Experience

• Senior CG Generalist/VFX Artist at BAE Systems

  United States of America

  January 2021 - Present

  Creative direction
  
  Provide visual direction on both individual and team-based assignments from the conceptual stage (storyboarding, mood boards) through the approval cycle of final masters. Routinely connect with key partners across Communications teams to ensure mutual understanding of project objectives

  Content creation
  
  3D Generalist duties in collaboration with other talented artists as well as the industry's brightest engineers and scientists. From powering the Mars Rover to reducing aircraft emissions to zero.

  Conceptualize and visualize complex subjects in aerospace, defense, green energy, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. I help the team produce award-winning video content for trade shows, social media commercials, and immersive marketing campaigns. I regularly draw inspiration from modern video games, movies, TV shows, and literature to illustrate how BAE Systems is a global leader in technology.

  I incorporate the latest cutting-edge tools and processes. From virtual production in Unreal Engine, AR to Omniverse for collaboration and photo-realistic rendering of worlds.

• Senior Postvisualization Artist at Moving Picture Company

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  April 2019 - November 2020

  Provide postvis duties (compositing, keying, roto, tracking, lighting, 3D
  
  animation) for the feature film department.

• Postvis Artist at The Third Floor, Inc.

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  October 2019 - Present

  Provide postvis generalist duties (compositing, keying, roto, tracking, lighting, 3D animation) for the feature film department.

• Postvis Artist at Halon Entertainment

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  June 2019 - September 2019

  Provide previs and postvis generalist duties (compositing, keying, roto, tracking, lighting, 3D animation, Unreal Engine 4 pipeline integration) for the feature film and final VFX departments.

  PROJECTS:
  
  2019: "Borderlands 3" commercial (final VFX)
  
  2020: "Call of the Wild" (previs/postvis/Unreal Engine 4)

• Postvis Artist at MPC - Moving Picture Company

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  December 2018 - October 2019

  Provide postvis generalist duties (compositing, keying, roto, tracking, lighting, 3D animation) for the feature film department.

  PROJECTS:
  
  2019: "Men in Black: International" Feature Film (postvis)
  
  2019: "Noelle" Feature Film (postvis)

• Previs/Postvis Artist at Day For Nite

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  April 2018 - July 2018

  Developed assets for previsualization in Maya and Zbrush and worked closely with the Director and Editors to create placeholder shots for final VFX in Maya and Motionbuilder.

  PROJECTS:
  
  2019: "Welcome to Marwen" (postvis artist/mobu specialist)
  
  2019: "Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp" (previs asset builder)

• Digital Artist/Animator at The Pod Advertising

  Tallahassee, United States of America

  January 2014 - May 2015

  - Rig, animate and edit videos for the Safer, Smarter Kids Curriculum- a project created by the Lauren’s Kids Organization. The narrative videos will be distributed across school systems in the State of Florida as part of a childhood sexual abuse prevention program.
  
  - Designed an app for promotional purposes.
  
  - Led technical workflow practices in new technologies both software and hardware

• Panhandle PC System Restore - Commercial at Infinit Studios

  Tallahassee, United States of America

  September 2011 - January 2012

  Lead 3D Modeler/Designer, Worm & Creature content
  
  Screenings: Currently airs regionally in the Capital Circle and Panhandle Florida area