Hasta La Motion!

My name is Mike im 23 years old from Oakville Ontario, a 3D artist and student. I wish to get into the world of composting to make my 3d creations come alive! Although I have to confess i have little experience other than Photoshop and some basic aftereffects. My question to the community is what path should I take? Ive seen nuke and it seems like a growing product as well as being very powerfull and im thinking of getting it.

Advice?

i am a VFX Freelancer,
i have 3 years of experiance as VFX artist/animator,
looking for freelance projects,

Key skills:
Explosions, breaking down things into chunks, Rotoscoping, Maya dynamics, Max Particles (after burn fume fx), real flow,

the software i uses are,
Adobe after effects, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Max, Eye-on fusion, eye-on vue 6,
i worked on films,serails, ads,
looking on for projects,

please mail at: v4vicfkyes@yahoo.com

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures located in downtown Toronto is currently looking for a senior modeler/texture artist to join the visual effects team.

The company was founded in 1994 and is one of Canada‘s leading digital visual effects and animation studios. Over a decade later, C.O.R.E. has successfully built three divisions: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, C.O.R.E. Toons and C.O.R.E. Feature Animation. Over the years, with the underlying philosophy that a studio designed by artists for artists fosters the best creative environment, C.O.R.E. has produced award-winning work for more than 55 Feature Films, 24 Television Series and 24 Movies of the Week.

C.O.R.E. offers an exciting work environment; our open work structure allows for creativity and fun at the same time. The continuous flow of interesting new projects that are awarded from major studios and production companies makes working at C.O.R.E. a unique and fulfilling experience.

Job Summary: Modeler/texture artists are responsible for generating all hard surface and organic models of environmental or character assets within a pipelined environment by: building geometry, unwrapping UV’s, painting textures and defining the look of surfaces using precompiled shaders. Modelers/Texturers must have a thorough understanding of the vfx production process.

Qualifications and Skills:
·Excellent working knowledge of software packages such as Maya, Photoshop, Bodypaint, Mudbox and Houdini
·Working knowledge of common operating systems like Windows and PC based workstations. Basic knowledge of Linux/Unix a plus.
·Excellent understanding of efficient modeling and texturing processes
·Ability to understand/interpret the creative requirements in order to create an accurate representation
·Ability to oversee and supervise junior and intermediate modelers as needed
·Accredited Post secondary school compositing course or equivalent
·3-5 years of experience
·Must be legally authorized to work in Canada

Job Duties:
·Work with other modelers, TDs, Riggers, Matte Painters and other cg artists to create assets and all dependencies
·Responsible for performing research relating to manufacturing process to achieve highest level of realism
·Make timely corrections to work when required
·Take creative direction from Leads/VFX Supervisor
·May be involved in the input in vfx bidding process
·Additional duties as required

Qualified applicants can send their websites to recruiting@coredp.com or demo reel and resumes to:

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Recruiting
461 King St. West
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 1K7

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest however only those under consideration will be contacted.

Needs to Do:

The modeller will need to work very closely with the texture painters, shader writers, look development artists and the riggers to generate models that are suitable for feature film work. The models may be organic in nature, such as various creatures or characters, or they may be models of rigid objects such as cars, buildings, props or sets. They will need to make use of a wide range of reference materials. Models may need to be created from scratch or from scans, reference photography, maquettes, miniatures or other set models. They will also have to work closely with their leads to determine an appropriate level of detail for any given model. It will also be important to work closely with the riggers to produce models that meet their work flow requirements, and with texture painters to determine the optimal UV layout for a model.

Needs to Know
• Strong spatial awareness and a good sense of form, scale and proportion.
• A very keen eye for detail.
• A full working knowledge of modelling in any one or more of these packages: Maya,
XSI and Cyslice.
• Ability to work with packages such as Mudbox or Z-brush are an advantage.
• Polygon and sub-division surface modelling. Knowledge of NURBS modelling is not
generally required, but a plus.
• How to deliver a "clean" model with tidy polygon/sub-d placement and good basic UV
layout for texturing
• A good knowledge of Linux would be an advantage. Familiarity with Windows useful
but not essential.
• When to model detail or have the the detail added through the shading, by liasing
with the shader writers and look development artists.
• At least 1 years experience in feature films would be beneficial. Experience in other
areas of visual effects (TV, Games) will also be taken into account.

Needs to be
• Meticulous
• Team oriented
• Able to learn in house work flows and methodologies
• Able to adapt to changing requirements or briefs
• Resourceful

Measures of Performance
• On time delivery
• Show continuous improvement
• Ability to deliver any required model at an appropriate level of detail and realism,
which fits smoothly into the pipeline of a show

Please go to our website www.dneg.com to apply.