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Auckland, Nz

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

In this role I am a part of a small team tasked with developing strand based hair and fur workflows for Unreal Engine. I have established workflows between Houdini/XGen/Yeti and Unreal Engine, developed Master Materials for hair/fur and feathers and work on grooming and optimising a variety of characters. I also work with establishing the real time hair and cloth simulation in the engine.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

In this role I worked remotely on high quality set pieces, props and characters for a feature film. I was responsible for 3D Modelling, UV unwrapping and cleaning up models with bad topology. I also spent time working on character blendshapes.

Adelaide, Australia

As a Lighting Artist at Mill Film (MPC) I was responsible for lighting and key lighting complex visual effects shots for multiple high end productions. I was responsible for optimisation and tracking of all my renders and preparing slap comps in deep. I also processed HDR images for key light rigs.

Auckland, New Zealand

In this position I have been required to produce high quality, main character groom assets in XGen for a feature film. I am also responsible for maintaining these assets and resolving any related issues that arise.I also deal with the organisation of assets within my department and make sure that the work is up to a high standard. I am required to work closely with other departments and work to deadlines.I was sent to Beijing, China as a representative for Huhu Studios in late 2018 for one month. The purpose for this trip was to assist artists and leads at our co-production studio, China Film Animation, with pipeline, shots and groom issues.

Auckland, New Zealand

As a Shots Artist I was responsible for rendering, lighting and basic compositing tasks. In this position I was also required to work closely with pipeline and the VFX Supervisor preventing and resolving issues.

Auckland, New Zealand

Working as a Dressing Artist I was responsible for set dressing incredibly heavy, large scale environments in a feature film production working primarily with XGen and VRayScatter.

Auckland, New Zealand

During my time as a Modeller I produced high quality props and environment assets and was responsible for UV unwrapping to a high quality on a tight schedule with strict deadlines.

Auckland, New Zealand

The second short film I worked on while at Media Design School is titled Starlight. It was a three month long project completed by a group of seven. I contributed to story development, modelling, rigging, character grooms, surfacing, lighting, rendering and produced the score for the film.

Auckland, New Zealand

The first short film I worked on during my final year at Media Design School is called Kitten Witch. It was a three month long project completed by a team of 29 students. I contributed to the film working on character grooms, dynamics, modelling and surfacing.

Bachelor Of Art & Design, 3D Animation & Visual Effects

High School