karthik Swaminathan

karthik Swaminathan

Sr. Creature / Character FX TD

Lead CFX TD / Creature TD / Senior Technical Animator / 20 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Character Set-Up

The Very First Noel (2006)

Rigging

Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty (2005)

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)

League of Legends

Sr. CFX Technical Director

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)

Smallfoot (2018)

Tech Anim

Avengers : Infinity War

Tech Anim

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

CharacterFX

Trolls (2016)

Simulation TD

Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

CharacterFX

Pixels (2015)

CharacterFX

Hotel Transylvania 2

CharacterFX

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

CharacterFX

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

CharacterFX

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

CharacterFX

Men in Black 3 (2012)

CharacterFX

Arthur Christmas (2011)

CharacterTD

Puss in Boots (2011)

CharacterTD

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Rigger

The Wild (2006)

Everyone's Hero (2006)
KarthikSwaminathan_2021CFXReel
Tech Animator // Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 @ Metho
Destiny
Sim TD // Ice Age 5 @ Blue Sky Studios
Trolls @ Dreamworks Animation
KarthikSwaminathan :: CharFX/Tech Animator
Work History

  • Lead CFX TD

    Digital Domain

    January 2021 - Present

    Lead CFX TD on Disney+ Shehulk. CoDeveloped DD's muscle system. Created and maintained Houdini CFX tools for shot work for cloth / hair / muscles.

  • Houdini TD / CharacterFX / Crowds TD

    StealthMode

    June 2020 - December 2020

    NDA

  • CFX TD

    Blur Studio

    May 2019 - April 2020

    CallOfDuty / PUBG/ SeasonStart / NDA / NDA

  • Sr.CFX Technical Director

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    November 2017 - April 2019

  • Technical Animator

    Method Studios

    January 2017 - November 2017
    Greater Los Angeles Area

  • CFX TD

    DreamWorks Animation

    March 2016 - November 2016

    Trolls

  • Simulation TD

    Blue Sky Studios

    June 2015 - April 2016
    Greenwich,CT

  • Sr. Character FX TD

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2011 - June 2015
    Los Angeles

  • Character TD

    DreamWorks Animation

    September 2008 - January 2011

  • Rigging TD

    Reel FX

    June 2005 - June 2008
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Education

  • Master of Science (MS) in Visualization Sciences [ VizLab ]

    Texas A&M University

    August 2000 - December 2004

  • Bachelor of Architecture - BArch in Architecture

    University of Madras

    1994 - 1999

  • Vidya Mandir, Mylapore Chennai

    1980 - 1994