John Keates

Work History

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  Generalist

  Framestore

  May 2020 - Present

  London, United Kingdom
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  Generalist

  Framestore

  March 2020 - October 2021

  London, United Kingdom

• Generalist

  Acute Art

  September 2018 - March 2020

  London,
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  cg generalist

  Proof Inc

  September 2015 - June 2017
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  3D animator, generalist, post-vis artist

  Proof Inc

  August 2015 - September 2016

  Having a bit of a rest to play and learn.
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  Generalist

  The Giggle Group

  September 2015 - September 2015

  Photo real projection animations for event.

• Generalist

  Various

  August 2015 - August 2015
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  Generalist

  Shotopop

  April 2015 - August 2015

• Generalist

  golden mole productions

  July 2015 - July 2015

  Fluid and particle animation for Gumball childerens series.
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  3D generalist

  Shotopop

  April 2015 - May 2015

  Some flame fx (Maya fluids) and compositing, modelling, texturing, rendering etc...
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  Generalist

  Liquid TV

  April 2015 - April 2015
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  Maya and After effects Generalist

  Liquid TV

  April 2015 - April 2015

  Some scenery, dynamics, particles and after effects tweaks.
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  After effects clean up

  Tangerine Films

  March 2015 - March 2015

  Cleaning up and sweatening footage for car advert.

• 3D Lead

  giggle

  March 2015 - March 2015

  3D Lead and designer animating Dragons for projecting onto the Tower of London for the opening of season 5 of The Game of Thrones. I lead two other people on the job, working in Maya and After Effects.
  
  This from the client to Giggle:
  "...The projection was exactly what we had hoped for plus more and all guests, press and VIP's were truly impressed with the visuals and gave great feedback and coverage. It truly created a landmark event for the launch. Working with your team was an absolute pleasure..."
  
  - Sharon Kersley, Head of Events, Sky

• 3D Supervisor

  12 Guardians

  September 2014 - February 2015

  Supervising, hiring, scheduling, developing workflow, problem fixing, as well ass acting as a generalist, modelling, texturing, rigging, animating, rendering, blocking, compositing etc.
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  3D generalist

  Aardman Animations

  August 2014 - September 2014

  I worked on various adverts and did:
  
  Realistic human and animal modelling/texturing,
  Cartoon style modelling and rigging,
  Modelling and lighting for a realistic plasticine look.

• 3D generalist

  something graphic

  May 2014 - June 2014

  Making a photo real simulation of a curtain for an opera at Glyndebourne.
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  3D Generalist

  Shotopop

  April 2014 - May 2014

  Making photo-real poster images for an environmental compagne.

• 2d and 3d animator

  symetria

  April 2014 - May 2014

  Bringing illustrations from a childerens book to life and creating a mix of 2D and 3D animation for the purpose of promoting the book ( Earth Space Moon Base). ESMB is published by Random House.

• 3D Supervisor

  12 Guardians

  2014 - 2014
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  3D generalist

  The Giggle Group

  2014 - 2014

  Running the project, making dragons (from modelling through to rigging), animating, some rendering, after effects, designing and directing.
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  3D generalist

  The Giggle Group

  2014 - 2014
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  3D Modeller

  Shotopop

  May 2013 - May 2013

  I made a complex sylised tree and lots of objects to be printed and photographed for a poster ad.

• Animator

  Strangebox

  February 2013 - May 2013

  I made 40 character animations in After Effects for the 'I get you pro' app. Each was an average of around 45 seconds
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  3D artist

  Shotopop

  December 2012 - January 2013

  Hi res photo-real poster image.
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  Motion Graphics Designer

  Smyle

  2013 - 2013
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  Motion Graphics Designer

  Smyle

  2013 - 2013
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  Motion Graphics Designer

  Smyle

  2013 - 2013
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  Motion Graphics Designer

  Smyle

  2013 - 2013

• 2D After Effects Animator

  Strange-Box

  December 2012 - December 2012

  Fun little test animation to convince clients of style. I took someone elses drawings and animated a scene. They liked it and comissioned the animation.

• 3D animator

  Tom Geraedts

  November 2012 - November 2012

  I made a photoreel animation of a person/owl hybrid falling off a bridge and flying away (three days work).
  
  https://vimeo.com/53581308

• Head of 3D

  Knifedge

  April 2011 - June 2012

  Seeing projects through including pitching, design, animation, rendering and compositing.
  
  I gave talks on subjects such as renderfarm management and fluid simulation.
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  Freelance 3d Animator

  M-I-E

  2010 - 2011

  Modelling, rigging, animating, texturing, lighting, rendering.
  
  Videos for Faithless and George Micheal.
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  Freelance

  Deluxe Digital Studios

  September 2010 - October 2010

  Graphics for Percy Jackson App