Daniel Dod

Work History

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  Visual Effects Artist

  Freelance

  August 2004 - Present

  Short-term gigs between the longer ones done at home or in studios.
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  VFX Generalist

  Crafty Apes

  May 2022 - November 2022

• VFX Generalist

  Somewhere

  November 2020 - April 2022
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  3D Generalist

  FuseFX

  March 2018 - May 2018

  Sherman Oaks, California

  Help with Pilot Season on Castle Rock, Ozark, For Love, and L.A.'s Finest using 3DS Max, Itoo's Forest Pack, Substance Painter, and FumeFX.
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  3D Generalist

  FuseFX

  August 2017 - October 2017

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Generalist work with 3DS Max on Scorpion, The Tick, American Horror Story, Marvel's Runaways, Orville, and more.
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  VFX Generalist

  The Institution Post

  May 2017 - July 2017

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Compositing work on Stephen King's "1922".
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  Visual Effects Artist

  Tandem Digital Entertainment

  November 2016 - July 2017

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Presentations for Panasonic, Microsoft, Duke University
  Venue Design for Bud Light at SXSW
  Backdrop animations for Tame Impala's live performance in NYC
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  VFX Generalist

  The Institution Post

  September 2016 - September 2016

  Started on one project as a compositor with After Effects; moved on to help another project with Lightwave/Octane.

• Visual Effects Artist

  Global Asylum Films VFX

  January 2015 - July 2016

  This is the place that made Sharknado ... 'nuff said!
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  3D Generalist (Layout)

  Encore VFX

  March 2015 - May 2015

  Work on The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow
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  Encore VFX

  March 2015 - May 2015

  Work on The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow
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  Visual Effects Artist

  Tandem Digital Entertainment

  December 2014 - December 2014

  Visualizing Entertainment Productions and Designing Marketing Animations
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  3D Lead

  Inhance Digital

  March 2013 - April 2013

  The usual hocus pocus that makes trade show visuals alluring and interesting within the client's standard design.
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  VFX Artist

  Drawn by the Light

  February 2013 - March 2013

  Hollywood, CA

  Feature and Television visual effects artistry with breaks for exploring Hollywood lunch spots.
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  3D Generalist

  Pixomondo

  March 2012 - April 2012

  Burbank, California

  The usual generalist work here and there with emphasis on real-physics dynamics generated by supernatural forces.
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  3D Lead

  Inhance Digital

  February 2011 - November 2011
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  VFX Artist

  Inhance Digital

  June 2010 - July 2010

• VFX Artist

  i.e. Effects

  August 2009 - April 2010

  Stereoscopic VFX for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" and rides at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China.
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  VFX Artist

  Zoic Studios

  January 2009 - May 2009

  CSI, CSI: Miami, Southland, House Rules, Empire State

• Battlestar Galactica VFX

  October 2008 - December 2008
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  3D Artist

  Zoic Studios

  June 2008 - August 2008
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  Animator

  Dilated Pixels

  October 2007 - March 2008

  Working on a sci-fi movie called Infestation!
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  Animator

  Radical 3D

  March 2006 - October 2007

  Working on Dogfights on the History Channel
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  Animator

  Unified Film Organization

  January 2005 - March 2006

  VFX Generalist
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  Freelance

  The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School

  June 2004 - August 2004

  Hired after graduation to tweak and clean up shots.