Daniel Gonzalez

Daniel Gonzalez

Senior Surfacing Artist / 20 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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Visual Effects Artist

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

Infinite (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

Fast & Furious 9 (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

Digital Artist

Star Wars: Squadrons - Hunted (2020)

Visual Effects Artist

Tenet (2020)

Visual Effects Artist

Messiah (2020)

Visual Effects Artist

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Raising Dion (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Aladdin (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Aquaman (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Ready Player One (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

The Great Wall (2017)

Visual Effects Artist

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Texture Artist

Tomorrowland (2015)

Character / environments artist

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Textue Painter / Shading Artist

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Textuer Painter / Shading Artist

Godzilla (2014)

Texture Painter / Shading Artist

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Textuer Painter

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Texture Painter / Shading Artist

Man of Steel (2013)

Digital Artist

The Lone Ranger (2013)

Texture Painter / Shading Artist

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Texture / Shading Artist

The Avengers (2012)

Shading Artist

Prometheus (2012)

Texture Painter / Shading Artist

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Texture / Shading Artist

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

X-Men: First Class (2011)

Texture / Shading Artist

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

Designer

Hulk Vs. (2009)

Fast & Furious (2009)

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

Lead Textuer Painter

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Texture Painter

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Lead Texture Artist

Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Visual Effects Artist

The Kingdom (2007)

Digital Artist

Stranglehold (2007)

Visual Effects Artist

Evan Almighty (2007)

Texture Artist

The Golden Compass (2007)

Modeller / Texture Artist

John Woo presents Stranglehold (2007)

Night at the Museum (2006)

Texture Painter

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Surfacing Artist

LazyTown (2004)
Demo Reel 2006
Demo Reel 2014
Work History

  • Senior Surfacing and Texture Artist

    Industrial Light & Magic

    April 2014 - Present
    Singapore

  • Surfacing Artist

    Wētā FX

    July 2010 - March 2014
    Wellignton, New Zealand

  • Texture Painter

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    February 2005 - November 2008

  • Texture Painter / Shading Artist

    Double Negative

    October 2020 - October 2021

  • Look Dev Artist

    Double Negative

    October 2019 - July 2020
    London, UK

    Use Clarisse to do look dev on digi double characters skin and hair.

  • Senior Texture Painter

    Method Studios Deluxe

    February 2018 - April 2018
    Vancouver, Canada

    Used Mari and Substance Painter on assets for Netflix shows Messiah, Raising Dione, and the film Dr. Sleep.

  • Senior Surfacing Artist

    Industrial Light & Magic

    October 2017 - October 2018
    Vancouver, Canada

    Texture and Lookdev using Mari Katana Nuke and Maya for Aquaman and Aladdin.

  • Senior Texture Painter

    Lucasfilm

    April 2015 - September 2016
    Singapore, Singapore

  • Senior Viewpaint Artist

    Industrial Light & Magic

    March 2014 - February 2015
    San Francisco, CA

  • Wētā FX

    July 2010 - February 2014

  • Animal Logic

    October 2009 - May 2010

  • Rhythm & Hues Studios

    February 2006 - October 2009

  • BlackPoint Studios

    June 2005 - February 2006
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Education

  • Academy of Art University

    January 1999 - May 2005

  • Diablo Valley College

    September 1996 - December 1999