Karthig Murugesan

Karthig Murugesan

Groom / CFX TD (VFX)

Lead Grooming & Creature FX - Visual Effects / 8 yrs

France

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Groom Artist

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

CG Artist

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024)

Visual Effects Artist

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

Groom Artist

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Visual Effects Artist

X-MEN Dark Phoenix (2019)

Documentary / Visual Effects Artist

They Shall Not Grow Old (2019)

Groom Artist

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

Groom Artist

Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

Groom Artist

Cruella (2021)

Groom Artist

Shazam! (2019)

Visual Effects

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Digital Artist

Skyscraper (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Visual Effects

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Black Panther (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

War For The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

Visual Effects

Geostorm (2017)
GROOM SHOWREEL '23
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Groom Showreel - Karthigeyan M
Contact me to achieve photorealistic natural looking Hair-Fur with aftmost match for Digi-Double Characters, Creatures and Animals.

Very proficient with Houdini FX, Maya and its multiple hair systems (off-the-shelf or proprietary) with a bias towards Unreal.
Work History

  • Senior Creature Effects Technical Director

    Rising Sun Pictures

    April 2024 - Present
    Adelaide, South Australia

  • Groom Supervisor

    Unlogic

    June 2023 - February 2024

  • Lead Groom Technical Director

    Non-Fungible Labs

    May 2022 - May 2023

  • Creature Effects Artist

    SPIN VFX

    September 2022 - February 2023

  • Key Groom Artist

    MPC

    August 2020 - July 2022
    Bangalore, India

  • Groom Artist (CG)

    MPC

    June 2018 - May 2020
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • VFX / Stereo Rotoscope Artist

    Deluxe Entertainment

    April 2017 - June 2018
    Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Education

  • B.Sc. Visual Communication

    Annamalai University

    May 2014 - May 2017

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics

    Academy of Akash (latterly 'AIMS')

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