Keith Simpson

Work History

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  Digital Compositor

  Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

  August 2022 - October 2022

  Stop motion cleanup, paint & comp. AE & Nuke. Skills: Adobe Photoshop
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  Roto/ Paint Supervisor

  Crafty Apes

  July 2022 - July 2022

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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  Compositor

  Whiskytree

  December 2021 - May 2022

  San Rafael, California, United States

  Obi Wan
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  Digital Compositor

  Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

  August 2021 - November 2021

  Stop motion cleanup, paint & comp. AE & Nuke.
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  Senior Photoshop Artist

  Hogarth Worldwide

  August 2019 - September 2020

  Sunnyvale, California

  Nuke / Photoshop artist. High fidelity Product(Hero) imagery for advertising & product releases. From web images up to billboard scale.
  In-house digital art team for one of the top three smartphone companies. Skills: Adobe Photoshop
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  Compositor

  Whiskytree

  February 2019 - August 2019

  San Rafael, California

  Invited back for a new project.
  -Compositing in Nuke
  -Layout in PFTrack
  -Roto & catchup for any overloaded artists.
  
  
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  Roto/ Paint Artist

  Laika

  June 2017 - June 2018

  Hillsboro, Oregon

  -Paint fixing for a stop-motion feature, in a stereoscopic pipeline, with multiple
  lighting passes per shot.
  -Removing rigs, blemishes, and ‘seams’ on primary characters. Correcting
  animation pops & smoothing out texture ‘chatter’.
  -Realignment of costume elements / eyeline fixes.
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  Compositor

  Whiskytree

  September 2016 - May 2017

  San Rafael

  -Complex paint outs, using 2D/3D workflows to remove stand-ins to be replaced.
  by CG characters. Beach-battle sequences for Rogue-One. Explosions, debris.
  -Roto/Paint correction of footage distortion caused by heavy retimes.

  

  

  
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  Head of Digital Studio

  Giant Propeller

  June 2013 - September 2016

  Greater Los Angeles Area
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  2D Supervisor

  The Base Studio

  February 2011 - May 2013

  Compositing; Set extensions, wire / rig removal, integration of digital / full 3D assets.
  Roto; for comp or depth.
  Pipeline management, team organization.
  Being generally useful around the studio.
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  2D Supervisor

  The Base Studio

  February 2010 - May 2013

  Foster City, CA

  -Roto Lead for stereo conversion on feature films. Harry Potter, Marvel(x5), &
  Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Articulate roto for generating depth passes.
  -Quality checking & artist tutoring. Team expanded from 12 to 50 artists.
  -Paint Artist, pulling relief tasks from Compositors.
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  Intern

  Polygon Entertainment

  March 2010 - May 2010

  San Rafael

  Troublemaker, checking out the Kerner Lot.
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  Compositor

  Freelance

  February 2009 - February 2010

  Any dirty job I can get my hands on. Compositing. Color keying, roto, match moving.