James Chan

Work History

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  CG Asset Supervisor

  The Mill

  November 2022 - Present

  ◾Provide accurate estimates for modeling, texturing, and lookdev tasks.
  ◾In addition to IC work, I run weekly department meetings, oversee the assets pipeline, and QC assets from our Bangalore office.
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  Adjunct Instructor

  Carnegie Mellon University

  September 2021 - Present

  Remote

  Conducted weekly lectures and reviewed homework assignments for the following courses:
  - IDEATE: Character Modeling in Zbrush
  - IDEATE: Advanced 3D Asset Creation
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  Senior CG Artist

  The Mill

  July 2021 - November 2022

  ◾ Concepted, modeled, textured, and look-developed various characters and environments for commercial VFX.
  ◾ Primarily used Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Houdini, Ftrack, Unreal Engine, and Perforce
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  Character Artist

  ArenaNet

  January 2020 - March 2020

  Bellevue, Washington, United States

  ◾ Modeled, textured, and painted skin-weights for characters in Guild Wars 2.
  ◾ Primarily used Perforce, Maya, Substance Painter, Photoshop and other proprietary tools.
  ◾ Responsible for addressing bug fixes for multiple races and character classes.
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  Senior Character/Creature Artist

  Mr. X

  January 2019 - December 2019

  Toronto, Ontario

  ◾ Responsible for modeling, UV'ing, texturing, and lookdev of digital doubles and creatures for film/streaming.
  ◾ Primarily used Maya, Zbrush, Mari, Substance Painter, and Houdini.
  ◾ Developed Maya tools in Python for the Assets Dept.
  ◾ Helped operate XScan, a 50-camera rig for shooting photo reference of actors, costumes, and props.
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  3D Modeler

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  December 2014 - January 2018

  Vancouver, British Columbia

  Modeled characters, props, and environments for both animated and
  live-action films. Used Maya, Zbrush, and Mudbox. Credits include...
  ◾ Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
  ◾ Spiderman: Homecoming
  ◾ Smallfoot
  ◾ Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle
  ◾ Ghostbusters
  ◾ The Angry Birds Movie
  ◾ Hotel Transylvania 2
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  3D Modeler & Texture Artist

  Freelance

  July 2011 - September 2014

  Greater New York City Area

  Worked in-house for various studios on commercial, film, and VR projects. Modeled and textured characters, environments, and products. Mostly used Maya, Zbrush, and Photoshop. Clients included...
  ◾ Framestore NY
  ◾ Microsoft (Hololens Team)
  ◾ Psyop
  ◾ Aardman Nathan Love
  ◾ Method Studios
  ◾ The Mill
  ◾ HiFi3D
  ◾ Digital Evolution
  ◾ Hornet NYC
  ◾ Click3X
  ◾ ODD NYC
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  3D Modeler

  Framestore

  July 2011 - July 2011

  Greater New York City Area

  Modeled and Textured assets for Alka-Seltzer, Airmiles, and Bisquick commercials.
  Used Maya and Photoshop
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  3D Modeler & Texture Artist

  Nathan Love

  April 2011 - June 2011

  Greater New York City Area

  Modeled characters and environments for animated commercials. Projects included ads for Kellog's Froot Loops, Hawaiian Punch, and Nickelodeon. Used Maya, Zbrush, and Photoshop.
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  3D Generalist

  Shilo

  January 2011 - April 2011

  Greater New York City Area

  Modeled, lit, and composited 3D elements for General Motors, O2, and Comcast ads. Used Maya and Photoshop.
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  3D Intern

  Disney Research

  June 2009 - May 2010

  Greater Pittsburgh Area

  Modeled assets used in SIGGRAPH paper demos