Gianni Francesco De Giuseppe

Work History

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  CG layout Artist

  Flying Bark Productions

  April 2024 - Present

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

  • Translates storyboards/ sketches into 3D sequence of shots
  • Sequences from rough layout to final
  • Determine camera composition, angles, lensing and movement
  • Environment blocking & creating backgrounds that support the narrative
  • Create basic Anim blocking for all characters and props.
  • Setting the camera path & defining the perspective of a scene
  • Ensuring continuity between shots
  • Create sequences of shots that convey the storyline, ensuring the vision of the
  Director and Layout Supervisor are resolved.
  • Create rough pre-visualization models and environments to facilitate animation.
  • Creation of Proxy lighting
• 

  Previs Artist

  Rodeo FX

  October 2022 - March 2024

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Hybrid

  Projects:
  'Unannounced'
  'Unannounced'
  
  • Collaborating in the creation of quality animatic sequences narrating a story for high-end VFX project
  • Participating in the development of aesthetic and technical solutions to support the storytelling
  • Executing scene staging, camera animation, composition, lensing and animation blocking
  • Create 3D Environments & assets for visualization process in UE5
  • Work closely with the CG Supervisor and Previs/Postvis Lead to find creative and technical solutions and approaches that enhance shots, while meeting project specifications and deadlines
  
  Mocap Clean-up / Layout / Previs
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  Groom Artist

  Rainbow CGI

  June 2022 - September 2022

  Rome, Latium, Italy · On-site

  Projects:
  ‘Mermaid Magic’ -3D Animated Series
  ‘Superkitties’ - 3D Animated Series - Season 2 - 2023
  'Pupstruction' - 3D Animated Series - Season 2 - 2023
  
  • Created groom styles and groom textures for characters
  • Collaboration with other departments to ensure groom functionality within character rigs
  • Contributing to workflow and pipeline discussions for groom
  • Responsible for guide hairs and styling, technical organisation and layer management.
  • Optimize and deliver guide curves and/or geometry to modeling, and rigging aid in workflow and visualization.
  • Rendering and QC of fur/hair elements
• 

  Model & Texture Artist

  wefx

  March 2022 - April 2022

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Remote

  • 3D Model appealing production friendly assets for a television series based on approved designs.
• 

  Technical Animator

  MPC

  January 2022 - March 2022

  Project:
  ‘Sonic 2’ - 2022
  
  • Cloth, Hair and Skin simulation fixes using proprietary plugins.
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  Layout Artist

  MPC

  July 2021 - December 2021

  Projects:
  ‘Pinocchio’ - 2022
  'Sonic 2' - 2022
  
  • Prepare/Ingest Cameras, Matchmove, RotoAnim Maya scenes for Animation, Lighting
  • Pose characters according to the reference or the storyboard and the intention of each shot
  • Check the continuity of shots and sequences for the camera, location, characters and props throughout the pipeline.
  • Set up shot packages with characters, cameras, environments and props required for each scene.
  • Creating CG creative cameras to emphasize the character's movement on the shot, or the director's intention
  • Worked with other departments to troubleshoot issues and find creative solutions to render solve specific situations
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  Character & Creature Artist

  Rocket Flair Studios

  August 2019 - May 2021

  Belfast, United Kingdom · On-site

  Projects:
  ‘Dynasty of the Sands’
  ‘Surviving the Abyss’ - 2023
  
  
  • Design and create high-quality character art that aligns with the game design and effectively communicates character traits.
  • Responsible for establishing/maintaining the project 3D Character pipeline and asset creation process.
  • Showcase character ideas, designs and concepts effectively.
  • Ensure character art adheres to technical requirements and meets memory and performance guidelines.
  • Work with the development team to correctly implement and showcase character assets in game.
  • Partner with production to define scope, timelines, and deliverables for project milestones.
  • Develop and refine best practices and workflows to achieve production goals and maintain high-quality standards in character art production.
  
  3D Generalist-Modelling/Surfacing/UV/Retopology/Texturing/Rigging/Animation
  
  Maya-Zbrush-Substance-Photoshop-Unity-Jira-PureRef
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  3D Artist (Groom/Surfacing)

  Humain

  February 2019 - March 2019

  Belfast, United Kingdom · On-site

  REAL-TIME VFX (digi-double)
  
  Project:
  Erika Rosenberg (digi-double)
  
  This is "Erika Rosenberg" by HUMAIN.
  
  • Responsible for Groom (Eyebrows, Eyelashes, Peach Fuzz)
  • Modelling/Surfacing Tasks/Clean up character scan data.
  
  Maya-Zbrush-Xgen-Shotgun
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  3D Generalist

  ENTER YES LTD.

  July 2016 - March 2017

  Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · On-sit

  Projects:
  Before the Blood
  BBC Bitesize Biology
  BBC Bitesize English
  
  Modelling/Surfacing/Texturing/Rigging/ Photogrammetry Clean-up / Mocap Clean-up
  
  Maya - Zbrush - Substance - Photoshop - Arnold
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  Project Intern

  Flickerpix Animations

  January 2015 - April 2015

  Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · On-sit