Nate Shaw

Work History

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  CG Supervisor

  The Mill

  April 2021 - Present

  Culver City, California, United States
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  CG Supervisor

  Luma Pictures

  July 2020 - April 2021

  Santa Monica, California, United States

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Freelance Lighting & Lookdev TD

  Framestore

  January 2020 - June 2020

  Culver City
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  Freelance CG Lead

  Method Studios

  September 2019 - November 2019

  Santa Monica, CA

  Character lookdev, grooming, chain shirt sim setup for a game announcement cinematic.
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  VFX Lead

  Goodbye Kansas

  May 2019 - July 2019

  Culver City
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  CG Supervisor

  Method Studios

  2016 - May 2019

  Santa Monica

  Farmer's Insurance 2018 - TVC
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv3ZEGKOsPU
  
  Taco Bell - TVC
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9og6cIv1S3g
  
  Hyundai Ant-Man - TVC
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Mp13Ks4MY
  
  Dell G5 - TVC
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkWgTDh4FxE
  
  Target Holiday 2017 - TVC
  
  Farmer's Insurance 2017 - TVC
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSnXbs8Ngrk
  
  Sunday Night Football Theme - TVC
  
  "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2" - Feature Film
  - Oversaw Rocket Raccoon fur pipeline
  - Rocket Raccoon fur shader in vRay
  - Supervised fx, lighting, modeling, lookdev, layout for Ego planet & Ego spaceship shots
  
  Target - TVC
  - Supervised modeling, texture, layout, fx, lookdev, and lighting

  
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  Lead CG Artist

  Method Studios

  February 2014 - May 2019

  Fantastic Beasts 2
  CG Lead
  - Led a small team of asset artists to create a feathery CG creature.
  - Grooming & lookdev
  
  Spider-Man: Homecoming
  CG Lead
  - Led a small team of CG artists to create a handful of last minute additional shots with a CG seagull.
  
  "Captain America 3: Civil War" - Feature Film
  Lighting/Lookdev
  - Lighting, lookdev, layout for full cg city environment
  - Lighting, lookdev, procedural layout for underwater environment
  - Asset lookdev
  
  Target Holiday - TVC
  Groomer for My Little Pony
  
  Halo 5: Guardians - The Hunt Begins TVC
  VES Nominated Commercial
  Lighting Lead
  - Asset Lookdev, buildings, robot arm, props
  - Shot Lighting
  - Pipeline development for lighting
  
  "San Andreas" - Feature Film
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2126355/
  Lighting Lead
  -Developed shading and lighting pipeline for Houdini Mantra used by LA and Vancouver locations
  -Led a team of up to 6 lighters and tds
  -Created procedural and bespoke shaders for many assets
  -Wrote tools in Python that were used by the lighting team
  -Shot lighting on complex full cg shots with numerous fx and animation elements
  
  "Jupiter Ascending" - Feature Film
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1617661/
  -Developed feather groom for character in Houdini
  -Created lookdev and asset used by lighters
  -Shot lighting in Houdini Mantra
  
  "Divergent" - Feature Film
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840309/
  Lead Lighter
  -Creature lookdev in Houdini
  -Character shot lighting in Houdini
  -Particle and wire simulation in Houdini
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  VFX Artist

  Method Studios

  February 2012 - May 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  "Into the Storm" - Feature Film
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106361/
  -Fx tree simulation in Houdini
  
  "Reliant Armadillo Al" - Commercial
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSbU9N1t4KQ
  -Creature look dev
  -Lighting in Houdini Mantra
  
  "DirectTv Troll" - Commercial
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OLUs5fxaJw
  -Lighting in PRMan through Houdini
  
  "Kia Sorento Spacebabies" - Commercial
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t535BjVmXq8
  -Character Shader and Fur Lookdev
  -Lighting in Houdini Mantra
  
  "Beautiful Creatures" - Feature Film
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559547/
  -Procedural Modeling & Animation in Houdini
  -Lighting in Maya Vray
  
  "Kia Soul Bringing Down the House" - Commercial
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0B5vuAYk94
  -Lighting in Houdini Mantra & Maya Vray
  
  "Nissan Pathfinder Birds" - Commercial
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsBgKif5n1U
  -Lighting in Houdini Mantra & Maya Vray

  
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  Houdini Artist

  Side Effects Software

  October 2011 - March 2012

  Responsible for animating, texturing, and effects work on a short
  animation.

• CG Artist

  Mojo

  September 2011 - October 2011

  Lighting, modeling, and shading for Battleship and Snow White print ads.
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  Adjunct Professor

  Drexel University

  March 2010 - June 2011

  I taught the following undergraduate courses:
  
  Animation I - Undergraduate course in computer graphic animation in Autodesk Maya. Students responsible for creating short animations that focus on story telling, motion, and visual interest.
  
  Digital Spatial Visualization - Undergraduate course in drawing from observation with respect to perspective in both traditional methods and digital tools.
  
  Computer Graphic Imagery - Course in 3D modeling, texturing, and lighting in Maya.
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  CG Artist

  Drexel University

  March 2010 - September 2010

  Responsible for storyboarding, surfacing, lighting and the rendering of assets for short medical animation that was part of a documentary. Painted textures using photo reference in Photoshop and procedural shaders in Maya hypershade. Lit the scene in Maya and rendered in Renderman for Maya.

• Wildland Firefighter

  Bureau of Land Management

  April 2009 - September 2009
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  SCA Vegetation and Restoration Intern

  National Park Service

  September 2008 - February 2009
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  Lead Instructor

  iD Tech Camps

  June 2008 - August 2008

• Driver

  Happy Rickshaw

  2007 - 2008