Hector Ortiz
FX Artist / TD / TechArt
Senior FX Artist and Houdinni Tech Artist / Junior Python Programmer / 17 yrs
Sarasota, FL
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Work History
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Effects Artist
Encore VFX
January 2021 - April 2021The Flash, Supergirl, Doom Patrol, and another unreleased film.
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Blue Sky Studios
June 2018 - February 2019
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Effects Technical Director
Method Studios
January 2015 - March 2015Vancouver, Canada Area
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Effects Artist
Arc Productions
September 2013 - April 2014
- Created volumetric effects such as dust and smoke.
- Researched and developed all shots requiring coin simulations using Houdini’s Bullet Rigid
Body Instanced Point Objects and rendered with Photo Realistic Renderman in Maya.
- Created ocean splashes and treasure chest turbulent water simulations using Houdini’s Flip Particles.
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Effects Technical Director
Rhythm & Hues Studios
April 2012 - March 2013Vancouver, Canada Area
- Created debris using bullet solver, soul bullets trails and Deado Death effects for R.I.P.D.
- Researched and developed column destruction using rigid body dynamics for tests for 300: Rise of an Empire.
- Researched and developed fire using advected regular particles, meshing and a custom shader for tests for 300: Rise of an Empire.
- Created OTL which allows geometry point instancing possible across the pipeline with low memory usage (R.I.P.D.).
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Effects Technical Director
Dr. D Studios
March 2011 - November 2011
- Completed effects such as underwater ice breaking (rigid body dynamics), snow kicks, snow carried by the wind (particles advected through fluid velocity vector fields), snow spray (particles, volumes, rigid body dynamics), silt, wire sims and bubbles for the animated feature film, Happy Feet 2.
- Focused on manipulating vector fields from volume fluids to art-direct effects such as snow through the air.
- Most of these effects were rendered using a proprietary Renderman procedural point instancing tool.
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Effects Artist
Furious FX
March 2010 - May 2010
- Created explosions, deflections, fire, tracers, ice breath, dust, portals, fog, demolition, debris and other effects using Maya and Nuke for a DC Universe videogame trailer.
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Effects Animator Trainee
Walt Disney Animation Studios
January 2008 - April 2008
- Completed 3 months training program mentored by Disney animators.
- Training consisted of a combination of traditional animation techniques and procedural effects utilizing Shake, Houdini, Maya and proprietary Disney software.
- Animated props as well as environmental effects such as dust and fluid particles.
- Experienced being part of a strongly united productive team of artists.
- Completed shots for the feature animation, Bolt.
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Education
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Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
September 2014 - May 2019 -
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Savannah College of Art and Design
September 2001 - November 2006