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JAMES STUART

Address: Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC 

E-mail: jameslukestuart@gmail.com

Tel: 7788351890

Professional info

 

 

Work experience

 

Lighting Lead at Method studios

Oct 2016 -  present

Fantastic Beast the Crimes of Grindlewald - lighting lead

Black Panther - lookdev lead

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol2 - lighting lead

Lighting TD at Method studios

Jan 2016 -  Oct 2016

King Arthur Legend of the sword

3D Generalist at Cinesite

Dec 2014 - November 2015

The Revenant - lookdev and lighting

Gods of Egypt - layout, lookdev, lighting

Pride and Prejudice Zombies - modelling

 

3D Gerneralist at We Are DesignStudio

Jan 2013 - November 2014

I was first hired at DesignStudio in January 2013 for a 4-week freelance job.  I was then employed in a permanent position as a 3D Generalist working for several high-end clients in a fast paced environment.  I helped implement a pipeline to suit this fast turnaround workflow as well as manage and support small teams of 3d artists during busy and more challenging projects.

 

3D Generalist and Render wrangler at Rain Post

Aug 2012 - Sept 2012

In house promotional video for Ford Transit.

 

3D Generalist and Cloth TD at Crystal CG

June 2012 - July 2012

Panasonic promotional video for the Olympics, full CG Stereo piece.

Tasks – Crowds for stadiums and Ncloth flag animations.  I was also responsible for the Rendering of final sequences.

 

3D Artist at Molinare 

Feb 2011 - June 2012

Films-

Keith Lemon the movie (2012) Texturing, lighting, rendering

Grabbers (2012) Tracking and scene set up

Cockneys vs Zombies (2011) Tracking, Modelling, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering

Djinn (2012)  Concept work using Maya Fluids

Lost Christmas (2011) Object tracking

Raven, Tracking and GC fog using Maya Fluids

 

Animator, Graphics Designer, StuartWright Pte Ltd

October2008
Involved in a short term contract in order to produce a short animation for the oil service and drilling company StuartWright Pte Ltd based in Singapore, for use in company presentations and on their website.  Designed the company brochure for use in launching the company.

http://www.stuartwright.com.sg/about-us/vision-mission-a-values

Skills

 

Lighting

Shading

Rendering

Modeling 

Texturing

Dynamics

Simulation

 

 

Software

 

 

3D Packages

maya

houdini

3ds max

mudbox

realflow

Renderers

vray 

mantra

mental ray

2D Packages

nuke

photoshop

premiere

Additional

ptgui

hdr studio

crazybump

uv layout

pf track

3d equalizer

 

 

2010 - present

2010 - present

Education

 

Escape Studios VFX Production

Sept 2010 - Dec 2010

12 Week intensive course design around providing the right skills and knowledge to people wanting to start a career in post production.

 

2-1 BSc (Hons) Computer Animation and Special Effects

Sept 2007-May2010

3 year degree covering a variety of skills including 3d character modelling and rigging, stop motion animation, blue screen work and motion capture.

 

BDes Design for Digital Media

2006 to 2007

Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen

Completed one year of the Undergraduate Degree


Art & Design Portfolio

2005 to 2006

Portfolio building course covering life drawing, painting,

sculpting and graphics design.

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