Adrian Pinder

Work History

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  CFX Artist

  Double Negative

  August 2020 - August 2022
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  Digital Artist

  Wētā FX

  January 2018 - January 2019

  

  
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  Digital Artist

  Animal Logic

  November 2016 - December 2017

  
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  Senior Creature FX

  Industrial Light & Magic

  November 2015 - April 2016
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  Senior Creature TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  December 2014 - April 2015

  Singapore

  Muscle and Skin
  Rigid Bodies
  Hair
  Cloth

• Senior Technical Director

  nVisable

  October 2014 - October 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Create cloth fx for the new Monty Python film.
  Oversee modelling, rigging and animation.
  Set up of cloth and finalling rigs.
  Cloth look dev.
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  Senior Creature FX TD :: Paddington

  Framestore

  August 2014 - October 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Skin slide and jiggle fx.
  Hero hair and cloth sims.
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  Senior Creature FX TD :: Dracula Untold

  Framestore

  June 2014 - August 2014

  Assist in management of cloth assets.
  Running of clothFX shots.
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  Senior Creature FX TD :: Guardians of the Galaxy

  Framestore

  October 2013 - June 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Cloth dev for Rocket Bounty Costume
  Dev for Groot finaling rig.
  Dev for various small costume items / accessories for Monstrous Dude
  Running sims for Rocket costumes and hair.
  Shot finaling for Rocket and Groot.
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  Senior Creature FX TD :: Winter's Tale

  Framestore

  June 2013 - August 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Set up and management of digital double rigs for the 3 main characters.
  Mentoring of junior TD.
  Cloth and hair simulations on clothing and horse.
  nCloth skin sliding / wrinkling for creature tests.
  Character finaling.
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  Technical Director

  Unit Media

  May 2013 - June 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Custom multi garment character sim rigs
  Transformation cloth FX from tissue into human character
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  Technical Director

  One Of Us

  March 2013 - March 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Custom cloth set up for skin unpeel.
  'Under the Skin' - Jonathan Glazer

  

• Technical Director

  Gramercy Park

  March 2013 - March 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Cloth Set Up and Character FX
  In house pitch for Vodaphone commercial featuring Yoda
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  Senior Creature FX TD :: Ronin

  Framestore

  March 2012 - March 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Creature FX
  Creation and management of Digital Double Rigs
  Running Hero Cloth simulations.
  Character finalling per shot
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  Senior Creature FX TD :: Gravity

  Framestore

  March 2012 - October 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  2014 Academy Award Best Achievement in Visual Effects
  Look Dev and Creature FX
  Asset rigs
  Shot Finalling
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  Environment TD :: Total Recall

  Double Negative

  June 2011 - March 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  Asset concept and build for car chase sequence :: roof furniture / gardens / public roof spaces.
  Prepping of assets for hand off to FX dept.
  City layout / composition / set dressing
  Layout of assets :: Creation of animation scenes and publishing.
  Providing slap comps for pre-viz

  
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  Environment TD :: Captain America

  Double Negative

  March 2011 - June 2011

  London, United Kingdom

  Texturing and lighting of assets for Hanger sequence.
  Technical layout and set Dressing :: cables / td element lineups :: animation
  Cloth deformations for train sequence / buckling metal
  Generation of trees / lighting and rendering
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  DNEG Cloth Supervisor :

  Double Negative

  2009 - January 2011

  Set up and supervision of clothing pipeline on PAUL :
  Modelling of Cloth simulation geometry / rigging concept of shorts and backpack.ie testing of new topologies for cloth sim model :: pattern based approach to final object modelling.
  Setting base level values for clothing assets.
  Publishing and maintenance of the costume asset in conjunction with the rigging dept.
  Custom set ups.
  Dev :: working closely with the rigging dept to implement Maya referencing within the cloth asset pipeline.PAUL was our testing ground for John Carter of Mars.
  Mentoring of cloth TD team.
  Simple particle fx.
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  Senior TD : Costume

