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| Technical Skills | ||
| Experienced | Knowledgeable | Operating Systems |
| Renderman (RSL & SLIM) | TCL | Windows |
| Houdini | Maya | Linux (5 years, intermediate) |
| Gimp/Cinepaint | Lightwave | Mac OS |
| Pro Tools | ||
| Adobe CS (Photoshop, Premier, Encore, After Effects) | ||
| Shake | ||
| Boujou | |
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| Proprietary Software Known | ||
| Ahab (R+H fluid simulator) | ||
| Flud (R+H particle simulator) | ||
| Cloudtank (R+H volume renderer) | ||
Work Experience
Method
Studios | Nov. 2009 - Feb. 2010
Visual Effects TD/Artist - A Nightmare on Elm Street, American Express
commercial, Bridgestone Superbowl commercial, Coke Zero Commercial
Tracker, Render Wrangler - I'm Here
Snow/Atmosphere, Fluid volumes for clouds and breath, teleportation, various other
Sony
Pictures Imageworks | March-June 2009
Associate Visual Effects TD on G-Force
Rhythm
& Hues Studios | March-October 2007
Junior Visual Effects TD on The Golden Compass
Assigned
to North Pole Snow Team
Worked on 9 blowing snow shots set in the north pole with human and
animal interaction using Houdini and Flud (proprietary)
Worked on 1 roiling cloud shot also set in the north pole.
Used houdini, vector fields, fog boxes, cloudtank
(proprietary), and levelsets.
Worked on 5 blowing mist shots set in the north pole with human and
animal interaction. Used houdini particles and cloudtank.
Worked on 31 reflection shots of various visual effects in the north
pole. Used houdini, proprietary shaders, and custom VOP
shaders.
Rhythm & Hues Studios
| February 2007
Apprentice Junior Visual Effects TD
Fluid Simulation using ahab (proprietary)
Particle Simulation using Houdini particles
Volume Rendering using cloudtank (proprietary)
Digital
Infrared Access | 2000
Web and Video Artist
City of
Cabot City Attorney's Office | June 2002 –
December 2004
Database Network Technician
Education
B.F.A., Visual Effects, June 2006
Savannah College of Art & Design Savannah, GA
Movies/Effects
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass - Particle effects:
snow & clouds | Reflection of fx elements in north pole end
sequence
Organizational/Educational
Affiliations
Siggraph Member 2001-2007
NEXTECH Conference on Technology 2001
Environmental and Spatial Technology Co-Operative Cabot Arkansas