Cougan Waddell

Work History

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  Unreal Cinematic Artist

  Fish Flight Entertainment

  January 2019 - Present

  Vancouver, Canada

  
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  Cinematic Artist

  EA

  July 2017 - December 2018

  Burnaby, Canada

  I worked in the Frostbite Engine to create cinematic shots that are used in the marketing of games like FIFA, Battlefield 1, Battlefront II, Battlefield V and Anthem. I did shot setup and layout as well as asset integration, engine exports, model edits, fx placement and edits and engine renders as well as general bug fixes for the rest of the team.
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  Environment Artist

  Brain Zoo Studios

  May 2017 - July 2017

  Vancouver, Canada

  As a freelancer, I modeled and textured assets for a mobile game. Look-dev in Unity.
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  Unreal Engine Tech Artist

  Waterproof Studios

  August 2016 - February 2017

  Vancouver, Canada

  While at Waterproof I worked on Injustice 2. I imported body, facial and camera animations and used matinee to setup and create cinematic cut scenes in the Unreal engine.

  
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  Unreal Engine Technical Artist

  Goldtooth Creative

  March 2016 - August 2016

  Vancouver, Canada

  Worked as an Unreal Engine Tech Artist for the Sea of Thieves trailer. I did layout, camera animation, character posing, effects editing, asset integration and lighting in the Unreal Engine. I also worked as an in-house out-sourcer at The Coalition where I did character lighting on Gears of War 4.
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  Environment Artist

  EA Games

  January 2015 - March 2016

  Burnaby, British Columbia

  I modeled, textured and lit stadiums for last-gen consoles as well as new-gen. I worked within the budgets allowed for both generations and made sure the quality of my work is up to the FIFA standards. I play test for bugs on stadiums as well to ensure a smooth transition into the game build from both the modeling and lighting perspectives.
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  Unreal Engine TD

  Waterproof Studios

  October 2014 - December 2014

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  As an Unreal Engine TD I worked on Mortal Kombat X to populate in-engine cut scenes with crowd. Mo-Cap animation is exported from Motionbuilder and imported into the engine. I created new anim sets and apply those animations to skeletal meshes and use Cinema to animate their positions and timing to create a living world.
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  Environment Artist

  EA Games

  March 2014 - August 2014

  Burnaby, British Columbia

  
  I modeled, textured and lit stadiums for last-gen consoles as well as new-gen. I worked within the budgets allowed for both generations and made sure the quality of my work is up to the FIFA standards. I play test for bugs on stadiums as well to ensure a smooth transition into the game build from both the modeling and lighting perspectives.
  
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  Junior Modeler

  Nerd Corps Entertainment

  September 2013 - March 2014

  Vancouver

  
  I worked directly from concepts and designs to create assets that flowed nicely with the look of the show and with the other assets. I modeled, uv'd and textured my sets and props as well as rigged them for animation. While doing layout I created basic scenes as well as did set dressing to ensure the animators had what they needed.
  
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  Modeler/RTA

  MPC

  February 2013 - September 2013

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  
  Along with my rendering duties I modeled assets for Fast and Furious 6, Maleficent, Rise of an Empire, The Lone Ranger and Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters. I modeled high res assets for rendering and lighting as well as low res assets for effects and sims.
  
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  Lighting Assistant/RTA

  MPC

  May 2012 - January 2013

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  
  Processing unstitched photos and creating HDR Panoramic Images using PTGui. Rotopaint cleanup of HDRI's in Nuke and releasing HDRI's into pipeline to be graded in comp. Inserting HDRI's into light rigs in Maya.
  
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  Student

  Think Tank Training Centre

  February 2011 - May 2012

  Vancouver, BC, Canada

  
  I have recently graduated from Think Tank and am looking for work in the gaming industry as an Environment and Prop Artist.
  
  Check out my website: www.wix.com/couganwaddell/demoreel