Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco

Work History

• Texturing Supervisor @ Mila (short film)

  The Art Institute of California - Hollywood

  July 2011 - Present

  Texture supervisor for MILA short film. The team consist of both professionals and students working from different places around the world to produce a CG animated short film entitled “MILA”.

• Mila Film

  June 2010 - Present

  • Responsible for the strategy and implementation of all shaders in the film
  • Responsible for maintaining a consistent look for all sequences in the film.
  • Responsible for the textures and shaders of all assets in the film, including characters, vehicles, buildings and props.
  • Ensure the efficiency of the shader networks created by the look development artists.
  • Responsible for maintaining a consistent look and feel on all assets and sequences.
  

• VR Developer (Unreal Engine) / Technical Artist

  Red Pill VR

  January 2017 - November 2017

  Los Angeles, California

  RedPill VR is a startup focused in creating audio-reactive music experiences with amazing graphics using Unreal Engine 4. We are a small team, so there is a lot of responsibility involved. My main activities at RedPillVR are:
  
  * Extensive use of Unreal Engine and the blueprint system to develop a high-end, realtime, music reactive application. This includes interfaces, behaviors, widgets, and any other automated behavior required for the VR application.
  * Build and integrate 3D assets (technical art) for the VR application in Unreal Engine, including modeling, texturing, lighting.
  
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  MOLD3D, LLC

  February 2017 - May 2017

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  MOLD3D is a company that specializes in high-end 3D visuals. They offer both training and production capacity to clients. Its staff includes Pixar and ILM veterans. I serve as an advisor for high-end real-time graphics.
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  Sr. Lighter Compositor / Technical Artist

  Duncan Studio

  October 2016 - December 2016

  Pasadena

  • Light & render shots and composite the resultant character and environment renders through to final output to satisfy the creative vision and technical requirements of the production.
  • Facilitate look development by working with surfacing to help define material settings and/or shading parameters.
  • Lead development of lighting tools for the studio.
  • Fix and propose shading networks for surfacing based on lighting needs
  
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  3D Generalist/Designer ­VR Interactive

  RYOT

  July 2016 - October 2016

  Venice, California

  • Conceptualize and Create out of the box solutions for high profile interactive VR projects
  • Design, model and texture all CG assets to for the VR projects
  • Work with Unreal Engine & Unity to develop VR projects
  • Responsible for optimized lowpoly & texture assets for several target platforms.
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  RYOT

  July 2016 - October 2016

  • Conceptualize and Create out of the box solutions for high profile interactive VR projects
  • Design, model and texture all CG assets to for the VR projects
  • Work with Unreal Engine & Unity to develop VR projects
  • Responsible for optimized lowpoly & texture assets for several target platforms.
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  NXP Semiconductors

  April 2014 - July 2016

  • Responsible for all “next generation” artwork created for GTEC (Graphics Technology Engineering Center).
  • Responsible for 3D artwork implementation for all NXP customers and embedded products.
  • Responsible for managing all studio artists and helping as a bridge between them and embedded programmers.
  • Responsible for developing strategies, schedules and tasks for all GTEC demos.
  • Help all customers implement and refine their realtime 3D artwork on NXP embedded graphics products.
  • Develop realtime graphics documentation and techniques for optimal implementation in NXP embedded products.
  • Create demos that show off the capabilities of NXP graphics technologies.
  • Help scope NXP next generation graphics products from a technical art perspective.
  • Analyze and scope digital content creation tools that can be of strong use on NXP graphics products such as Socionext CGI-Studio, Crank Software, Unreal Engine 4, among others.
  • Analyze and scope advanced HMI / GUI tooling and determine its relative performance on NXP embedded graphics products.
  
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  Surfacing Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  November 2008 - June 2014

  Surfacing artist and material/look developer for the animated feature film HOME from DreamWorks Animation.

  

  

  

  
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  Surfacing Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  November 2008 - March 2014

  United States

  Smekday (2014)
  Turbo (2013)
  Puss in Boots (2011)
  Surfacing R&D (09/20/10 to 06/03/11)
  Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
  Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special (2010) (TV)
  Shrek Forever After (2010)

• Instructor

  The ACME Network

  February 2012 - December 2013

  The ACME Network, is a non-profit dedicated to improving opportunity and potential for diverse and underserved learners. I help them reviewing their work, giving them feedback, answering questions. Its fun!

• Mentor

  Artzolio

  October 2012 - December 2012

  I help aspiring artists find the right school for them. I review their portfolios, and help them refine them so they can have a better chance in getting into the school/job they want.

• Spotlight Team Director

  Spinquad

  December 2006 - July 2010

  • Lead a team of world respected artist for the selection of work that is placed at the front page.
  • Coordinated interviews, press releases and many other PR activities for companies using Newtek LightWave 3D
  • Helped increased membership from 6k to 30k by keeping content fresh and exciting
  • Helped promoting contest for artists that could eventually land job interviews at different companies
  

• Look Development Supervisor (Non-profit volunteer project)

  Mila Film

  June 2010 - June 2010

  • Responsible for the strategy and implementation of all shaders in the film
  • Responsible for maintaining a consistent look for all sequences in the film.
  • Responsible for the textures and shaders of all assets in the film, including characters, vehicles, buildings and props.
  • Ensure the efficiency of the shader networks created by the look development artists.
  • Responsible for maintaining a consistent look and feel on all assets and sequences.
  
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  Sr. CG Ligther

  Method Studios

  May 2008 - July 2008

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  **Previously known as CIS Vancouver/Rainmaker VFX
  
  • Worked as Lighting/Texturing artist for feature film projects.
  • Created face replacements on animal characters
  • Coordinated with Animation, Rigging and Modeling for the creation of dog and monkey heads.
  • Made sure Clients where satisfied with the delivered shots on due date.
  

• CG Artist Generalist

  Digi-Guys

  July 2007 - April 2008

  London, United Kingdom

  • Helped create high definition assets to be used on game/film entitled “Wardevil”
  • Responsible for all lighting and texturing in-game
  • Responsible for R&D of lighting and texturing to deliver Director’s visual vision of the game.
  • Coordinated with Modeling and VFX department for the delivery of efficient pipeline and assets.
  

• Photographer, Producer at Frajo Studio

  Frajo Studio

  May 2005 - May 2006

  Guadalajara Area, Mexico

  • Model Photography Producer
  • Events photographer
  

• Photographer, Web Designer

  Zigno.com

  December 2002 - December 2004

  Guadalajara Area, Mexico

  • Created the web design of a social network from scratch.
  • Planned and coordinated the production of website content.
  • Planned and produced 50+ professional photo-shoots.
  • Took and published over 14,000 selected pictures in the course of 3 years.
  

• Multimedia Developer

  Tecnológico de Monterey Campus Guadalajara

  2002 - 2003

  Guadalajara Area, Mexico

  • Software Developer for multimedia solutions
  • Developed efficient coding for animated interfaces using high-end graphics on low-end computers (486 PC)
  • Talked to clients and end users to understand their needs
  • Created strategy and tasks for the delivery
  • Created efficient code for the creation of 2D interfaces