Brandon Louie

Brandon Louie

Mid-level 2d fx animator / 5 yrs

Vancouver, Canada

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Work History
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment

    August 2022 - May 2023
  • Intermediate FX Artist - Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    August 2022 - May 2023
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    2D FX and Inkline FX Artist for Spiderverse 2

    2DFX - Create handrawn FX in a collaborative environment with 3D FX artists in order to create the unique and distinct style required of the animation.

    Inklines - I learned how to use Houdini and its tools to create Inklines, the method by which we could create, control, and adjust character linework on 3D characters while retaining graphic qualities of 2D linework.

  • 2D FX Animator - Helluva Boss

    SpindleHorse Toons

    March 2022 - August 2022

    2D FX Animator

  • 2D FX Animator - Apex Legends Gaiden Event trailer

    Titmouse

    June 2022 - July 2022

    Created lightning and flash frames for Apex Legends trailer

  • 2D FX Animator - Monkie Kid

    Flying Bark Productions

    May 2022 - July 2022
  • 2D FX Animator - Valorant's Shattered Cinematic

    Blur Studio

    May 2022 - June 2022

    Created 2D FX for Valorant's SHATTERED cinematic

  • Flying Bark Productions

    October 2019 - February 2022
  • 2D FX Animator for Monkie Kid

    Flying Bark Productions

    May 2021 - February 2022

    - Continued to create 2D FX for the Monkie Kid series
    - Completed over 650 individual shots over 3 seasons of Monkie Kid through efficient animation and library animation usage
    - Created advanced FX and flash frames to enhance the action of the show

  • 2D FX Animator for Marvel's What If?

    Flying Bark Productions

    March 2021 - June 2021

    - Created hand-animated 2D Effects Animation for the What If? series
    - Integrate complicated 2D FX with 3D character animation

  • 2D FX Junior Animator for Monkie Kid

    Flying Bark Productions

    October 2019 - March 2021

    - Created hand-animated 2D Effects Animation for the Monkie Kid series
    - Utilized Shotgun file system and Toonboom to complete FX animation and compositing
    - Worked under a FX Lead and team to complete shots under a tight schedule
    - Completed work for season 1 and 2 of Monkie Kid

  • 2D FX Lead and Co-Producer for Kaeru short film

    Self-employed

    May 2018 - May 2019

    - Lead the FX design and animation for the short film.
    - Organized production of shots for the crew from start to completion.

  • Peer Mentor

    Peer Connections

    August 2017 - May 2019
    San Jose, California

    Mentoring students on campus and providing graphic design work

Education
  • San Jose State University

    2013 - 2019
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Animation, Interactive Technology, Vide

    San Jose State University

    2013 - 2019