Bryan Johnson

Work History

• Digital Arts Lab Tech

  NOCCCD /Fullerton College

  January 2025 - January 2030

  Fullerton, CA

• Surfacing Artist

  Ngenious

  April 2017 - August 2017

• Surfacing Artist / Look Dev

  Undisclosed

  October 2015 - December 2015

  For this independent film short I textured three assets and matched the shaders to the film plate environment

• Texture Artist

  Vortex Immersion Media

  July 2014 - July 2014

  Los Angeles, CA

  Less than a week of creating photo realistic textures for interior and exterior sets to be used in a
  camera fly through, dome presentation at Comic-Con. Promoting NBC's new show, Constantine.
  Used Photoshop and Maya 2014.
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  Texture Artist

  Traceback Studios

  September 2013 - September 2013

  (couple of weeks) For an independent production of One Per Person. An animated short.
  I textured props using Mari, Headus UV Layout, Photoshop and Maya.

• 3D Generalist

  Ayers Advertising

  September 2013 - September 2013

  (one week) Worked on creating an animated 30 sec tv spot for a car dealership.
  I did a thumbnail storyboard, an animatic cut to the audio then animated and lip sync the logo character animation.
  Used Mari, Headus, Photoshop, Screen Flow, AE and Maya.
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  Texture Artist

  Nickelodeon Animation Studio

  February 2012 - August 2012

  Burbank, CA

  Texture painting props, sets and characters for season 1 of Monsters vs Aliens.
  Used Maya, Mental Ray, Photoshop, nDo, Mudbox and Bodypaint

  

• Modeler / Texture Artist

  Daniel Brewster and the End of the World / Film Short

  September 2011 - January 2012

  Anaheim, CA

  Modeled and photo real texture painted a variety of fish from the California Coast. Models to be multiplied and comped in a live action effect shot. Used Maya, Headus UV Layout, BodyPaint, Mudbox and Photoshop. This was for a film short.
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  Texture Artist

  Nickelodeon Animation Studio

  July 2008 - August 2011

  Texture painting characters, props & sets for Fanboy Season 2 after working on Kung Fu Panda 1, Penguins of Madagascar 1 & Fanboy 1.
  Using Maya, Photoshop and Body Paint. Used Mudbox on KFP.

• Texture Painter

  Fanboy & Chum-Chum

  July 2008 - September 2009

  Burbank, CA

  For the first season of Nickelodeon's Fanboy & Chum-Chum. Used Maya, Photoshop and Body Paint to paint color, spec, and bump for characters, props and sets. Made shader adjustments per node in attribute editor for Maya’s software render.
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  Modeler / Texture Artist

  Picture Mill

  May 2008 - July 2008

  Model & Texture car engine parts for the title sequence of Death Race.
  Used Maya, Photoshop.

  

• 3D Generalist

  Buddah Jones Trailers

  March 2008 - March 2008

  (less than a week) On a feature animation trailer for Igor, help model and texture a stylized fantasy environment based on client's scene samples for a fly through shot.

• Modeler / Texture Artist

  Ring of Fire Studios

  January 2008 - February 2008

  Using photos of buildings, rearranged and edited the original building front to map a cube in Maya and model building to help extend a cityscape for a Chesapeake commercial
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  Texture Artist

  The Jim Henson Company

  November 2007 - January 2008

  For a new Henson PBS children's television show, Sid the Science Kid, texture painting environments and props per Look Dev/Lighting TD & Art Director's design & direction. Using Maya, Photoshop, Headus uvLayout, Wacom Cintiq.

• 3D Generalist

  Ayers Advertising

  October 2007 - October 2007

  Just over two weeks, Helped create a 3d version of Ayers' client icon logo to animate in a car dealership spot. Made an animatic from the script, revised modeling, texture and animation min Maya. Comp in AE to hand over to their FCP editor.

• 3D Generalist

  Aha!Visual

  August 2007 - September 2007

  (Worked on & off project )
  Textured sections of highway, truck and animated a dual tanker trailer rolling over on the highway for an Emmy nominated documentary, Amazing Maze: The Rebuilding of the McArthur Highway.

• 3D Generalist

  Winston Davis Assoc

  August 2007 - August 2007

  Created an animatic for the camera & animation blocking and timing.
  Texture, light and animate the Blackberry Pearl for 30 sec spot using Maya & Mental Ray.

• Texture Artist

  National TV

  July 2007 - July 2007

  ( 1 week ) Creating stylized fruit texture maps to be mapped and animated in Maya for a Minute Maid UK spot.

• Texture Artist

  Microsoft / FASA / Games

  August 2006 - December 2006

  (4 months) Created textures, overlays, decals, normals, occlusion and paralax maps in the Environmental Dept., for the Xbox 360/PC game, Shadowrun. Used Maya, Photoshop and Fasa's proprietary software.
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  Texture Artist

  Ring of Fire

  May 2006 - May 2006

  Client: Duracell (2006 / 2 weeks)
  Textures: For the battery model, used Maya's procedural shaders and Turtle render.
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  Modeler / Texture Artist

  Picture Mill

  November 2005 - January 2006

  Clients: Final Destination 3 / Bauer Martinez Studios
  Modeling / Texturing: Utilizing Photoshop and Maya's procedural shaders, modeled and photo real textured for the opening title sequence of Final Destination 3, Bauer-Martinez Studios logo and other projects.

• 3D Generalist

  Ignite Creative

  August 2005 - November 2005

  Client: Fox Televison / Bones (2005)
  For 6 shows, Tracked HD plates in Boujou, rendered out particles, procedural textures on a variety of skeleton parts developed in Maya. Comped some shots in AE.
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  3D Generalist / Compositor

  Reality Check Studios

  January 2005 - August 2005

  Client: NBC / The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
  Tracking, roto, textures, compositing using After Effecta, Maya and Photoshop
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  Texture Artist

  Ring of Fire

  April 2004 - May 2004

  Client: WOT/Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
  Painting Textures: Maya 3D Paint and Photoshop were used to build and paint textures for the chained dog bone skeleton.

  
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  3D Generalist / Compositor

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  October 2003 - November 2003

  Project: Lorenzo ( Academy Award nominated animated short)
  Used Maya to roto, Sable to paint and Shake to comp.
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  Compositor

  Reality Check Studios

  September 2003 - September 2003

  Client: Sony Imageworks / Spiderman 2 (2003)
  Roto, paint and comp in AE
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  Modeler / Texture Artist

  Picture Mill

  June 2003 - June 2003

  Client: Paramount / Dreamworks' Paycheck movie trailer
  Modeling and Texturing: Creating photo real textures and models for the
  interior of a computer.
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  Lighter / Texture Artist

  Tigar Hare Studios

  2003 - 2003
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  3D Generalist

  yU+co

  2001 - 2001

  I worked on a CNN animated number. Lighting, animating and comping. Also other projects for tv or film titles.

• Intern & Generalist

  Duck Soup

  1998 - 2000