CV

06/2020-08/2021

Cinesite: Lead Character Texture/Look development Artist

Created workflows and structures including Mari, Substance and Gaffer archives and templates to provide organization and consistency for character surfacing.
Communicated the goals and intentions of the Art department, Production and the Surfacing Supervisor to a team of Surfacing artists with regular remote check-ins and meetings.
Attended regular art department ‘kick-offs’ providing technical surfacing feedback and brainstorming.
Provided feedback and tracked the progress of the members of my Surfacing team using video conferencing, gchats and Atrack.
Documented character surfacing workflows through Confluence pages and Google docs
Provided photo-realistic textures, both procedural and hand painted using Substance Painter/Designer and Mari.
Mentored junior artists.

01/2014-06/2020

Worked closely with production, the show supervisors and art direction to adhere to individual project’s required look.
Worked on a broad variety of show styles creating photo-realistic and stylized textures as required.
Communicated feedback from other departments, supervisors and the director to members of the texture team as required.
Provided leadership and support for the texture team both creatively and technically to facilitate the completion of the texturing assignments on schedule.
Created documentation for the department’s internal Confluence pages for texturing workflows and technical information
Participated in department collaborative meetings with the Texture Pipeline team to develop tools and practices to increase the quality and efficiency of the texture department.
Provided progress updates to production and supervisors and communicated any potential or existing technical or workflow bottlenecks that could impact scheduling.
Mentored junior artists.