I provided technical support for artists at Framestore, an Academy Award winning visual effects house.

Industry Projects

Guardian of the Galaxy vol. 3

Marvel Studios, 2023

As an Assistant Technical Director, I developed Python tools for digital art software like Maya and Nuke to improve VFX artists’ workflows. For example, on Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 I created a camera tool that lets Maya artists adjust camera distances while maintaining perspective and character framing in the shot.

The Fall Guy

Universal Pictures, 2024

I also troubleshot 3D software, pipeline, and rendering issues, working with animators and reporting to the Head of Computer Graphics. I made sure render errors were fixed and scene files recieved from partner companies matched Framestore's pipeline requirements.

Personal Projects

Palm presence

For this project, I created a "digital mirage" that invites viewers to reconsider their relationship with illusion, perception, and emotional experience. Traditional mirages are observed from a distance, tantalizingly unreachable. I deliberately transgress this expectation by placing the viewer directly within the mirage.

My vision for this work is to provide a meditation on the nature of joy and desire. The oasis represents our dreams and aspirations, the things we chase across metaphorical deserts of everyday life. I aimed to harness the power of CGI to create impossible characters of palm trees that bend and spiral, exaggerating the mirage. I used rigging to move the tree trunks, and cloth simulations for the leaves to get cartoony yet believable movements.

Tools

Blender