James Lewis
Ph: (310) 403-5260
james@raigun.com
Seattle, WA 98102 skype: james.elewis3
Environment Lighter
Work Experience:
Environment Artist
Chronos VR, Seattle, WA 8/2015 – present
-Lighting and Shading assets in Unreal Engine 4.
-Maya Instructor for Chronos Dev School.
Bright Penny Productions, Burbank, CA 2014
VFX Artist
Crank The Movie
-Tracked/stabilized footage and object removal using Mocha Pro.
Cal State Northridge CTVA, Northridge, CA 2013
Production Assistant/Compositor
A Star Is Scorned
-Removed Greenscreen and did background replacement in Nuke.
Hoax Films, Los Angeles, CA 2013
Intern
-Composited shots for short film Every Breath.
-Created ending credits for short film Water & Power.
Education
California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 2012 – 2014
B.A. Art Animation.
Additional Training and Education
Stereo D – Stereoscopic Training 2014
Santa Monica College 2012-2013
Volunteer
CTN Animation Expo 2012-2013
Awards
ASLN – Student Show: Lighting 2013
ASLN – Faculty Award: Hard Surface Modeling 2014
Software:
3D: Maya, Houdini.
3D/paint: Mudbox, Substance Painter.
2D: Nuke, Fusion.
Renderer: V-ray, Mental-Ray, Arnold.
Real-Time: Unreal Engine 4, Marmoset Toolbag.
Premiere Pro, Windows, Word, Excel
coding languages: Python