Kieran Turan
Selbstständig, Freelance 3D Artist / Animator / Designer, Selbsständig
Berlin, Deutschland
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Kieran Turan
Bis heute 11 Jahre, seit Juli 2013
Freelance 3D Artist / Animator / Designer
Selbsständig
- I provide 3D Animation-related production services for Games, Film, & Television, with a focus on character animation and rigging. - Recent projects include completing 3D Character Animation on a nationwide broadcast + internet commercial in the U.S., and collaborating with Berlin-based Mimic Productions in a bid to do facial animation for the “Call of Duty” videogame.
1 Jahr und 4 Monate, Mai 2011 - Aug. 2012
3D Artist, Art Director
Nickelodeon
- Art Director and 3D Artist for Nick Games on several high profile mobile and web games, including "The Adventures of TinTin" for Paramount Pictures, and AG's Summer Olympics series. - On the launch team for AG's iPhone game-compilation app, which reached #1 free download within 2 days of release, passing the 1 million download mark in less than a week. - Managed the porting of web games to mobile platform.
5 Monate, Jan. 2011 - Mai 2011
Animator
Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Animated CG superhero characters and models for Feature Film, utilizing both keyframe and mocap animation. - Performed body, face and neck tracking in Maya to match cg characters with live action footage. - Created rig modifications as needed and used and contributed to deformer and animation cycle library.
1 Jahr und 3 Monate, Juni 2007 - Aug. 2008
Senior Graphic Designer
Phoenix Technologies
- Senior Graphic Designer for an international software company, providing all media and graphics support for high-visibility events, tradeshows, and clients, including the Consumer Electronics Show and Intel Developers Forum, Microsoft, Fujitsu-Siemens, Lenovo, and Dell. - Redesigned and upgraded branding across all collateral and products to reflect new company vision.
2 Jahre und 1 Monat, Jan. 2002 - Jan. 2004
Team Leader, Hardsurface 3D Modeling & Digital Sets
Pixelcorps
Supervised and trained team of 3D Artists in the creation of virtual sets and the integration of 3D elements in Visual Effects production. Tasks included hardsurface modeling based on schematics, Digital Matte Painting, Texturing, Rendering, Compositing, and basic Fluids Simulation. Working under John Knoll, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), produced a Visual Effects sequence recreating the launch of the Apollo 11 rocket in 3D.
Ausbildung von Kieran Turan
German Language
Goethe Institute Berlin
Computer Animation
Sheridan College
Film Animation
Animation Collaborative
Directing in 3D Animation and Film
Per Holmes' Hollywood Camera Work
Advanced Studies in Character Animation
Animation Mentor
Sprachen
Englisch
Muttersprache
Deutsch
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