Tiberius Viris

Work History

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  CG Matte Painting Supervisor

  Atomic Cartoons

  March 2024 - Present

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  Lead Matte Painter / Matte Painting Supervisor

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  July 2017 - February 2024

  

  

  

  

  
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  Matte Painting Supervisor

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  June 2018 - October 2023

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  - Supervised artist teams on both animated and live action projects, including daily reviews, direction, team management and work assignment.
  - Worked closely with the production team to schedule, bid and strategize work.
  - Created internal training materials for new artists and provided ongoing support and mentorship.
  - Helped recruiting select candidates by participating in interviews and decision meetings.
  
  Software: Nuke, Photoshop, Maya, Houdini, Speedtree
  
  Projects:
  - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Live Action, 2023)
  - Thor: Love and Thunder (Live Action, 2022)
  - The Sea Beast (Animated Feature, Netflix, 2022)
  - Over the Moon (Animated Feature, Netflix, 2020)
  
  Internal Awards received:
  - SPI Award (2023) - for the outstanding work on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
  - SPI Award (2022) - for the outstanding work on The Sea Beast
  - SPI Award (2021) - for the outstanding work on Over the Moon
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  Lead Matte Painter

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2017 - June 2018

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Lead artist teams, including daily reviews and technical and artistic support.
  
  Software: Nuke, Photoshop, Maya
  
  Received "Performance Award" for outstanding lead performance and lasting contribution
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  Senior Matte Painter

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2014 - July 2017

  

  
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  Matte Painting Mentor

  Think Tank Training Centre

  October 2016 - May 2017

  Vancouver, Canada

  Mentoring students who chose matte painting as primary.
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  Senior Matte Painter / Environment Artist

  Zoic Studios

  August 2012 - March 2014

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Created matte paintings and concept art; Lead a small team of matte painters on multiple projects.
  
  Projects::
  
  - Hidden (Film - 2015)
  - Big Eyes (Film - 2014)
  - The 100 (TV Series)
  - Arrow (TV Series)
  - Once Upon a Time (TV Series)
  - Falling Skies (TV Series)
  - Almost Human (TV Series)
  - Intelligence (TV Series)
  - Big Thunder (TV Pilot)
  
  
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  Senior Matte Painter

  Zoic Studios

  September 2012 - February 2014

  Vancouver, Canada

  
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  Matte Painter

  Method Studios

  April 2012 - August 2012

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  

• Matte Painting Instructor

  VFX Dojo

  January 2010 - March 2012

  Taught matte painting techniques to students around the world as well as created video tutorials on matte painting and concept art.
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  Matte Painter, Concept Artist

  Independent Contractor

  2010 - 2012

  Created matte paintings and concept art for Films such as:
  
  - Riddick
  - Twilight: Breaking Dawn
  - G.I. Joe: Retaliation
  - Immortals
  
  Worked as art director and matte painter on various other TV
  and commercials projects.
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  Matte Painter / Concept Artist

  Rodeo FX

  May 2010 - September 2010

  
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  Matte Painter

  Independent Contractor

  2009 - 2010

  Created matte painting and concept art for Films. Also worked on various other TV, Game, Commercials and Print Projects

• Art Lead

  LifeBlood Games LLC

  2008 - 2009

  Managed the artistic pipeline, aswell as helped with the more difficult tasks.

• Art Director

  Reality Forge

  2006 - 2008

  London, United Kingdom

  In charge with developing and maintaining an unified artistic direction, as well
  as managing a medium sized artistic team.

• Matte Painter, Concept Artist

  Reality Forge

  2004 - 2006