Experience

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3D Artist - Freelance

BUCK, Los Angeles, CA.                                                                                Dec 2025

• Lit and composited animated social content for OpenAI, owning one of four laptop animations and contributing to the campaign supercut.

• Supported the look development of sticker assets, ensuring consistent materials across shots.

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Lighting Apprentice

Walt Disney Animation Studios, Los Angeles, CA.                             Jan 2025 - Oct 2025

• Shot lighting and compositing, ensuring storytelling through mood, atmosphere, and continuity across sequences.

• Participated in daily reviews with leadership and addressed feedback to achieve the studio's high-quality standards.

• Lighting and compositing of marketing materials.

• Delivered final marketing assets, ensuring they meet technical requirements and delivery specifications.

• Troubleshoot render and comp issues, collaborating with software engineers and TDs to resolve challenges faced during production.

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Modeler - Freelance

BUCK, Los Angeles, CA.                                                                                 Jan 2025

• Created hard surface models for real-time rendering, following strict polycounts and UV layout guidelines.

• Developed three levels of detail (LOD) for each asset to optimize performance while maintaining visual fidelity.

• Followed and implemented rigorous technical requirements, demonstrating precision and adaptability in constrained workflows.

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Development Lighter - Freelance

Oddbot, Los Angeles, CA.                                                                              Dec 2024

• Developed lighting for a 30-second sequence in Unreal Engine, achieving cinematic quality while maintaining real-time performance.

• Updated shaders and optimized materials to enhance visual fidelity and consistency.

• Identified and resolved technical challenges to deliver high-quality imagery directly from Unreal Engine.

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3D Generalist - Freelance

BUCK, Los Angeles, CA.                                                              May 2024 - Nov 2024

• Modeling, UVing, and Texturing of CG assets to use across the project.

• Layout, Lighting, and Compositing of stylized scenes from concept to final.

• Worked in collaboration with art directors to achieve visual consistency and meet technical standards.

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Senior CGI Artist

Hogarth, Los Angeles, CA.                                                            July 2023 - April 2024

• Lighting and compositing for Apple products for advertisements and prints.

• Creating slap comps showcasing product lighting.

• Developed and documented new workflows, including light rig conversions and look development explorations.

• Designed and implemented tools to automate look development work for lighting artists.

• Supported other artists in the completion of their tasks.

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Look Development Artist - Freelance

BUCK, Los Angeles, CA.                                                              May 2023 - June 2023

• Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, and Compositing of stylized 3D miniature scenes.

• Updated pre-existing scenes to match the provided concept art more.

• Worked closely with the art directors to achieve a consistent look throughout the various scenes.

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Lighter/Compositor

DreamWorks Animation TV, Los Angeles, CA.                               May 2022 - April 2023

• Created light rigs for sets/characters and lighting presets according to the show’s look with the supervisor’s feedback.

• Created Nuke gizmos for characters/sets to address specific comp problems and new workflows.

• Optimized render settings to keep within the render time budget while maintaining acceptable noise levels.

• Performed shader updates and assisted with look development tasks when needed.

• Developed the looks for new productions and ensured they stayed within budget.

• Research and development of various tools, workflows, and optimizations for our pipeline.

• Troubleshoot, a lot of troubleshooting.