Mar 2011 – Apr 2011                                          CONVICT FILMS

Project: 'Horoscope Crazy' short film

Position: Lead 3D Effects Artist, 3D Tracking Artist, Keying Artist & Green Screen Supervisor

Responsibilities:

To supervise the green screen shoots for the 'Zodiac Crazy' film and other productions. Key the footage in post using After Effects. 3D tracking of footage with PFMachit and creation of 3D special effects, 3Ds Max and Maya particle effects and Maya fluid effects.

Project: The DBs 'Protest Times' Music Video

Position: Keying Artist & VFX Supervisor

Responsibilities:

To supervise the green screen shoots for The DBs 'Protest Times' Music Video. Key the footage in post using After Effects. Supervise the 3D special effects and the final edit of the video.

Oct 2010 – March 2011                                  PURPLE MEDIA

Projects:

• O2:                   International Calls Vs Calling Cards, Auto Top Up and O2 Repair Advertisements
• MICROSOFT:  ‘HTC HD7’ mobile phone features’ promotion advert and ‘Microsoft Apps’ advert.
• CIRCUS STREET:  eLearning web history and design
• BT & VODAFONE: Signal Assist and 3D logos and animation for websites
• PURPLE MEDIA:    PM website - Animator, 3D Artist, Artist and Compositor

Position: Maya Generalist, Lead Animator and Compositor

Responsibilities:

O2 International Calls Vs Calling Cards, Auto Top Up and O2 Repair Advertisements
Lead concept designer, storyboarder and 2D/3D artist, animator, keying artist and compositor for the O2 web adverts. Work included the creation of 2D and 3D elements and special effects interacting with a live action actor. This project was created using Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.

Microsoft ‘HTC HD7’ Advertisement
Animation leader for Microsoft’s interactive ‘HTC HD7’ promotional website. Work included creating a photo-realistic model of the mobile phone, storyboarding, animating and exporting tracking data from Maya. The phone’s logos and animated menus were replicated in After Effects and composited onto the phone animation using the 3D tracking data. Additional logos were created in Photoshop and animated in After Effects.

Microsoft Phone Apps Advertisement
Lead tracking artist, 3D animator and compositor for live action advert. Project included the 3D tracking of the footage’s environments, the phone held by the actress and the tracking of other moving elements. The tracking was created using PFTrack and PFMatchit and exported out to work seamlessly between Maya and After Effects. 2D and 3D animation elements were created in Photoshop and Maya and composite in After Effects.

Circus Street: eLearning web history and design
Project Leader for the 'Web Training' eLearning tutorials. Work included the creation of 2.5D and 3D elements for the virtual pop up book; environment and character animation; lighting, texturing and rendering of complex scenes and compositing the elements together. This project was created using Maya, Photoshop, After Effects and Final Cut Pro.

BT and Vodafone: Signal Assist
Instruction video for setting up the 'Signal Assist' WiFi booster. My responsibilities included working with the team as a render artist and compositor.

Purple Media Website
Lead 3D environment and effects artist for the new Purple Media website. Responsibilities included the creation of vast, photorealistic environments and props including mountains, bridges, trees and plants, virtual animated grass, caves, tracks and other props. This project was created using Maya, 3Delight, ZBrush and Photoshop.

Mar 2010 – Sep 2010                        INITION – London studio

Projects:                        

• AUDI:                      Audi A1 interactive MagicSymbol campaign
• GiILLETTE:            Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor stereoscopic 3D advert
• PHOTOSOUND:     Various games as detailed below
• GIVAUDAN:            Givaudan ‘Perfume’ augmented reality campaign
• INITION:                  Inition MagicSymbol mobile showcase
• HONDA:                  2D to 3D stereoscopic conversion of Honda advert

Position:            Stereoscopic 3D Animator, High and Low Poly Modeller,
UI Artist, Compositor, MagicSymbol Augmented Reality Editor.
                       
Responsibilities:

Audi A1
Lead low poly modeller, ‘normal’ and ‘beauty’ texture artist, animator and User Interface designer for the Audi A1 augmented reality campaign, utilising MagicSymbol tools to create a 3D photo-realistic low poly model of the new Audi A1 car. Interactive touch-screen kiosks allow customers to explore and interact with a 3D ‘photo-real’ version of the car before it arrives in showrooms.

Gillette
Lead animator, 3D stereoscopic camera rigger and renderer, High poly modeller and 3D effects artist, texture and lighting artist, 3D compositor and editor for the new Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor cinema advert. The project involved the creation of photo realistic Gillette razors and other elements to create a two-minute animation, advertising its new design and improved component features.

PhotoSound
Creation of low poly models and animation for the PhotoSound product exposition. This included creation of the ‘Pill-ship’, food obstacles and textures for Omnic Ocas’s Steroscopic 3D ‘Gut Racer’ game; animated underwater life, divers mask and art elements for Eligard’s underwater face tracking game and a boat with animated low poly Woman for Vesicare’s MagicSymbol advert.

Givaudan
Low poly modelling and texturing of scene elements for Givaudan’s Perfume MagicSymbol augmented reality campaign.

Inition
Low poly modelling, texturing and character animating of several of the major products created by Inition for their mobile phone MagicSymbol showcase.

Honda
2D to 3D stereoscopic conversion of Honda advert.