Thomas Sydnor

Work History

• 

  Senior Digital Paint Artist

  Industrial Light & Magic

  September 2022 - September 2022

  Vancouver, Canada
• 

  Roto/Paint Artist

  Laika

  August 2017 - June 2018

  Hillsboro, Oregon

  Removed rigs from stop-motion footage using Silhouette as a primary roto tool and Nuke for compositing the rig removal across multiple lighting passes
  Painted out dust on models (dust busting)
  Rendered stereoscopic plates for further compositing
  Tracked task assignments and status in Shotgun

• UI Designer

  Zenyx Inc.

  February 2015 - October 2016

  Designed user interface for the Zenyx web application
  Provided annotation, wireframe mockups, and art assets for front-end developers
  Created tutorial and sneak peek videos for promoting the app
  Scrum/Agile production
• 

  Roto Lead

  The Base Studio

  March 2011 - March 2014

  Foster City, CA

  
  Management – Managed and approved art assets produced by a ten-member team. Designed and optimized standards for multimedia projects within The Base, keeping project files accessible after the close of many projects.
  
  Advertising – created web and print advertising campaigns for The Base Studio and 3rd-party clients. Formatted promotional art assets from Marvel, Disney, Warner ad campaigns to designated internet viewing formats while accommodating campaign art direction.
  
  Matchmove and match-animation for both 2d and 3d.
  
  Produced roto masks for compositing and 3D conversion of footage on multiple films.