Adrian Pinder

Adrian Pinder

Senior CFX Artist / 23 yrs

Vancouver, Canada

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Cfx Lead

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

Rigging / Creature Artist

Uncharted (2022)

Cfx Artist

Dune (2021)

Cfx Senior

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Cloth Simulation Artist

Mulan (2020)

Visual Effects Artist

The Old Guard (2020)

Cloth Artist

Bloodshot (2020)

Cloth Simulation

Gemini Man (2019)

Cloth Simulation

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Character FX Artist

peter rabbit (2018)

Technical Director Generalist

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Creature VFX

Warcraft: The Beginning (2016)

Creature VFX

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

Simulation Artist

Gravity (2016)

Creature FX Td

Paddington (2015)

Creature FX Td

Dracula Untold (2014)

Character FX Artist

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Creature Effects Artist

Winter's Tale (2014)

Cloth Technical Director

Under the Skin (2013)

Generalist TD

Total Recall (2012)

Cloth Supervisor

John Carter (2012)

Technical Director

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Cloth / Muscle Visual Effects

Paul (2011)

Animation Department

Megamind (2010)

Animation Department

Shrek Forever After (2010)

Cloth Supervisor

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Cloth Supervisor

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Pre-Visualisation Artist

Amazing Grace (2007)

Shot Technical Director

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)

3D Artist

Scoop (2006)

Modeller

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Technical Director

Poseidon (2006)

Technical Director

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Technical Director

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Technical Director

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Previs Technical Director

Captain Scarlet (2005)

Previs Artist

Wimbledon (2004)

Render Wrangler

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Render Wrangler

Troy (2004)

3D Previs Artist

Tiny Planets (2002)

Supervision and topology design for simulation.Object and pattern based.Creative and practical design for cloth based FX. Clothing to semi rigid materials. Testing of - PDI - inhouse cloth simulation software - documentation and logging of results/bugs.Skills and knowledge of traditional tailoring techniques.

Works directly with Creature Rigging dept : creation of modular costumes - best practice for rigging costumes.Ability to communicate well with related departments
Work History

  • CFX Artist

    Double Negative

    August 2020 - August 2022

  • Digital Artist

    Wētā FX

    January 2018 - January 2019

  • Digital Artist

    Animal Logic

    November 2016 - December 2017

  • Senior Creature FX

    Industrial Light & Magic

    November 2015 - April 2016

  • 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.

  • Senior Creature FX TD :: Paddington

    Framestore

    August 2014 - October 2014
    London, United Kingdom

    Skin slide and jiggle fx.
    Hero hair and cloth sims.

  • Senior Creature FX TD :: Dracula Untold

    Framestore

    June 2014 - August 2014

    Assist in management of cloth assets.
    Running of clothFX shots.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Junior TD

    MPC

    2003 - 2004

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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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)

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Education

  • Bournemouth University

    1998 - 1999

  • The University of Dundee

    1992 - 1993

  • Napier University

    1990 - 1992