  Double Negative

  April 2009 - November 2010

  Cloth Supervisor : Paul and Jcom
  Testing of Double Negative' s Cloth Pipeline
  Set up and supervision of clothing assets on JCOM :
  Modelling of simulation geometry / rigging tests. nCloth and handoff to Houdini
  Design of topologies for rigid and semi rigid deformations.
  Benchmarking values for cloth sim assets.
  Publishing and maintenance of the costume asset.
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  Cloth Developer

  DreamWorks Animation

  August 2008 - March 2009

  Look Dev of main character's capes and clothing : Megamind
  Sharing nCloth knowledge wit the team.
  Character Effects / finalling artist : Shrek 4.
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  Senior Technical Director

  Double Negative

  March 2007 - July 2008

  Cloth lead /shot TD for Hellboy 2 : The Golden Army
  Modelling of Cloth simulation geometry
  Design of all cloth based FX: hair, clothing tearing fabrics, inflation and deflation of garments.
  Animation and simulation.
  Shading, lighting and rendering of final shots
  Documentation of HB2 / Double Negative cloth workflow
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  Technical Director : Harry Potter And The Order of The Phoenix

  Double Negative

  March 2006 - February 2007

  Cloth Lead
  Cloth TD for Character Look Dev Team
  Design of dneg cloth pipeline for the giant .
  Oversee look development of creature costume
  Syflex Rigging and simulation
  Running of shots.
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  Technical Director

  MPC

  March 2004 - March 2006

  Poseidon
  Camera animation
  Matching 3D camera into and out of live action
  Kingdom of Heaven : VES Outstanding Supporting VFX
  Crowd Team :: Cloth rigging and simulation.
  TD - Army Flag simulations / Shader R+D look dev
  Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
  TD
  Modelling and Cloth Simulation for White Tunnel Seq digital doubles
  Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
  TD : Matchmove, Technical Animation, Lighting and rendering.
  Lead for digital face replacement team ( 10 artists )
  (VES AWARD Outstanding Compositing 2006)
  Poseidon
  Camera TD : camera animation(live action to CG takeover)
  Scoop
  Shot TD
  Cloth Rigging / Modelling
  Amazing Grace
  TD : Previs
  XMen3
  Modelling of assets for FX :: Xavier room destruction.

• Shot TD

  scarlet digital

  July 2003 - January 2004

  Captain Scarlet TV series
  Previs Artist.Modeller.Lighting TD
  Renderman
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  Junior TD

  MPC

  2003 - 2004

  Modelling of centre court asset.
  Previz sequence cameras for DOP Darius Khondji
  Tech Anim

  

  

  
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  Previs Artist

  MPC

  March 2003 - July 2003

  Wimbledon
  Location recce.Modelling.Previs.
  Matching up CG camera to live action footage.
  Animation of cg tennis ball.
  Timing and composition of efx shots.
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  Lighting TD

  Framestore

  November 2002 - December 2002

  'Dinotopia' Cable series
  Lighting TD
  photo-real dinosaurs

• Animator/CG Artist

  Tell-Tale Animation

  March 2002 - November 2002

  'Boo!' A Pre-school animated TV series
  Previs of shot sequences
  Animation of characters
  Prep/modelling texturing of props per episode
  Lighting and rendering

• Lighting TD

  Slave Studios

  September 2001 - February 2002

  Animated series for the world Cup
  Slave Studios 'Spheriks'
  Lighting TD
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  CG Artist

  Pepper's Ghost Productions

  March 2000 - September 2001

  Kingston-Upon-Thames, London

  2002 : World Media Festival Gold Award for Children's Animation
  'Tiny Planets' 50 episode Childrens TV show. In conjunction with Childrens Television Workshop
  Layout Artist.Lighting and Rendering.Compositing
  (2001 World Animation Celebration.California. Silver Award)