Clint Thorne

Work History

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  Pipe Line Developer

  Evil Eye Pictures

  January 2023 - December 2023

  United States
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  Senior Digital Artist / Modeler

  Whiskytree

  October 2021 - December 2022

  San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

  Created hard surface assets, character assets, and developed artist tools to procedurally generate modeling assets for various film and television projects such as Obi Wan Kenobi, Wakanda Forever, and Masters of the Air. Pipeline development to automate asset handling and archiving. Helped create lobby environments for VR headsets in UE 5. Long term contract hire.
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  Senior Digital Artist/Modeler

  Tippett Studio

  May 2020 - April 2022

  San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

  Creating hard surface, character, and environmental assets for commercial ride projects and streaming media content for Disney and other clients. Doing ongoing pipeline and workflow design and development to streamline processes.
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  Digital Artist AR/VR

  Google

  June 2019 - August 2020

  United States · Remote

  Creating augmented reality assets, assisting in developing artist tools to generate AR assets, and assisting software development team for ongoing AR marketing campaigns. Part time freelance contract hire.
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  Senior Modeler

  Evil Eye Pictures

  March 2020 - April 2020

  San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

  Modeled assets for a visualization project for an unreleased Fortune 500 IP. Short term contract hire.
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  Digital Artist / Modeler

  Whiskytree

  January 2019 - June 2019

  San Rafael, CA · On-site

  Creating hard surface assets, character assets, and developing artist tools to procedurally generate modeling assets for a film project. Short term contract hire.

  

  
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  Senior Modeler

  Evil Eye Pictures

  October 2018 - November 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

  Contributed to a visualization project for an unreleased Google IP. Short term contract hire.
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  Senior Modeler/Tech Artist

  Telltale Games

  May 2018 - September 2018

  San Rafael, CA · On-site

  Contributed to the creation of characters and creatures for unreleased IP. Developed software tools for integration of blend shapes and fabric simulations in the Unity Game Engine and the requisite pipeline.

• Senior Modeler/Pipeline Development

  vesalius creations

  October 2017 - April 2018

  San Rafael, CA · On-site

  Contributed to the creation of photorealistic digital performers, younger versions of living celebrities. Developed software tools for automation, archiving, and tracking of digital assets.
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  Senior Character Artist

  Gazillion Entertainment

  July 2011 - August 2017

  On-site

  Responsible for creating 3D assets, textures, and shaders for Unreal real-time game engine based on super heroes from Marvel Comics.

  
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  Modeling Lead/Texture/Look Dev/Matte Paint Artist

  Evil Eye Pictures

  January 2011 - July 2011

  San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

  Responsible for creating 3D assets, textures, and environments for motion picture projects.
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  Freelance Modeler/Texture Artist

  Gazillion Entertainment

  December 2010 - June 2011

  Remote

  Dinosaurs.
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  Freelance Maya Generalist

  Northern Lights

  December 2010 - December 2010

  Remote

  Constructed digital car interior parts for replacement and integration in to a real world vehicle for an automotive commercial.
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  Instructor

  Ex'pression College

  June 2010 - August 2010

  Emeryville, California, United States · On-site

  Teaching courses in Modeling and Dynamic Effects.
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  Spy Post

  January 2010 - June 2010

  Responsible for hard surface and character modeling for the motion picture Priest. Worked closely with other departments to create the desired look in the most efficient manner possible.

  
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  Eveo

  September 2009 - December 2009

  Responsibilities included modeling, texture painting, shader building and scene layout and lighting for medical imaging and visualization.
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  Freelance Artist

  xyz

  July 2009 - September 2009

  Modeled various things for print, billboard and other types of advertising. Renders were extremely high resolution and creative solutions had to be found for the unique problems that created. Subject material was varied from custom automobiles, air conditioning units and football helmets.

• Frantic Films / PostLogic Studios

  March 2009 - July 2009

  I worked remotely with multiple teams located in Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Spokane on development, modeling and texturing of multiple high resolution character models for an upcoming film. Anatomical research to ensure accuracy, modeling, sculpting and texturing were all among the job requirements
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  The Orphanage

  January 2007 - February 2009

  Modeling supervisor.
  
  Hard surface modeler.
  
  Visual effects artist.
  
  Pipeline development.

  

  
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  Visual Effects Artist

  Giant Killer Robots

  February 2004 - December 2006

  San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

  2D Paint Artist, Rotoscope Artist, Match Move Artist, Software Developer, Technical Director and Lighting Artist, Rendering Technician, Texture Artist, Modeler and other tasks on such feature films as Scooby Doo 2, Blade: Trinity, Son of the Mask, Fantastic Four, The Producers, Poseidon, The Fountain, Happy Feet and others.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Visual Effects Artist

  ESC Entertainment

  July 2003 - October 2003

  Alameda, California, United States · On-site

  2D Paint and Rotoscope Artist - Created hold out mattes, scene corrections, plate touch-ups and produced special painted elements while working on The Matrix: Revolutions.