Erik Gronfeldt

Work History

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  3D Generalist

  Double Negative

  October 2016 - Present

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Fast 8, MEG, Pacific Rim: Uprising
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  Lead Texture artist

  Digital Domain

  August 2015 - April 2016

  X-men: Apocalypse
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  Senior Look Dev artist

  Image Engine

  October 2013 - May 2015

  Asset shaders and surfacing for feature film vfx
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  Child 44
  Chappie
  San Andreas
  Game of Thrones
  Point Break

  
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  Lead Texture TD

  MPC

  June 2011 - July 2013

  Malificent
  Seventh Son
  Man of Steel
  Jack the Giant Slayer
  Sherlock Holmes II: Game of Shadows

  

  

  

  
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  Senior Character Texture/Look Dev artist

  Image Engine

  April 2010 - June 2011

  Creating many scary creatures and doubles for "The Thing, 2011", and some matte paintings for "Immortals, 2011"
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  Consultant/Instructor

  Nitrogen Studios

  March 2010 - April 2010

  Surfacing pipeline consultant and advanced texture/shader instructor
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  Lead Texture/Look Dev Artist

  Animal Logic

  January 2009 - December 2009

  Environment lead for "Legend of the Guardians", 2010

  
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  Modeler/Texture artist

  Image Engine

  October 2008 - January 2009

  Freelance VFX artist on Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp's feature film "District 9", 2009

  

  

  

  
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  Senior Character Texture/Look Dev artist

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  February 2008 - October 2008

  Created textures and shader networks for characters in the Weinstein Company's feature animated film "Escape from Planet Earth", 2011.

  
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  Lead Character Texture/Look Dev

  Vanguard Animation

  July 2006 - February 2008

• Modeler/Texture/Look Dev Artist

  C.O.R.E. Feature Animation

  September 2003 - August 2005

  Modeling, textures and shaders for Disney's feature animated film "The Wild", 2006.
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  Modeler/Texture Artist

  Radical Entertainment

  December 2001 - September 2003

  Modeler and texture artist for in-game cinematic sequences as well as realtime 3D and various other pre-rendered work.
  
  Titles include: Sonic the Hedgehog, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bonnie and Clyde, and GIJOE