Jessica Ruiz Coca

Work History

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  Final Layout Digital Artist

  Animal Logic

  August 2021 - Present

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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  Sr Layout & Compositing Artist

  Flying Bark Productions

  April 2020 - September 2021

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  What If...? - Marvel
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  Layout Artist

  Mill Film

  September 2019 - April 2020

  Adelaide, Australia

  Finch

  
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  Compositing Artist

  The SPA Studios (Sergio Pablos Animation)

  February 2019 - September 2019

  Madrid, Madrid, España

  Project: Klaus
  
  Compositing 2D/3D elements under the Supervisors and Art Directors guidance making the sequences match along the movie.
  
  - Work on the technical precomps to make everything work properly before to go to lighting dept
  - Work on the Final Comp pass using our departments outputs to achieve the final look.
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  Layout Artist / Stereo Artist

  MPC

  July 2018 - January 2019

  London, Greater London, Reino Unido

  The Lion King - Disney
  The One And Only Ivan - Disney
  
  * Layout Artist+TD:
  - To prepare all the input material, to build Maya scenes from the different takes from the set to make them work properly along the sequence.
  - Also, I do take care about the look of the shot animating camera, characters and/or props and setting the layout lighting to give the rest of departments a first look of what the client needs.
  - Responsible to check and fix the material inside the Layout department. Making sure that cameras work properly along the other departments and managing our problems with the team leads and supervisor.
  
  * Stereographer:
  - To set the stereo camera in every shot to make it works properly keeping the continuity along all the sequence under the Supervisor leading.
  - Development of a step by step guide to help the new starters understand quickly what's the department workflow.
  - Quality control of the stereo output from Lighting department. Managing problematic shots with lighting team and supervisors.
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  Compositing - Mono / Stereo - Artist

  Ilion Animation Studios

  April 2018 - July 2018

  Las Rozas de Madrid y alrededores, España

  "Wonder Park" - 2D / 3D
  Paramount Pictures
  
  * COMP MONO:
  - Responsible for taking disparate elements and comping them to create the final image using Nuke.
  
  * COMP STEREO:
  - Correct stereo artifacts introduced in the lighting and compositing of shots.
  - Make creative adjustments to final images to enhance for the stereoscopic version of the film.
  - Use compositing-based depth sculpting techniques to add dimension to 2D elements such as matte paintings and enhance or modify the depth of 3D elements.
  
  * LIGHTING STEREO QC:
  - Quality control of the stereo output from the lighting department. Managing problematic shots with lighting team and supervisors.
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  Layout Artist

  Netflix

  March 2018 - May 2018

  Madrid y alrededores, España

  "Love, Death & Robots" - David Fincher & Tim Miller project
  
  'The Witness' by Alberto Mielgo
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  Image Finaling Artist

  Mikros Animation

  January 2018 - February 2018

  London, Greater London, Reino Unido

  "Sherlock Gnomes" - 2D / 3D
  Paramount Pictures
  
  
  * COMP MONO:
  - Responsible for taking disparate elements and comping them to create the final image using Nuke.
  
  * COMP STEREO:
  - Correct stereo artifacts introduced in the lighting and compositing of shots.
  - Make creative adjustments to final images to enhance for the stereoscopic version of the film.
  - Use compositing-based depth sculpting techniques to add dimension to 2D elements such as matte paintings and enhance or modify the depth of 3D elements.
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  Comp Jr Artist

  Ilion Animation Studios

  April 2017 - November 2017

  Madrid y alrededores, España

  "Wonder Park" - 2D / 3D
  Paramount Pictures
  
  
  * COMP MONO:
  - Responsible for taking disparate elements and comping them to create the final image using Nuke.
  
  * COMP STEREO:
  - Correct stereo artifacts introduced in the lighting and compositing of shots.
  - Make creative adjustments to final images to enhance for the stereoscopic version of the film.
  - Use compositing-based depth sculpting techniques to add dimension to 2D elements such as matte paintings and enhance or modify the depth of 3D elements.
  
  * LIGHTING STEREO QC:
  - Quality control of the stereo output from the lighting department. Managing problematic shots with lighting team and supervisors.
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  CGI Collaborator

  Trazos

  May 2016 - November 2017

  Madrid

  CGI collaborator - CGI masterclasses to the different groups of students at the school.
  
  https://www.trazos.net/cursos/curso-de-imagen-3d-avanzado/
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  Crowds Jr Artist

  Ilion Animation Studios

  March 2017 - April 2017

  Las Rozas de Madrid y alrededores, España

  "Wonder Park" - 2D / 3D
  Paramount Pictures
  
  Crowds distribution.
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  Layout TD

  Ilion Animation Studios

  December 2014 - April 2017

  Las Rozas de Madrid y alrededores, España

  "Wonder Park" - 2D / 3D
  Paramount Pictures
  
  Layout TD working closely with all the Layout team members to complete sequences using both storyboards and the script.
  
  Functions: Set development, camera conform and clean up, to model and to develop props and rigs systems, FXs, lighting, internal tools development, assits all the team members to solve scene problems.
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  Layout Stereographer

  Ilion Animation Studios

  November 2015 - April 2016

  Las Rozas de Madrid y alrededores, España

  "Wonder Park" - 2D / 3D
  Paramount Pictures
  
  Layout stereo artist setting stereo cams and helping to improve the stereo pipe.