Eric Rosenthal

FX Animator - Available Starting October 31, 2016

Lead FX Artist / 19 yrs

Los Angeles

Hire Me

FX Animator

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (2022)

FX Animator

Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

My demo reel is viewable here:
https://sites.google.com/site/ericrosenthalfx/

I'm a Digital FX Artist and 3D generalist with expert level Maya knowledge. I use various techniques such as particles, fluids, and dynamics to achieve the desired result. I teach part time, which sharpens my basic 3d knowledge and communication skills. I'm constantly learning and adding new techniques to my bag of tricks.

The Tools I use:
3d :Maya (Expert), Houdini (Intermediate), Realflow (Intermediate)
2d: Nuke, Aftereffects
Programming: MEL Scripting, Python, C, Perl
Lighting: Mental Ray, Vray
FX: Krakatoa

My Work is viewable here:
https://sites.google.com/site/ericrosenthalfx/

My work related interests:
3d Animatics
Story Development
Body and Facial Motion Capture with the Kinect

My non-work related interests:
Martial arts and fitness
Cooking
Real Estate

Work History

FX Artist

HouseSpecial

October 2023 - December 2023
FX Artist

Dreamworks Studios

February 2022 - December 2022
Zoic Studios

April 2018 - April 2018

Culver City, California, US
3D Generalist

Scholar

December 2017 - December 2017
Booked

March 2017 - April 2017
3D Generalist

Scholar

January 2017 - January 2017
FX TD

Zoic Studios

November 2016 - November 2016
FX Artist

The Mission Studio

February 2015 - September 2016

FX Animation and rendering for Companies:
Zoic Studios
Muskrat Content
Mind Over Eye
The Mission Studio
The Ant Farm
Logan
Brand New School
Syndrome Studios
Tools:
Maya
V-Ray
Krakatoa
Fracture Fx
3D Animator

42 Entertainment

July 2014 - January 2015

Burbank, CA

VFX for logo project using Maya, V-ray and Krakatoa
Maya Instructor (Part Time)

FIDM

August 2012 - December 2014

Greater Los Angeles Area

Teaching First,Second, and Third Quarter Maya classes.
Developing curriculum and lessons.
FX Animator

Brand New School

April 2014 - May 2014

Santa Monica,

Particle Animation and Rendering using Maya
CG Artist

Comen VFX

August 2013 - September 2013

Santa Monica, CA
FX Animator

Logan

December 2012 - June 2013

Los Angeles, CA

FX using Particles and Fluids in Maya
Rendering FX using Mental Ray and Vray
Worked on a Commercial, a Super Bowl Spot, and a Logo
FX Animator

Method Studios

April 2013 - May 2013

Santa Monica, CA
FX Animator

The Mission Studio

October 2012 - October 2012

Venice, CA

FX on Nike Commercial
FX Animator

Sony Pictures Imageworks

February 2012 - June 2012

Los Angeles, CA

Working on the CGI feature "Hotel Transylvania"
FX Animation using Houdini, Nuke and Katana (Katana is a proprietary lighting tool)
FX Animator

Ring of Fire Studios

February 2012 - February 2012

Santa Monica, CA

Smoke trails for Toyota Commercial
FX Animator

Prologue Films

January 2012 - January 2012

Previsualization FX work for "Jack the Giant Killer"
FX Artist / Lighter

Fusion CI Studios

September 2011 - October 2011

Lighting and Shader Development for Icing, Liquid and Glass for Commercial using Maya and Mental Ray
Realflow Simulations
Freelance FX Animator

Psyop

June 2011 - August 2011

Venice, CA

Fluid FX using Maya for Twinings Tea Commercial
Freelance FX Animator

Fusion CI Studios

May 2011 - May 2011

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Freelance FX Animator

Zoic Studios

January 2011 - May 2011

FX for X-Factor Superbowl promo
FX for Upcoming movie "Thirty Minutes or Less" starring that guy from the Facebook movie
FX - Cloud Environments and Geometry Fracturing pipeline setup for Spyro video game cinematic
FX and Simulation Lead

Walt Disney Animation Studios

September 2010 - December 2010

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Freelance FX Animator

Fusion CI Studios

September 2009 - July 2010

Created fluid fx with RealFlow.
Lit Fx with Maya and Mental Ray
Freelance FX Animator

Duck Studios

April 2010 - June 2010

Created all the particle water FX for a Disney Water parks commercial using Maya, Mental Ray, and Realflow.
Freelance FX Animator

Motion Theory

September 2009 - February 2010

Created Particle and Fluid effects for commercials.
Artistic/Technical Intern

Side Effects Software

February 2009 - August 2009

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FX Developer

Gradient Effects

June 2008 - January 2009

Developing Liquid and smoke effects using Maya, Realflow and Mental Ray.
Projects were:
"The Box" Feature Film
"Who's gonna save my Soul" Music Video, Nominated for a Grammy and a Visual Effects Society Award
"Krupp" German TV miniseries.
3d Artist

Flight 33 Productions

January 2008 - April 2008

Creating 3d Animations for the History Channel show "The Universe" using Maya
FX Technical Director

CIS Hollywood

October 2007 - January 2008

Development of Digital Effects using Maya, Mayaman and Renderman. Currently working on the Eddie Murphy movie "Meet Dave"
Assistant Technical Director

Walt Disney Animation Studios

May 2004 - January 2007

All work done on the movie "Meet the Robinsons"
In Effects, used Houdini and Realflow to create and deform meshes. Wrote several Shake macros for custom noise and warping that were extensively used by production.
In Shot Finaling, set up shots and debugged renders in Maya, Renderman, and proprietary RIB export tool.
In Look Development, Helped 3D Painters with pipeline issues in Maya, MTOR, and proprietary 3D Paint tool. Wrote many MEL and python scripts to help workflow.
Software Engineer

Disney Television Animation

April 1999 - May 2004

Wrote, debugged, and documented 2d and 3d software for production.
Assisted production with animating and rendering 3d props.
Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company/Disney Toon Studios

1999 - 2004

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