Ethan Ayer

Work History

• 

  Matte Painter

  Respawn Entertainment

  June 2015 - Present
• 

  Freelance Matte Painter

  Mirada Studios

  January 2015 - February 2015

  Matte Paintings and for an undisclosed project.
• 

  Freelance Matte Painter

  Stargate Studios

  January 2015 - January 2015

  2D Matte Painting for a commericial.
• 

  Digital Matte Painter

  Ready At Dawn Studios

  October 2012 - January 2015

  Digital matte painter / background artist for upcoming next-gen IP The Order 1886. Responsible for all vista environments in the game. Work includes modeling and texturing low-poly assets, blocking out and finishing vista environments using 2d and 3d techniques, painting hdri skyboxes, spline animations, and working collaboratively with the lighting, environment, concept, and scripting departments.

  
• 

  Matte Painter

  Hammerhead Productions

  August 2012 - October 2012

  Matte Painter for feature film 42 (2013).
• 

  Freelance Matte Painter

  MPC

  July 2012 - August 2012

  Matte Painter for a Lexus "Infinity Glances commercial.

  

• Matte Painter

  Mark Devlin Design

  July 2012 - July 2012

  Matte Paintings for stage monitor graphics for the the KISS 2012 tour.
• 

  Freelance Matte Painter

  The Mill

  July 2012 - July 2012

  Commercial for NBC Television show Revolution.

• Freelance Matte Painter

  Freelance

  January 2012 - July 2012

  Worked remotely for several independent films and spec films. This included hard surface modeling, texturing, full cg environments, compositing, and set extensions.
• 

  Matte Painter

  Ingenuity Engine

  May 2012 - June 2012

  Concept art and matte paintings for Katy Perry music video, "Wide Awake."
• 

  Freelance Matte Painter

  Look Effects

  April 2012 - May 2012

  Matte painter on feature film Life of Pi.
  Finished matte painting, built out 3D geometry in Maya, projected matte painting layers in Nuke, and composited set extension to match stereoscopic plate.

• Matte Painter

  Christov Effects and Design, Inc

  February 2012 - April 2012

  Matte Painter on feature films:
  -Gangster Squad
  -Argo
  
  Matte painting, plate cleanup, sign replacement, and modeling 3D assets

• Digital Matte Painter, Environment Artist

  Gnomon Studios

  September 2011 - December 2011

  Working as an intern at Gnomon Studios as a lead environment artist for an untitled digital animated short directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas. I was responsible for modeling and texturing buildings from downtown Los Angeles that were distressed.
• 

  Matte Painter (Freelance)

  Method Studios

  August 2011 - August 2011

  Worked on several Matte Paintings for a car commercial.

  

• Artist's Assistant

  Mark Grotjahn Studio inc

  July 2009 - February 2011

  Produce highly detailed drawings and paintings.

• Art Coordinator

  Curb Your Enthusiasm

  February 2009 - May 2009

  Managed budget, conducted preliminary research for set builds, designed and constructed props for set dressing.
  • Designed fake tombstone plates and had them laser-cut in MDF.
  • Designed and fabricated 50 books for a stage prop.
  • Worked with film studios and agents in getting licensing clearance for existing photographs and art work to use as set dressing.

• Artist's Assistant

  Shaw and Weber Studios

  April 2005 - February 2009

  Senior member in a highly skilled fabrication art studio, creating mural-sized paintings, sculptures, and props for film sets.
  • Supervised and executed all mural projects with a team of assistants, from the
  underpainting to the finishing details.
  • Used faux-finishing techniques for finishing sculptures and stage props.
  • Fabricated sculptures with fiberglass and made silicone molds for casting.
  • Executed photo-realistic large-scale drawings and paintings for gallery
  exhibitions
  • Worked as a production assistant on the set of multi-day films shoot