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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

- Sequence lighting rig setup for environments, characters, and crowds- Shot lighting and compositing- Show light rig template design and development- Design and testing of new lighting/rendering technology- Look development and materials specialist

London, United Kingdom

- Look development, materials, and fur grooming for hero characters including Despereaux, Lester, and Baby Despereaux- Shot lighting and compositing for some of the first shots in production

- Managed, developed the workflow for, trained, artistically directed, and technically assisted a team of up to 13 Texture and Shading Artists in finaling the look of all characters, sets, and props for the film - Managed a team of up to 6 Shading TDs in coding shaders, components for a graphical shader building look dev workflow, and asset-oriented.

- Managed and directed a team of up to 5 artists in texturing and shading all of the characters, sets, and props for every new episode of the show - Worked closely with the Directors and CG Department Heads to break down new scripts, strategize solutions to technical and aesthetic issues, and implement those solutions in CG production - Responsible for a.

- Managed and directed a team of up to 8 artists in texturing and shading all of the characters, sets, and props for the film - Worked closely with the Director and CG heads to develop and achieve the look of the film - Finaled many of the main characters of the film, including Jimmy, Goddard, Poultra, and the main Yokian villains, as well as various set.

- Textured nearly all of the characters of the television special as well as various set pieces and props - For the last few months of production, worked as a Lighting TD to finalize shots

- Created painted and procedural textures and did asset look development for various projects, including “Jimmy Neutron: Runaway Rocketboy” (original pilot), “Jingaroo”, “Weird Beard”, and “The Barnyard” (pilot)