Mehul Desai

Work History

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  Senior Lighting Artist

  Rodeo FX

  June 2022 - Present

  Montreal

  Worked on a variety of projects including Heart of Stone, House of Dragons, Damsel, Argylle, The Callisto Protocol NYC and a few upcoming movies and TV shows. Pipeline - Katana+Arnold, Houdini+Arnold

  

  
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  Senior Lighting artist

  Method Studios

  July 2021 - June 2022

  Worked on Thor Love and Thunder, Rings of Power Season 1

  
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  Senior Lighting/Lookdev Artist

  The Embassy

  December 2020 - July 2021

  Worked on commercials for Flonase, Sickbeats and others doing lookdev and lighting in Houdini/Redshift/Maya/Substance
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  Sr/ Lighting Lookdev Generalist TD

  The Embassy

  January 2021 - June 2021

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Worked on commercials for Flonase, Sickbeats and others doing lookdev and lighting in Houdini/Redshift/Maya/Substance
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  3D Generalist

  Gradient Effects

  January 2018 - November 2020

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Worked on the award winning short Megan. Responsible for simulation, lighting and lookdev.
  • 3D lead for the movie Doctor Sleep. Responsible for lighting, lookdev and hard surface modeling. Worked with a team of 15 people to
  Create specific sequences in the movie
  • 3D lead on the show Righteous Gemstones. Worked with a team of 20 to deage John Goodman for a full episode with 166 shots in 6
  weeks.
  • Senior 3D Artist on tv show Watchmen. Responsible for lighting, lookdev and clothing Dr.Manhattan for one episode
  • Modeling, texturing, lighting and lookdev for tv show The Protector on Netflix
  • 3D lead on the first episode of tv show Upload on Amazon. Set creations, lighting, simulations, modeling and other stuff. Working with
  a team of 10 artists to create the hotel and the highway sequences.
  • Worked as a senior 3D generalist on tv shows I am the night and other commercials

  

  
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  3D Artist

  Stargate Studios

  February 2012 - December 2017

  Pasadena CA USA

  Working on underwater effects (torpedos/counter measures/blasts/ship wakes/submarine bubbles/etc)for an upcoming film - Phantom (2013).
  Modelling, Animation, Rigging, Shading, texturing, Effects, Cloth sims, rendering for popular TV shows like The Walking Dead, Californication, Haven, Doctor Who, Grey's Anatomy, etc.

  

  
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  Lighting/Effects/Compositing TD

  Bit Theory, Inc.

  September 2011 - January 2012

  Costa Mesa CA

  • Lighting/Effects Lead for a short commercial for the product Zatarain's Rice. Responsible for the Lighting, Texturing,
  Shading and Effects for the commercial.
  • Scripting in Python and Nuke to facilitate the conversion process for the artists.
  • Used simulations to create large scale destruction sequences.
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  Lighting & Effects TD Intern

  Lightstream Animation Studios

  August 2010 - May 2011

  Petaluma CA USA

  Soon to be released TV series for children - "Miles Across the Sea"
  
  - Shot Lighting most of the tiny minnow fish sequences.
  
  - Water wave effect for the opening shot(modelling/texturing/shading/lighting) and some bubbles and ripples effects for under and above the ocean.
  
  - Rendering out correct AOVs using Renderman/Mental Ray - Maya as per requirement.
  
  - Compositing for all the lighting shots and the opening sequence.
  
  
  
  Live action feature film - "Shark Night 3D"
  
  - Responsible for creating all kind of necessary underwater effects(bubbles, debris, blood, particles) and maintaining consistency between shots as well as the left and right eye for proper depth in stereoscopy.
  
  - Shading and texturing of the effects particles/fluids
  
  - Rendering proper AOVs using Renderman Studio / Mental Ray - Maya
  
  - Troubleshooting / Helping the effects team for any technical problems
  
  
  
  Medical project - "Xolair"
  
  - Lighting, Texturing and Shading for some medical sequences.
  
  - Rendering proper AOVs using Mental Ray - Maya
  
  - Compositing the shots assigned.

• Executive Software Programmer

  Infrasoft Tech India Ltd

  August 2005 - September 2006

  Brief of my Role Infrasoft Tech India Ltd. Is a company dealing with banking
  solutions.
  Delphi and Object Pascal were used as Front End and SQL and ORACLE as
  backend tools. Worked on several banking modules like Loans, TDs, Several reports
  of banks, etc. Was involved with projects like Lobby Banking (Touch Screen Banking).