Drago Avdalovic

Drago Avdalovic

Experienced in Animation, Visual Effects, commercials and TV

Senior Character TD / 19 yrs

San Francisco, CA, United States

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Work History
  • Animator

    Alumini Design

    October 2004 - March 2005
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Worked on:
    Show "The war who saved America" for History channel.

  • Character Rigging / Technical Director

    Red Rover

    2005 - 2006
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Worked on:
    27 episodes for Disney Jetix TV show Get Ed.

  • Character Technical Director

    MPC

    November 2006 - January 2009
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Worked on :
    Wolfman
    HarryPotter and the Half-Blood Prince
    Narnia 2-Prince Caspian
    10.000 BC
    Sweeney Todd

  • Owner

    Creative Rigs LLC

    January 2021 - Present
    Palm Springs, California, United States

    We offer:
    Character/asset rigging and deformation - high fidelity character animation rigs for bipeds,
    quadrupeds, flying creatures or any imaginable real and unreal characters. Under the hood
    these are complex production proven rigs end easy to use for animators.
    Pipeline Consultation - we can help you improve your asset/character pipeline so the flow of
    assets through rigging/TA department is faster and smoother to other departments like
    animation, lighting... etc.
    Motion Capture - we are using Rokoko technology for capturing motion data with fingers
    included.
    Clients include: Christal Dynamics, Free Range Games

  • Senior Character Technical Director

    Machine Zone

    April 2017 - May 2018

    Worked on:
    Character Pipeline

  • Senior Technical Artist

    Machine Zone

    May 2018 - November 2018

    Worked on:
    Asset Pipeline

  • Lead Techical Artist

    Crystal Dynamics

    January 2019 - January 2021

    Worked on:
    Marvel's Avengers, an action-adventure video game co-developed by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal and published by Square Enix. The game was released for Stadia, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on September 4, 2020. 

    https://youtu.be/vDDOg5d-UQQ
    https://youtu.be/oF58984zgtA

  • Senior Creature TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    March 2016 - October 2016
    San Francisco, California, United States

    Transformers 5

  • Character TD

    DreamWorks Animation

    February 2009 - September 2016
  • Creature Technical Director

    MPC

    October 2006 - January 2009

    Responsible for character and props setups, deformation and tool creation.

  • Character TD

    SPIN VFX

    May 2006 - November 2006

    Number of commercials and previz rigs for Outlander feature

  • E1even Roses

    Short Film

    June 2006 - September 2006

    Helped friend by creating rig for main female character

  • Character TD

    Red Rover

    November 2004 - November 2005
    Toronto, Canada

    Worked on 27 episodes for Disney TV show Get Ed.

  • Animator

    Alumini Design

    January 2004 - March 2004

    Worked on show The war who saved America for History channel.

Education
  • 3D animation

    Seneca Polytechnic

    2003 - 2004
  • Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

    2003 - 2004
  • IAOD - Digital Media Design

    2002 - 2003