I was the Creature FX Lead on this amazing show.
My responsabilities were:
– A Minecraft Movie – the first project at the company to adopt a full Houdini workflow for grooming and dynamics, guiding the team to develop over 30 photorealistic character setups featuring hair, feathers, muscles, fat, rigid bodies, and cloth.
– Led, supervised and mentored a team of artists during asset development and shots, fostering collaboration and delivering high-quality results.
– Designed and developed new tools and workflowss in Python and C++ to streamline processes and enhance production efficiency.
– Designed and implemented new Houdini pipeline and workflows for VFX shows.
– Designed and implemented workflows to ensure seamless integration of hair grooms from diverse vendors.
– Troubleshot and resolved technical issues faced by the team, minimizing downtime and ensuring smooth production.
– Proactively researched and introduced new tools and methodologies to elevate the department’s capabilities.
– Worked closely with modeling, rigging, look dev, lighting and dev departments. To create photoreal creatures/digi doubles.
– Developed digi double and photorealistic creatures grooms and dyn setups.
– Shot work simulating hairs, feathers, muscles, fat, rigid bodies and cloth.
– Assets and shot bidding.
– Facilitated daily “Tech Talk” sessions to mentor team members, resolve problems and promote knowledge sharing.
– Distributed and organized team workloads, optimizing productivity and maintaining project timelines.
– Present the team work to the supervisors in dailies.
– Analyzed cost implications of requests or changes and notified production.
Tests
Chicken Jockey
I had the incredible opportunity to help bring the Chicken Jockey characters to life. My role involved grooming the Chicken’s feathers and the Baby Zombie’s hair, while also developing dynamic setups for fat, feathers, and cloth to enhance realism. Additionally, I contributed to multiple shots in the sequence. These two characters were an absolute joy to work on!
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