Aaron Ari Charny

Aaron Ari Charny

Mid-level Digital Compositor / Senior Roto/Paint Artist / 8 yrs

Portland, OR

Hire Me

Digital Compositor

We Can Be Heroes (2020)

Digital Compositor

Helstrom (2020)

Compositor

Jingle & Bell's Christmas Star (2012)

Roto/Paint Artist

Wendell & Wild (2022)

Roto/Paint Artist

For All Mankind (2019)

Compositor

Space Force (2020)

Roto/Paint Artist

Missing Link (2019)

Roto/Paint Artist

Legion (2017)

Roto/Paint Artist

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Compositor

The Shivering Truth (2018)

Roto/Paint Artist

Grimm (2011)

Junior Compositor

Z Nation (2014)
My name is Aaron, but most people call me Ari. As a visual effects artist based in Portland, I have most recently worked on a live-action TV series at Refuge VFX and a stop-motion TV show at HouseSpecial. Additionally, I have worked for Laika studios on their last two films. I am currently freelancing, and am open to discussing opportunities and projects. Feel free to check out my reel and resume
Work History

  • Roto/Paint Artist

    Netflix Animation

    February 2021 - Present

    Wendell & Wild

  • Compositor

    Refuge VFX

    January 2020 - February 2021
    Portland, Oregon, United States

    Green screen compositing, monitor replacement, marker removal and
    clean-plating for various tv series

  • Rig Remover/Compositor

    HouseSpecial

    November 2019 - January 2020
    Portland, Oregon Area

    Rig removal, chatter and noise clean up, creating clean plates and color correction on stop-motion tv series for Adult Swim’s Shivering Truth

  • Compositor

    Columbia Sportswear Company

    September 2019 - November 2019
    Portland, Oregon, United States

    Replaced model on green screen and made company products float for
    motion graphics advertisement

  • Roto/Paint Artist

    Refuge VFX

    May 2019 - August 2019
    Portland, Oregon, United States

    Articulate character roto, marker removal and clean-plating for FX’s Legion and Hulu’s Runaways

  • Roto/Paint Artist

    Laika

    March 2015 - April 2019
    Hillsboro Oregon

    Chatter and dust cleanup, seams and rig removal on stop motion feature film Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link and post-production marketing

  • Junior Compositor

    Hive-FX

    October 2014 - February 2015
    Portland, OR

    Roto/Paint and Junior Compositor for NBC's Grimm Season 4
    Compositor on Syfy Network's ZNation season 1

  • Roto/Paint Artist

    Refuge VFX

    September 2013 - February 2014
    Portland

    Marker removal, articulate character roto and screen replacement on NBC’s Grimm Season 3

  • Roto/Paint Artist

    Bent Image Lab

    August 2012 - September 2012

    Rot/Paint on a stop motion animation Hallmark special Jingle & Bell's Christmas Star

View All Positions
Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics

    The Art Institute of Portland

    2009 - 2013