Resume

CG SKILLS

Visual effects animation (expert field):

• Fluid dynamics simulation and rendering – fire&smoke : 3DS Max & FumeFX

• Liquids : Realflow, 3DS Max Glu3D plugin

• Rigid body, cloth, fracture dynamics – 3DS max with Rayfire and Reactor/Nvidia(Ageia, Novodex) PhysX, Thinking Particles dynamics

• Particle effects animation and rendering – 3DS Max with Particle Flow, Box#1, Thinking Particles

• Volumetric effects – 3DS Max and Afterburn, FumeFX, ScatterVL for accurate volumetric lighting, Krakatoa particle voxel rendering

• Point cloud volumetrics – 3DS Max and Krakatoa

• mental ray advanced efficient proxy/motion blurs

Modeling – procedural, polygonal, sub-div, sculpt – 3DS Max, Silo, Mudbox

Texturing – Photoshop/3DS Max/Mudbox

Rigging/skinning – Rudimentary rigging/skinning in 3DS Max with CAT

Animation – Understanding and application of Disney/Pixar animation principles, animation in 3DS Max with CAT

Shading, lighting, rendering – Photorealistic mental ray shaders/materials. Both traditional (direct) and modern (indirect) CG lighting skills and understanding; physically correct gamma-linear workflow, photometrics

Camera tracking – PFTrack

Compositing and post-production – Fusion, Photoshop

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Feb 2009 – May 2009: FX artist on Roland Emmerich’s ‘2012′ at Pixomondo, Berlin. Worked in a feature film production environment centered on 3DS Max, with Thinking Particles, FumeFX, Afterburn, Particle Flow and Krakatoa.

April 2007 – Jan 2009: Freelance archtitectural viz. Photorealistic shading, lighting, rendering, compositing.

OTHER CG EXPERIENCE

CG workshops lecturer/organizer, New Bulgarian University. Lectures on visual effects, compositing.
3DPalace.com low-poly challenge winner, dec 2007 (images in the portfolio)

EDUCATION

Final year in New Bulgarian University bachelor degree, Computer graphics, animation and multimedia program.