Gianluca Siciliano

Gianluca Siciliano

Creature lover, anatomy focused, give me a task and I will c

Senior Creature TD / 9 yrs

Sydney, NSW

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Despite having a background as CG Generalist, in the last few years I have been involved in some very nice and challenging productions as a Creature FX TD / Technical Animator artist. Definitely my strengths are shown when muscles simulations, anatomy studies and shot sculpting are involved, but I am very keen on cloth simulation of all types and hair dynamics simulations, lately using not only nHair but Houdini solver as well. I am quite eclectic as an artist, very focused and organized, give me a task and I will complete it in time.
Work History
  • Senior Creature TD

    Wētā FX

    June 2023 - Present
    Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand
  • Senior Creature TD

    Industrial Light & Magic

    May 2022 - June 2023
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Lead Creature FX TD

    Digital Domain

    July 2021 - May 2022
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Lead Creature FX TD

    Mr. X

    February 2021 - July 2021
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Creature FX TD

    Rodeo FX

    January 2020 - February 2021
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Creature FX TD

    Framestore

    January 2019 - January 2020
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    - The Aeronauts (Dir. Tom Harper, 2019) - CFX rigs, cloth sim, hair sim, finaling, shot sculpt
    - His Dark Materials (HBO, 2019) - CFX rigs, muscle sim, cloth sim, fur sim, finaling, shot sculpt

  • Technical Animator

    MPC

    June 2018 - January 2019
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    - Shazam (Dir. David F. Sandberg, 2019) - CFX rigs, cloth sim, hair sim, finaling, shot sculpt
    - Aquaman (Dir. James Wan, 2018) - hair sim, finaling, shot sculpt
    - The Nutcracker and The Four Realms (Dir. J. Johnston, L. Hallström, 2018) - CFX rigs, cloth sim, hair sim, finaling, shot sculpt

  • Creature FX TD

    Framestore

    June 2017 - June 2018
    London, Greater London, United Kingdom

    - Disney Christopher Robin (Dir. Marc Forster, 2018) - cloth sim, fur sim, finalling
    - Avengers: Infinity War (Dir. A. , J. Russo, 2018) - muscle sim, cloth sim, finalling, shot sculpt
    - Mowgli (Dir. Andy Serkis, 2018) - CFX rigs, muscle sim, fur sim, finalling, shot sculpt
    - Thor: Ragnarok (Dir. Taika Waititi, 2017) - muscle sim, cloth sim, fur sim, finalling, shot sculpt

  • 3D Tutor Assistant

    Escape Studios

    January 2017 - June 2017
    London, Greater London, United Kingdom

    I worked as a 3D Studio Assistant for the Short and Part Time Courses in Shepherds Bush helping the students with technical or software related queries during classes and during their project days.

  • Character Modeler

    HAZFILM LTD

    August 2016 - August 2016
    London, Greater London, United Kingdom

    Freelance modeling / concept artist

Education
  • Workshop in Introduction to Marvelous Designer

    CGMA CG Master Academy

    2017 - 2017
  • Digital Figure Sculpture in Sculpture

    Scott Eaton Studios

    2017 - 2017
  • Workshop in Lighting and Shading with Arnold for Maya

    CGMA CG Master Academy

    2017 - 2017
  • Short Course in Character Creation for Films/Cinematics

    CGMA CG Master Academy

    2017 - 2017
  • Anatomy in Anatomy for Artists

    Scott Eaton Studios

    2016 - 2017
  • Portraiture in Portraiture & Facial Anatomy

    Scott Eaton Studios

    2016 - 2017
  • Sculpting in Digital Sculpting

    Gnomon School of Visual Effects

    2016 - 2017
  • CGI Generalist in Advanced 3D for Visual Effects

    Escape Studios

    2016 - 2016
  • VFX On-Set Supervision Course

    Escape Studios

    2015 - 2016
  • High School Diploma in PNI (Piano Nazionale Informatico)

    Liceo Scientifico Augusto Righi (Bologna, Italy)

    2004 - 2010