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Lighting & Compositing
CG Generalist
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Upper shot: Dennis Kang Bottom shot: Me Responsible for shader work for all interior. Lighting and compositing for interior.

Chevy Cruze
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Look dev, shading for all interior of the car, Lighting and compositing
Software__Maya, Nuke, Arnold, Linux


Freebirds Viral
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting and compositing
Software__Maya, Nuke, Renderman, Linux




Freebirds Dwight Howard
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting, compositing, modeling, and surfacing whistle prop.
Software__Maya, Nuke, Renderman, Linux




Chuck E Cheese
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting, compositing, modeling various props and clothing articles, surfacing, rotoscoping, and paint work.
Software__Maya, Nuke, Renderman, Arnold, Photoshop, Mudbox Linux




Safe Auto Grizzly
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting, compositing, surfacing, and rotoscoping.
Software__Maya, Nuke, Arnold, Linux
FX__Lyn Caudle - bear drool




Pirates 101
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting and compositing for shot in the second image. Surfacing for environment props, logo, and green ship. High poly model for gold ship.
Software__Maya, Nuke, Renderman, Photoshop, Mudbox, Linux




Hasbro Logo Animation
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting, compositing, background creation, and surfacing.
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Arnold, Photoshop, Linux


























Transformers Robots In Disguise
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting, compositing, and initial shader development.
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Arnold, Mari, Photoshop, Linux
Wizards 101
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Environmentt modeling and set dress. Environment shader development using textures painted by the team desingers. Create background dragon model and texture using provided painted imagery.
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Vray, Mudbox, Photoshop, Linux
Texture Painting and Matte Painting Artists__ Jackson Armstrong and Woohyn Nam
Transformers Reunion
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting and compositing
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Arnold, Linux
MoneyGram Holiday
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Modeling, rigging, layout, and animation. Modeling buildings and page cut outs. Rigging pages, globe and buildings. Created initial layout of the spot and completed the final animation.
Software__ Maya, Linux
Additional rigging for buildings__ Marlon Pacheco and Brandon Stoker
Lighting and surfacing__Bernhard Rieder
Concept Artist for page art__Erin McGuire
Cheetos Book of Life Mix Up
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Screenplay model and surfacing
Software__ Maya, Arnold, Photoshop, Linux
Free Birds Marketing Animations and Facebook stickers
Animations created for marketing overlays on various footage. Various images created for Facebook to use as chat images.
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting and compositing
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Renderman, Linux
Sony XBA Headphones
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Surfacing, layout, animation, and lighting.
Software__ Maya, Vray, Linux




Gold Bond Icy Hot
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting, compositing, rotoscoping, layout, and product modeling and surfacing.
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Arnold, Linux
Motion Graphics Artist__ James Tobias
Environment Modeling Artist__ Branndon Fricks




Bright Starts B.L.I.
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting and compositing, layout, and surfacing. Modeling changes to bench seating.
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Arnold, Linux
Supervisor and Lighting/Comp/Surfacing Artist__ James Rowell
Environment Modeling Artist__ Branndon Fricks




Bridgestone Game On
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Modeling and surfacing for end logo shield and price numbers.
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Vray, Photoshop, Linux




Cheetos Despicable Me 2 Mix-Up Ray
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Modeling and surfacing for Cheetos bags. Quality checking rotoscope work.
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Renderman, Mudbox, Photoshop, Linux



Insperity Business Cents
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Lighting and compositing.
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Arnold, Linux




Odyssey It's Rollin'
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Final surfacing, lighting, layout, and final animation.
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Vray, Mudbox, Photoshop, Linux
Initial shader development__Branndon Stoker
FX__Demian Kurejwowski



Monopoly Empire Own It All
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Environment modeling, surfacing, and layout. Lighting and compositing.
Software__ Maya, Nuke, Arnold, Photoshop, Linux
Supervisor and Lighting/Comp Artist__James Rowell


Florida Lottery Imagine
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Layout, modeling and surfacing.
Software__ Maya, Vray, Photoshop, Linux




T-mobile
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Modeling, surfacing using provided paintings, rigging, final animation, and lighting.
Software__ Maya, Vray, Photoshop, Linux
Concept Painter__Erin McGuire




Nestle
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Modeling, surfacing using provided paintings, rigging, final animation, and lighting.
Software__ Maya, Vray, Syntheyes Photoshop, Linux
Lighting and Compositing__Bernhard Rieder
Water FX__Ross Gibson




Rebrand
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Stop motion asset creation. Lighting of the octopus R.
Graphics Compositing of Octopus R __Byron Slaybaugh
Modeling of Octopus R__ Marlon Pacheco




Bayer 100 Year Hall
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Model clean up and set dressing. Creating 3D product box model and texture.
Software__ Maya, Vray, Photoshop, Linux
Graphics Artist __Jackson Armstrong
Lighting and Compositing Artist__ Patrick Gray



Create model and look dev for marketing

Pitch Projects
Company__ ReelFX
Tasks__Model, texture, light, render, and composite for various pitched projects.
Software__ Maya, Vray, Renderman, Mudbox, Photoshop, Linux