocourse on scientific visualization for molecular biology. Presenter at ZBrush ZSummit 2019 and 2021, as well as a presenter for numerous lectures at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. I am the author of numerous video courses for the Gnomon Workshop, instructor at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. And I have been a member of the ZBrush beta team for many years. Some of my favorite recent projects include modeling and animation for the Emmy nominated opening sequence to Netflix's "Wednesday", Title artist on Netflix' "One Piece", 3D artist and animator for the planetarium show "Signs of Life" at the Samuel Oschin Planetarium at Griffith Observatory, I worked with Filmograph on numerous title sequences including John Wick 3 and 4, "65", "Aquaman". Visual effects projects include creature modelling for "10 Cloverfield Lane", "Raised by Wolves" season 2, crowd simulation and modeling for "Winning Time" season 2, environment modeling for "Plane", creature and environment modeling for "Star Tek: Beyond" . I have created accurate scientific models of various arthropods for the Australian fabrication company CDM. My portfolio is available at www.bloopatone.com. Companies I have worked for include Imaginary Forces, BadRobot/Kelvin Optical, Filmograph, The Mill, Prologue Films, Pixel Magic, Digizyme, Yu and Co, Rumblebox, and a bunch more.
Listed skills include Cg Instructor, Zbrush Artist, Visual Effects Artist, Maya Artist, and 12 others.