Experience

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  Barnstorm VFX

  • United States
  • Movies, Videos, and Sound
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Lighting Lead

    • Jul 2022 - Present

  • Senior Lighter / Lighting TD

    • Nov 2021 - Jun 2022

    - Lit and rendered CG shots for feature and tv productions.- Developed various tools to automate and improve lighting pipeline.- Supervised shots and communicate with CG supervisor and Comp supervisor for consistent requirements.- Troubleshoots lighting and rendering issues.

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  Tangent Animation

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Senior and Key Lighting / Lighting TD

    • Feb 2020 - Aug 2021
    • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    - Interpret color keys with the Lighting Supervisor and Art director.- Create key lighting as well as work on child shots and deliver them on time.- Keep close communications with upstream departments and productions.- Troubleshoot technical issues and report them to the team lead and supervisor.- Develop lighting tools in Houdini Solaris.

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  J CUBE Inc.

  • Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

  • Rendering Special Projects

    • Nov 2018 - Jan 2020
    • Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

    - Responsible for digital content creation, technical support, quality assurance and technical pre-sales support for Multiverse.- Developed early UI and workflow implementation of Multiverse USD together and with supervision from the Lead Software Engineer. - Balancing software requirements between clients and developers.- Logged and debugged issues reported from clients and compiled alpha / beta releases for clients trials.

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  Polygon Pictures

  • Tokyo, Japan

  • Look Development Supervisor

    • Apr 2013 - Oct 2018
    • Tokyo, Japan

    - Supervised and managed Look Development from photo real to NPR projects.- Developed tools for Lookdev artists to speed up material setups and presets.- Optimized assets to make sure they’re good for rendering.- Bridged communications between shader and tool developers with the production floor to maintain proper requirements and consistencies.- Maintained communications with other departments such as Assets, Lighting and CG Supervision to build efficient pipelines and artists tool development.

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  omens studios

  • Singapore

  • Lighting TD and Compositor

    • May 2008 - Mar 2013
    • Singapore

    - Built CG pipeline from the ground up as a Senior CG Artist, ranging from outsource communications, project management, and render farm setup.- Developed tools for facial animations, shots setup, and render farm management.- Research and development for various tools, mostly for rendering and compositing.- Shader development using 3Delight and RSL.- Supervised, managed and mentored junior artists and interns.

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  Sparky Animations

  • Singapore

  • Lighting TD / Compositor

    • Feb 2008 - May 2008
    • Singapore

    - Developed rendering pipeline on Veggie Tales and Zigby projects.- Developed mel scripts for rendering pipeline.- Developed looks based on art director guideline- Render and compose shots.

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  Infinite Frameworks Studios

  • Batam, Indonesia

  • Render TD / Render Lead

    • Dec 2006 - Feb 2008
    • Batam, Indonesia

    - Contributed for establishing a rendering pipeline in a tight production schedule.- Supervised, managed and maintained communications between different departments , CG supervisor, art direction and production.- Developed tools to automate labor intensive processes.