Igor Staritsin

Work History

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  Designer

  SpellSystems

  May 2007 - May 2010

  Russian Federation

  Creating illustrations and designs for websites and video presentation. Html, css, php
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  Epic Matte-Painting Instructor at Gnomon Workshop

  The Gnomon Workshop

  2015 - Present

  Hollywood

  Creating a matte-painting tutorial for the Gnomon Workshop -
  http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/1153/#.Vin5S37hCt8
  
  Be sure to check the Interview here -
  https://thegnomonworkshop.com/blog/igor-staritsin/
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  Concept Art - Matte Painting Instructor

  CG Master Academy

  2017 - Present

  Concept art/Matte paiting Instructor at CGMA with students around the world
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  Art Director

  Industrial Light & Magic

  October 2023 - Present

  Art direction, concept art, matte paintings
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  Senior Concept Artist

  Industrial Light & Magic

  February 2021 - November 2023
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  Lead Concept Artist/Matte Painter

  Method Studios

  March 2017 - March 2021

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  
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  Senior Matte-Painter

  Digic Pictures

  October 2015 - March 2017

  Hungary, Budapest

  Creating matte-paintings for video game cinematics
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  Matte-Painting Instructor

  Gnomon School of Visual Effects

  July 2015 - Present

  Creating a DVD tutorial for www.thegnomonworkshop.com

• Senior Matte painter

  Polden FX

  July 2015 - September 2015
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  Senior Matte Artist

  Axis Animation

  March 2015 - July 2015

  Glasgow, United Kingdom

  Creating matte-paintings for cutscenes, the video game "Grey Goo"

  
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  Senior Matte-Painter, Conceptual Designer

  Pixomondo

  May 2014 - December 2014

  Beijing city, China

  Creating Conceptual Paintings & Matte-Paintings for feature film "Gone With The Bullets" and "Subject 14"

• Lead Matte Painter

  Pixel Bears VFX

  March 2014 - May 2014

  Russia

  Creating matte-paintings for the commercial "Aeroflot Airlines"
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  3D Matte-Painter, Concept Artist

  MPC

  September 2013 - March 2014

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Creating environments for feature film “Maleficent”, "Jersey Boys", "Game of Thrones”

  

  

  

• Lead Generalist, Matte-Painter

  Spider Group, LLC

  May 2010 - September 2013

  Russian Federation

  Creating 3D assets, modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering, concepts, matte-paintings, 2.5D/3D projections, compositing

• Senior Matte-Painter, Concept Artist

  Genesis Flux Productions

  March 2013 - July 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Creating concept paintings and matte-paintings for feature film "Sophie's Fortune".
  
  The treasure of Portsmouth Film Festival.
  
  - Best Comedy
  - Best Score in a Short
  - Best Visual Effects
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  Senior Matte-Painter, Concept Artist

  1000 Volt

  November 2012 - March 2013

  Istanbul, Turkey

  Creating concept paintings and matte-paintings for feature film "The Dream of a Butterfly", official submission of Turkey to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category

  

• Senior Matte-Painter, Concept Artist

  Makaсo

  July 2012 - September 2012

  Creating concept paintings and matte-paintings for feature film “Peru, Empire of Hidden Treasures”, the film has won bronze in the Fiap for outstanding visual effects that our team crafted while working on the show. It's a very important prize in Latin America
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  Matte-Painter

  Ember Lab

  July 2012 - August 2012

  Los Angeles

  Creating matte-painting for feature film “The Dust”
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  Matte-Painter, Concept Artist, Compositing artist

  Brewery Visual Effects and Animation

  February 2012 - May 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  Creating concept paintings, matte-paintings and compositing for feature film “Welcome to the Punch”

• Concept artist

  Catzwolf production

  March 2012 - April 2012

  Creating concept paintings for commercials
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  Matte-Painter

  CG Factory

  November 2011 - February 2012

  Moscow, Russian Federation

  Creating matte-paintings for feature film “Rzhevskiy protiv Napoleona”
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  Illustrator

  Red Keds Creative Agency

  August 2011 - September 2011

  Creating an illustration for adv

• Matte-Painter

  UnderDogs Animation Studio

  July 2011 - August 2011

  Creating matte-painting for an undisclosed short movie
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  Illustrator

  National Geographic

  September 2010 - November 2010

  Creating an illustration for a monthly magazine National Geographic, November 2010
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  Illustrator

  mcgarrybowen

  July 2009 - October 2009

  New-York

  Creating a painting for Disney that was on display in Disneyland Paris