Resume
Professional Skills
Maya
Houdini
Unreal
Mari
Painter
Designer
Katana
Nuke
Photoshop
Python
OSL
VEX
Work Experience
Dec 2023 -
Present
Disney Animation Studios
Character Look Development Supervisor
- Supervise the character look team on a Disney+ animated show.
- Includes overseeing the work on lookdev, texturing, and groom.
Apr 2022 -
Dec 2023
BeloFX
Generalist Lead
- Led lighting, environment and layout efforts for live action films in Unreal Engine 5 and Houdini.
- Look dev, rendering, and lighting for key shots.
- Technical config, settings, blueprint tools, and project management in Unreal Engine 5.
- CFX, lighting, HDA tools in Houdini Solaris.
- Mentor team members in lighting, environment and DMP disciplines. Troubleshoot day-to-day shot issues.
- Contribute to documentation and training.
May 2016 -
Apr 2022
Animal Logic
Surfacing Lead / TD
- Led team according to art direction and supported them for creative & technical challenges.
- Assisted the Supervisor in recruiting, bidding, training, and performance reviews. Served as the Acting Supervisor when they are unavailable.
- Responsible for key look dev and grooming; Created templates, material libraries, and documentation to help the team maintain consistent looks.
- Worked closely with TDs/RnD in prototyping, spec-ing and testing Houdini/Solaris/USD workflows for surfacing. Wrote OSL shaders and artist-facing tools. Did rotations in the Asset TD team during downtime.
Mar 2014 -
Feb 2015
ILM
3D Generalist
- Environments: model, texture, look dev, lighting, DMP; Some OSL shader-writing
Jan 2014 -
Mar 2014
MPC
Lighting / Look Dev TD
- Look dev for vehicles and crowds
Jun 2009 -
Oct 2013
Pixar /
Pixar Canada
Pixar Canada
Shading TD
- Texturing and look dev for characters and environments; Some RSL shader-writing
- Responsible for key look dev of material libraries and documentation
Education
Management Skills Certificate
2018 Langara College
3D Animation & VFX Diploma
2009 Vancouver Film School
BFA Visual Art
2006 University of British Columbia
Development
WIA Mentorship Circles
2020 Women in Animation
Virtual Production Primer
2020 Unreal Online Learning
Unreal Animation Fellowship Online Course
2023 Unreal Online Learning