Bobby Clayton

Work History

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  Visual Development Artist

  DreamWorksTV

  March 2022 - January 2023

  Glendale, CA
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  PreVis Modeler

  Nickelodeon

  June 2021 - March 2022

  Burbank, CA

  
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  PreVis Modeler

  Paramount Animation

  August 2020 - April 2021

  Los Angeles, California, United States
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  Modeler

  CoSA VFX

  June 2020 - June 2020

  Los Angeles, California, US
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  Modeler

  FuseFX

  October 2019 - January 2020

  Burbank, California, US

  Projects:
  - 9-1-1
  - 9-1-1: Lone Star
  - American Horror Story
  - Bull
  - Castle Rock
  - Law & Order: SVU
  - S.W.A.T.
  - Hollywood (In Development)
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  Lead Environment Modeler

  DreamWorks Animation

  March 2017 - March 2019

  Responsibilities include:
  - Work with Animation and Art directors to establish achievable environment designs and functionality.
  - Instruct and review overseas and/or in-house artists for model/UV/rig, keeping the overall vision of the show in mind.
  - Work with other departments to achieve the "big picture."
  - Provide in-house fixes for problem assets.
  - Creating sets and props in-house as needed.
  
  Projects:
  - Voltron: Legendary Defender
  - The Adventures of Puss in Boots
  - All Hail King Julien
  - Kung Fu Panda: Paws of Destiny
  - Dragons: Rescue Riders
  - Fast & Furious: Spy Racers (in development)
  - Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (in development)

  
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  Environment Modeler

  DreamWorks Animation

  March 2014 - March 2017

  Projects:
  - Voltron: Legendary Defender
  - The Adventures of Puss in Boots
  - All Hail King Julien
  - Dinotrux
  - Other Series in Development
  
  Responsibilities include:
  - Creating environment models
  - UV Layout
  - Rigging
  - Reviewing, noting and approving the work of overseas and in-house environment artists
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  CG Generalist

  Nickelodeon Animation Studio

  January 2013 - March 2014

  Responsibilities include:
  - Creating character, environment or prop models
  - UV Layout
  - Blendshapes
  - Rigging
  - Texturing
  - Lighting
  - Finaling
  - Assisting the leads of each department as needed
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  Asset Finaler

  Nickelodeon Animation Studio

  August 2010 - January 2013

  Responsibilities include:
  
  - Ensuring that all props and sets were created correctly, according to the Nickelodeon-specific pipeline.
  - Creating (character) proxy geo for the rigging team.
  - Modeling, rigging and/or UVing various props.
  - Various other tasks for the Modeling, Rigging and Environment Artist leads as needed.