Eric Voegels

Work History

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  Senior Character Effects Artist

  Encore VFX

  September 2018 - September 2023

  Burbank, CA

  SR. CHARACTER FX ARTIST, 2018 – Maya and Houdini based hair, cloth, skin, and crowd simulations,
  rig setup for multiple episodic television series and film projects
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  character fx artist

  Blur Studio

  June 2020 - October 2020

  Culver City, CA

  CHARACTER FX ARTIST, 2020 – Cloth and hair simulations for Love, Death+Robots Seasons 2/3
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  character fx artist

  Digital Domain

  July 2018 - August 2018

  Playa Vista, CA

  CHARACTER FX ARTIST, 2018 – Cloth rig setup, simulations for Call of Duty game cinematics.
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  character fx artist

  Atomic Fiction

  August 2017 - June 2018

  Oakland, CA

  Cloth rig setup and cloth simulations for "The Women of Marwen".
  
  Muscle, fascia, and skin rig development and simulation for "Pacific Rim 2: Uprising".
  
  Yeti groom development and testing on "The Predator".

  

  

  

• Simulation Artist

  Pulse Evolution

  June 2014 - July 2017

  San Rafael, CA

  Hair groom and hair simulations for the Michael Jackson Slave to the Rhythm performance at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards
  
  Additional pipeline development, groom setup and hair simulation, cloth rig setup and simulations in support of multiple digital asset projects and estate license agreements.
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  Simulation Artist

  Creature Art and Mechanics

  March 2014 - April 2016

  San Rafael, CA

  Hair groom and hair simulations for the Michael Jackson Slave to the Rhythm performance at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards.
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  Character Effects/Lighting Technical Director

  Freelance

  December 2010 - April 2016

  Sonoma, CA
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  Senior Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2013 - June 2013

  Culver City, CA

  Cloth and hair simulations.
  The Smurfs 2 (2013)

  
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  Character Simulation Technical Director

  Blue Sky Studios

  January 2013 - February 2013

  Greenwich, CT

  Cloth and hair simulations.
  Epic (2013)

  
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  Creature Development Technical Director

  Creature Art and Mechanics

  December 2012 - December 2012

  San Rafael, CA

  Cinematic cloth simulations for E3 trailer presentation for the Capcom developed game "Deep Down".
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  Senior Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  December 2011 - June 2012

  Culver City, CA

  Cloth and hair simulations.
  Men In Black 3 (2012)
  Hotel Transylvania (2012)

  

  
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  Technical Animation TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  June 2011 - October 2011

  El Segundo, CA

  Cloth and hair simulations.
  Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked (2011)

  
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  Senior Artist/Creature Development Technical Director

  Industrial Light & Magic

  January 2011 - April 2011

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Cloth, hair, and rigid dynamic simulations.
  Transformers: The Ride 3D
  Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

  
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  Character Effects Technical Director

  ImageMovers

  June 2008 - December 2010

  Cloth setup and simulations:
  Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)
  Mars Needs Moms (2011)

  

  
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  Technical Director

  Industrial Light & Magic

  February 1996 - May 2008

  San Francisco, CA

  Image Unit look development, ultra high resolution renders, and 3D surround environments on "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".
  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Systems Analyst

  EG&G WASC

  1992 - 1993

  NSWC, Dahlgren, VA

• Statistician/Tester/Technical Writer

  Vitro Corporation

  1990 - 1992

  NSWC, Dahlgren, VA