Experience

• CG Generalist | Environment Artist at Powerhouse VFX

  Remote | Atlanta Area, United States of America

  January 2023 - April 2023

  I worked on various environments and props, lighting a few shots and rendering in Houdini Mantra.

• Hard Surface Asset Supervisor at Encore VFX

  Burbank, United States of America

  January 2020 - January 2023

  Creating hard surface assets through Modeling and Surfacing, and managing a team of artists working on hard surface assets.

  This includes working in conjunction with pipeline teams, as well as aiding in the feedback and testing of new pipeline procedures to better our internal processes.

  In addition, my role is often designing solutions and/or working with other artists to meet the needs of our clients. This involves solving a variety of technical and artistic problems that come up during production.

  Our team builds a variety of props and environments to our clients' needs, and ensures they are prepped for lighting and rendering. This includes preparing models to work with our FX, Rigging, and Character teams.

  Working within Maya, Houdini, 3D Studio Max, Substance Painter, and Zbrush. Rendering in Arnold, Vray and Redshift and Renderman.

  Projects include but are not limited to:
  
  - Doom Patrol
  
  - Titans
  
  - The Flash
  
  - Supergirl
  
  - Black Lightning
  
  - Seal Team
  
  - Feature Films
  
  - and others...
  

• Lead CG Artist - Hard Surface Modeling at Encore VFX

  Burbank, United States of America

  January 2019 - January 2020

  CG Generalist - Duties include 3D Asset Production, Lighting and Rendering.

  Worked On:
  
  - Flash
  
  - Supergirl
  
  - Doom Patrol
  
  - Titans
  
  - Other Unreleased Content

  I lead a department dedicated to building props, vehicles, environments, etc.... Pretty much whatever production needs. We take our assets from idea to final render, sometimes with or without concepts, and sometimes optimizing purchased models for efficiency.

  I also light and render shots with digi-characters and environments in coordination with other departments.

• CG Artist at Encore VFX

  Burbank, United States of America

  August 2017 - December 2018

  CG Generalist - Duties include 3D Asset Production, Lighting and Rendering.

  Worked On:
  
  - Flash
  
  - Supergirl
  
  - Legends of Tomorrow
  
  - Titans
  
  - Other Unreleased Content

  I build props, vehicles, environments, etc.... Pretty much whatever production needs. I also light and render shots with digi-characters and environments.

• CG Generalist / Fusion Compositor at Muse VFX

  Hollywood, United States of America

  September 2016 - April 2017

  Freelance CG Generalist and Fusion Compositor for Television.

  Worked on:
  
  - Teen Wolf
  
  - Madam Secretary
  
  - From Dusk Til Dawn
  
  - NCIS
  
  - Elementary
  
  - Various pilots and unreleased projects

  In addition to some lighter 3D work, most of what I produced for Muse was compositing. I was responsible for many "invisible" visual effects, like car comps, screen replacements, wire removals, and others.

• 3D Environment Artist | 3D Animation at Floyd County Productions

  Atlanta, United States of America

  September 2015 - September 2016

  3D Environment and Layout Artist - Building and lighting environments and camera layout to match storyboards.

  Worked On:
  
  - Archer - Season 7
  
  - GSPD Web Series
  
  - Unreleased Pilot

  My duties primarily include the construction of backgrounds for the background art department to paint over, camera placement, rough lighting and texturing, and character layout. Our department provides the backbone for the other departments to quickly get proper proportions and perspective, and to ensure proper screen direction.

• 3D Artist | VFX | Director | Editor at Copper Post | True Story Films

  Phoenix, United States of America

  April 2012 - August 2015

  My job was to wear many hats. Helping develop and finish projects across a wide range of skill sets, including directing, 3D modeling and texturing, 3D animation, motion graphics, video editing, visual effects, and even principal photography.

• Motion Graphics Artist | Video Editor at Anderson Advertising

  Phoenix, United States of America

  June 2010 - April 2012

  I was responsible for helping concept, create, and execute video based projects for a variety of clients. The projects came in a variety of forms, using live-action footage, motion graphics animation, 3D animation, etc.