SOFTWARE

Maya 2020
Arnold
ZBrush 2021
Substance Painter

xNormal

XGen

Unreal Engine
Photoshop
Illustrator
Premiere
After Effects
Linux
SONY Imageworks proprietary software
Disney proprietary software
Digital Domain proprietary software

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SKILLS

• See online portfolio - www.BirdBrainStudio.com

• Working with UE4 Parallax Occlusion Mapping (POM) attribute

• Normal map enhancement for VR

• Experienced with HTC Vive ( tethered and wireless ) and Oculus Rift /Touch

• 3D look-dev with Marmoset Toolbag

• Basic experience with game engine UE4 - I'm NOT a game engineer/level designer/ C# programmer

• Facial Action Coding System (FACS) blendshape sculpting

• Thorough working knowledge of Maya's modeling\ UVing tools

• 3D printing - ZBrush sculpting to 3D printer pipeline experience - Shapeways

• Designing polygon edge flow & retopologizing

• Experience building organic models for effective facial and body deformations

• Experience building hard surface models with subD shored up edges

• Experience working in Linux \ Windows \ Macintosh environments

• Rigging of characters/sets/props – Maya

• Teaching - CSULB professor - ability to mentor effectively

• Hair Grooming – xGen - Arnold rendering 

• Texturing – Substance Painter, ZBrush & Photoshop• 2D sketch artist

• Camera projection modeling and texturing techniques

• Experience working with Agile / SCRUM / Jira in a production environment

• Problem-solve complex compositing issues using Nuke within a VFX pipeline

• High level of knowledge compositing 3D elements within NUKE - using 3D assets to create mask

• Experience working with Perforce in a production environment