Ehsan Kiani

Ehsan Kiani

Senior Rigging Artist / Senior Creature TD / 18 yrs

Irvine, CA

Hire Me
Character Fat Simulation (Sumo Wrestler)
Nike: Photosynthesis Pack
Character TD Reel 2008
Procedural Jellyfish Rig
Leg Muscle Sim
Game of War (Flesh Sim Breakdown)
Hello and thanks for checking me out!

My name is Ehsan and I'm a Rigging/Creature TD and I worked in the industry for almost 9 years.

Please hit me up for availability/ questions or a friendly chat :)

Cheers!
Work History

  • Senior Technical Artist

    Blizzard Entertainment

    July 2016 - Present

  • Creature TD

    Mokko Studio

    November 2015 - May 2016
    Montreal, Canada Area

    I'm responsible for rigging, muscle, fat and cloth simulations on movies.

  • Freelance Rigging TD

    Plastic Wax

    June 2009 - December 2015

    I've been rigging and scripting on different game cinematic, in-game rigs and advertisements, some are:

    Fallout New Vegas,
    Darksiders II,
    Civilization V,
    Neverwinter,
    Infinite Crisis,
    Merc Elite,
    Disney Micky Mouse,
    Phantom Wars,
    War Hammer,
    Legos,
    Saint Row 4,
    War Commander.

  • Creature TD

    Brain Zoo Studios

    June 2015 - August 2015
    Van Nuys, CA

    I was hired to do some rigging and simulation works on the creatures the studio had for Game of War cinematic. I developed rigging tools for the creatures, rigged them and simulated muscles and flesh for the creatures I was responsible for.

  • Freelance Rigging TD

    PEN Productions

    July 2012 - December 2014

    Rigging and Deformation works on some advertisements and short animations etc ...

  • Freelance Character TD

    Method Studios

    March 2013 - February 2014

    I've been working on some advertisements as a Rigging TD.

  • Freelance Character TD

    The Frank Barton Company

    July 2013 - October 2013

    Quadruped Rigging and Muscle Simulation.

  • Freelance Character TD

    Crytek

    June 2013 - August 2013

    I worked on character deformation works on Ryes Son of Rome.

  • Freelance Character TD

    illFonic

    January 2013 - April 2013

    I worked as char TD on the Ruby Tech Test project...

  • Freelance Rigging TD

    PiXABLE STUDIOS GmbH & Co. KG

    January 2012 - June 2012

    Remote Rigging TD works.

  • Rigging TD

    Vishka Studio

    June 2011 - January 2012

    I worked on an internal Modular Rigging System for the company, using Python and Mel scripting in Maya.

  • Freelance Rigging TD

    Core Visual Solutions

    August 2009 - April 2010

    Rigging/Deformation/Simulations

  • Rigger

    Kermanshah TV

    October 2008 - April 2009

  • Character TD

    2LargeProduction

    March 2008 - February 2009

    Worked on some Rigging/Scripting works for some commercials.

  • Generalist

    Rasana afzare sharif

    October 2005 - February 2006

    I've been a Generalist at this Company, Modeling, Setup, Lighting, Rendering.

View All Positions
Education

  • Department General of Higher Technical and Vocatio

    ? - ?