Summary
Experienced digital artist, I have worked on a wide variety of media from print to feature film and have acquired a wide range of skills.
Working in the fast paced Hollywood industry throughout the 90's as a compositor gave me a great education in creating digital art to the highest standard.
Given my diverse background and experience, I'm confident I will be a great asset to whatever team/projects find me.
Skills
Software proficiency
Reel
Experience
- Photoshop Compositing Artist at Hogarth WWSunnyvale, United States of AmericaJuly 2022 - September 2022
Work closely with lead artists and lighting/comp artists on implementing the expected and desired looks
Compositing product beauty imagery from multiple 3D renders.
Organize and optimize file layouts, template files and outputs for archiving and department handoffs.
Deconstruction of AOV lighting contributions and Build back to beauty compositing.
Iterative, non-destructive file revisions based on Lead and Art Director notes. - Freelance Ad Creator at Voodoo GamesJanuary 2022 - May 2022
Create video advertising to promote hyper casual game apps.
Capture gameplay, design graphic elements and visual effects using Blender 3D, After Effects and Photoshop. Select music, edit, composite and publish ads.
Study analytics make adjustments to ad design and re-publish. - 3D generalist Intern at Nakara GamesGlobal, United States of AmericaJune 2016 - June 2017
3D generalist for Nakara Games, work with lead artist on a a wide variety of tasks including, 3D modeling of props and characters, retopology, texturing, rigging, animation as well as artwork for concept and promotion.
- Digital Artist at Ian KatzUnited States of AmericaJanuary 1996 - Present
As a freelance artist I have worked on wide variety of digital media including, print, internet, television and feature film.
Projects: On-air graphics for Food Network, Citibank, LAPD, UPN/MTV, Star Trek Voyager, Edison International - Digital Artist / Sr. Training Specialist /Project Manager at Universal Systems & Technology, Inc.29 Palms, CA, United States of AmericaNovember 1998 - May 2000
Design, plan and create screen graphics for computer based training, CD-rom and Intranet.
Create 3D renditions for various U. S. Marine Corps equipment. Oversee graphic department,
Coordinate workflow and art direct graphic artists. Received Employee of the Year Award. - Digital Artist at Digital DomainSanta Monica, CA, United States of AmericaJanuary 1995 - July 1996
Special effects compositing using Nuke and Discreet Logic's Flame/Flint.
Projects: Michael Jackson's music video "Ghost".
Feature films - "Fifth Element", "Titanic"
Commercial - USSB and UPS. - Digital Artist at ImagicHollywood, CA, United States of AmericaJanuary 1993 - January 1995
Using Macintosh workstations I created high quality large format artwork for movie posters, video box packaging and Advertising . Clients included Warner, Paramount, Universal and other movie studios.
- Digital Artist at Applied Graphics TechnologiesGlendale,CA, United States of AmericaJanuary 1990 - January 1993
Created artwork for movie posters, outdoor advertising, CD/ video box packages
and various other print media using Scitex Blaze proprietary retouching workstation.