Daniel Ainger

Work History

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  Generalist

  Self-employed

  June 2020 - Present

• Freelance 3D Artist

  ejt3X

  June 2014 - Present

  3D Audio-visual Content Production
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  Freelance 3D Artist

  Freelance

  January 2017 - December 2017

  London / Berlin / Tokyo

  3D graphics production and sound design for various projects.

• Maya Teaching Assistant

  Gifted Academy

  September 2016 - November 2016

  Shibuya, Tokyo

  Helping students to learn how to use a Maya at a new school in Tokyo for 2 months.

• 3D Generalist

  3D Scan Bot

  March 2014 - May 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  3D Printing preparation and clean-up work using Maya / Mudbox / Meshlab
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  3D Generalist

  Mimic Productions

  August 2013 - November 2013

  Berlin Area, Germany

  3D Facial Character Animation
  After Effects Composition work
  Sound Design in Adobe Audition
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  Assistant Engineer

  MDSi, Inc.

  October 2012 - October 2012

  Japan

  Maintenance work on fibre-optic systems at various stations in Japan.

• English Teacher

  Norton Place Ikejiri Tokyo

  June 2012 - July 2012

  Tokyo, Japan

  Helping Japanese students study English using textbooks and conversation classes.

• 3D Visualization

  Structure8

  March 2012 - April 2012

  Bremen - Germany / London - UK

  ● 3D Visualization for Structure8. Rendered some stills using Mental Ray to pre-viz a new VR project for a Swiss tourism organization. Used Maya + Photoshop to create images used online + for print.
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  3D Motion Design

  Concise Media Design

  December 2011 - December 2011

  London, United Kingdom

  ● Motion Graphics production in After Effects for a Level 3 conference in Orlando. I worked over the Christmas period at Concise HQ London.

• 3D Motion Design

  Large Blue

  September 2011 - September 2011

  London

  ● 3D Motion Design on a looped animation for the Sony sustainability info stand at the ‘IFA’ Berlin. Created in Maya using basic MEL scripting.
  Network rendered at 1080 in Mental Ray using Deadline.

• 3D Generalist

  InsGlueck

  March 2011 - April 2011

  ● 3D Generalist for Hannover Messe. Rigging, Shading and Animation of robotic models.

• 3D Animator

  Independant

  April 2010 - June 2010

  ● 3D Modeling, Animation, Compositing + Photogrammetry work for an independent film production. Interior structure of Kings Cross Underground Station calibrated using Image Modeler and modeled using Maya. Seven sequences rendered using separate passes in Mental Ray including several main Occlusion and Wireframe Passes, Final Gather Maps and Colour-Alpha Passes for grading. These were network rendered at home on a small farm which I setup using 4/5 machines + BackBurner. The shots were composited together at 16bpc in After Effects for the final output at 1920X1080.

• 3D Motion Graphics Designer

  Douglas Fisher

  April 2010 - April 2010

  ● 3D Animator at ‘Douglas Fisher’ design studio. Creating animated 3D sequences independently and also as assistant Generalist using AE and Maya for a number of TV broadcast productions.
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  Maya Rigging Assistant

  The Picture Production Company

  March 2010 - March 2010

  General 3D and rigging assistant for a week at PPC.

• 3D Media/Web Design

  Serratour

  February 2009 - March 2009

  Created 3D elements for a webpage using Maya. Constructed a business website using Joomla, Photoshop and DreamWeaver for a touring company operating in Portugal.

• Assistant Model Maker

  Network Model Makers

  2009 - 2009

  London

  ● Assistant Model Maker: I built some wooden architectural models by hand for use in structural re-development of an area in South London. I learnt about the process of creating architectural models.

• Music Event Print Graphics

  Freelance [Various]

  January 2004 - December 2008

  Producing promotional materials for labels and events in London. Various freelance projects completed, using Maya and Photoshop.

• Maya + After Effects Designer

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  April 2008 - July 2008

  Milk Shell: Created a conceptual animation from scratch demonstrating a product design proposal in Maya, AE and Photoshop. Rendered with Mental Ray using layers.
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  Motion Graphics Designer

  Concise Group

  April 2007 - February 2008

  London, United Kingdom

  3D motion graphic design using Maya and After Effects.

• 3D

  Fabrik Workshop Switzerland

  2008 - 2008

  Switzerland

  Maya and After Effects classes held at a conference. Teaching the basics of how to use the software.

• Maya Generalist

  Blue Pod Media

  2008 - 2008

  Animated 3D Menu System created specifically for mobile ‘blue-chip’ devices.

• 3D

  Fabrik!

  2008 - 2008

  3D and AE classes held at a conference.

• 3D Graphic Design

  USP

  May 2007 - August 2007

  3D graphic design for a digipack CD cover created using Maya and Photoshop. Printed in Germany and released in August in Switzerland.

• Maya Generalist

  Red Bee

  2007 - 2007

  Modeled, lit and rendered a number of stills for use on a BBC webpage showing images of broadcast trucks. Rendered using Ravix.

• 3D Visualzation

  Good Mood

  May 2006 - July 2006

  Commissioned to produce a 3D conceptual demonstration sequence in Maya. The installation was constructed on site at an international convention in Portugal.

• Assistant

  Circuit VIII

  2006 - 2006

  Assistant Director.

• After Effects + 3DS Max Operator

  Seamless FX

  June 2005 - July 2005

  Titles and 3D compositing for Vet Hard; a very funny Dutch action-comedy. Title sequences produced in After Effects and VFX mapping completed in 3DS Max.

• Technical Operator: Assistant VT Operator

  Dubbs Ltd

  April 2004 - December 2004

  Video dubbing, encoding and standards conversion on broadcast-level hardware.

• Quality Control: Night Shift QC Assistant

  Dubbs Ltd

  February 2004 - April 2004

  Final Conversions, packing, labeling and checking of all completed Jobs leaving the studio.