Matthew Rodgers

Matthew Rodgers

Mid-level Concept Artist / Mid-level Matte Painter / 17 yrs

Vancouver

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Work History
  • Production Designer

    Stellar Creative Lab

    January 2022 - Present
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Matte Painter - Dreamworks 'The Adventures of Puss in Boots'

    Bardel Entertainment

    May 2014 - Present

    Primary responsibilites include: the design, and execution of matte paintings, cycloramas and skydomes.
    Secondary responsibilities include: set design and colour, character colour, prop design and colour.

  • Freelance Artist - Conceptual Design / Illustration / Visual Developme

    www.Cavematty.com

    November 2005 - Present

    Freelance Conceptual Design, Illustration and Visual Development.

    Clients Include:
    Disney World Entertainment
    Marvel Entertainment
    String Theory Entertainment
    NGX Interactive
    Story Inc
    Resn
    Gibson Group
    Lumen Digital
    Locales
    Clicksuite
    Zippitoons
    Dnation
    Learning Media

  • Lead BG Designer - The Dragon Prince

    Bardel Entertainment

    January 2021 - December 2021
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Design Supervisor - Ice age: the Adventures of Buck Wild

    Bardel Entertainment

    January 2020 - December 2020
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Design Supervisor - Unnanounced Project

    Bardel Entertainment

    January 2019 - December 2019
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Design Supervisor - The Dragon Prince

    Bardel Entertainment

    August 2018 - December 2019
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Lead BG Designer - The Dragon Prince

    Bardel Entertainment

    March 2017 - July 2018
  • Matte Painter - Dreamworks 'The Adventures of Puss in Boots'

    Bardel Entertainment

    April 2014 - February 2017

    Primary responsibilites include: the design, and execution of matte paintings, cycloramas and skydomes.
    Secondary responsibilities include: set design and colour, character colour, prop design and colour.

  • Conceptual Designer / Concept Artist

    Weta Workshop

    June 2008 - March 2012
    Wellington, New Zealand

    Design of Environments, Props, Costumes etc.

    Projects include:
    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter Jackson)
    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Peter Jackson)
    The Hobbit: There and back again (Peter Jackson)
    The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Speilberg)
    Man of Steel
    District 9
    and several other unnanounced projects.

    - Storyboarding for various projects, including District 9 (Neill Blomkamp)

    - cross platform content creation for graphic novels, digital apps etc

    - Script breakdowns

    - Schematic diagrams and orthographic drawings for fabrication

    - Directly liasing with Directors, Producers and Writers

Education
  • Photo Real Matte Painting with David Luong

    CGWorkshops

    2013 - 2013
  • Honours in Visual Communications Design

    Massey University

    2002 - 2005