Objective

·     My goal is to obtain a position as a lighting or compositing artist.

Software Proficiencies

·     Extensive computer training in programs related to creating computer art such as Maya, Shake, Renderman, Mental Ray, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects in both Linux and Windows platforms.
·     Also familiar with Houdini, Nuke, Fusion and Avid.
 

Education

·     B. A. in Visual Effects
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah,GA.
with a focus on Digital Lighting and Rendering 

2006

Career History

Lighting, Compositing and Stereo Artist, Alice in Wonderland/Gforce Sony Pictures Imageworks
·  Lighting shots to match live action plates.
·  Pulling green screen keys and compositing live actions shots.
·  Turned live action and full cg shots into stereo.
·  Troubleshooting rendering errors and optimizing renders using the ray tracing renderer Arnold.

May 2009 - Present

Lighter and Look Development Artist, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Digital Domain
·  Created light rigs for scenes and adjusted them based on supervisor feedback.
·  Split shots into multiple passes for easy manipulation in Nuke.
·   Delevoped slim shading networks with provided textures.
·   Troubleshooting rendering errors and optimizing renders using Renderman.

October 2008 - May 2009

Lighter, Assistant Technical Director, Bolt Walt Disney Feature Animation
·  Created light rigs for scenes and adjusted them based on supervisor feedback.
·  Split shots into multiple passes for easy manipulation in comp.
·   Rendered final scenes and composited character layers with background using Shake.
·   Troubleshooting rendering errors and optimizing renders using Renderman.

March 2008 - October 2008

Mental Ray Lighter, Speed Racer Digital Domain
·  Used high dynamic range images to light objects in Maya.
·  Used Mental Ray/Final Gather to render passes for compositors.

February 2008 - March 2008

Assistant Technical Director - Color and Lighting, Beowulf 3D Sony Pictures Imageworks
·   Would troubleshoot multiple lighting files simultaneously.
·   Composited stereoscopic scenes with a node based program.

May 2007-October 2007

Awards

·      Magna Cum Laude, Savannah College of Art and Design

2006

·      Valedictorian, North Florida Christian High School

2003