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Creature Effects TD | | Djardin12@Yahoo.Com | (315)-806-1194 | ​ ​ Creature Effects TD | www.danjardin.com | [email protected] | (315)-806-1194 | ​ ​ Work Experience ● Sony Pictures Imageworks - Creature Effects Technical Director ​ Cloth, hair simulations - Proxy modeling - Shot sculpting - October 2017 - Present ● Method Studios - Technical Animator ​ Cloth, hair simulations - muscle simulations - Shot anatomy sculpting - January 2017 - October 2017 ● Moving-Picture Company (MPC) - Technical Animator ​ ​ ​ Cloth, fur and feather simulations / Rig setups - crowd cloth rig setups - Shot anatomy sculpting - Prop ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Animation - character finishing February 2016 - January 2017 Professional work ● Hotel Transylvania 3 Creature Effects TD at Sony - Responsible for cloth and hair Simulations. ● Thor Ragnarok Technical Animator at Method Studios - Responsible for Thor cloth and hair Simulations, Dragon tentacle rig setup, muscle simulation, anatomy sculpting. ● Spider-Man Homecoming Technical Animator at Method Studios - Responsible for Spider-Man cloth Simulations, muscle jiggle, anatomy sculpting. ● Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 Technical Animator at Method Studios - Responsible for Rocket Raccoon cloth Simulations, tearable cloth, anatomy sculpting, cable simulations ● Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Technical Animator at MPC - Responsible for creating Rigs for feathers, cloth and hair simulations, ​ and character finishing ● Wonder Woman Technical Animator at MPC - Responsible for creating cloth and fur Rigs for german soldiers, crowd-cloth rigs, cloth / fur simulations, and character finishing. ● Suicide Squad Technical Animator at MPC - Responsible for creating Rigs for ropes. Hair and cloth simulations, ​ character finishing and roto animation. ● Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Technical Animator at MPC - Responsible for hair and cloth simulation, character finishing ​ Education Software ● Savannah College of Art & Design Houdini (Mantra) ​ Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Effects Maya (Renderman, Arnold,) ​ Graduated June 2015 | Cum Laude Massive ● Lees-McRae College Blade Honors Program | Communication Arts Motion Builder Attended Fall 2011 - Spring 2012 Nuke Linux Programming Katana Mac MEL Windows ​.
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