Keridan Elliott

Work History

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  Senior Character TD / Rigger

  Framestore

  September 2016 - Present

  Los Angeles CA, and Raleigh NC

  Rigging, Deformations, Character Setup, Pipeline, Character FX, Simulation
  - Destiny2 (Bungie/Activision) - "New Legends Will Rise" (2017)
  - Blue Bunny Ice Cream - "Hoppy Holidays"​ (2016), "By a Hare" (2017), "In the House" (2017)
  - CarFax CarFox - "Pick a Car", "Price is Wrong" (2017)
  - Cox Communications - "Bird Brainer", "Freedom Rings" (2017)
  - NDA project, Disney/Marvel (2017)
  - Nissan Rogue - "Battle Tested"​ VR (2017)
  - Arconic - "Jetsons Reimagined"​ (2017)
  
  Renowned for its post-production and visual effects work on blockbusters such as Gravity, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and movies in the Marvel franchise, Framestore is also behind the advertising campaigns for brands such as Intel Corp., Stella Artois, BMW, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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  Character Rigger / Character Setup

  Amazon Game Studios

  January 2016 - January 2017

  - "Crucible" AAA Game project
  Rigging, Technical Animation, Character Pipeline.
  
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  Character Rigger / Character Setup

  Insomniac Games

  January 2016 - April 2016

  "Feral Rites" VR Game (Oculus) - Creating Character Animation Rigs & Deformations for Body, Face, Cloth, Hair
  
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  Senior Technical Animator

  Epic Games

  November 2011 - July 2014

  Cary, North Carolina

  Character Setup / Rigging / Deformations
  - Character Facial Rigging and Deformations R&D
  - "Elemental" GDC 2012 Unreal 4 Tech Demo, Character Setup & Simulations
  - "Infiltrator" & "Elemental +" GDC 2013 Unreal 4 Tech Demo, Character & Robot Setup
  - "Fortnite" Game, Character Rigging and Deformations

  
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  Character Setup Lead / FX TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  September 2003 - September 2011

  Culver City, CA

  
  Character and Creature Setup.
  Body and Facial Rigging, Deformations, Rigging, Character Pipeline, Animation Tools, FX
  
  >> Filmography :
  - "Green Lantern", Character Face and Body Setup, FX TD
  - "The Zookeeper", Character Face and Body Setup
  - "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore", Character Setup
  - "2012 - Farewell Atlantis", Character Setup Lead, + Massive Pipeline
  - "Valkyrie", Character Setup, WarHawk Plane Rigging
  - "Body Of Lies", Character Setup, Crowd Characters
  - "Watchmen", Character Setup and Pipeline
  - "G-Force", Character Facial Setup, Character Transformations
  - "I Am Legend", Body Setup Lead, Char. Pipeline, Char. Finaling
  - "Surf's Up", Body Setup Lead, Facial Setup, Character Pipeline
  - "Open Season", Body Setup, Character Pipeline, Line and Shape Tools
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Character Setup TD

  Electronic Arts

  September 2002 - September 2003

  Redwood City, CA

  
  Character Rigging, Deformations, and Animation Tool programming for the "Return of the King" LOTR video game based on the Film.
  
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  Lead Artist / Character Setup TD

  Laika

  August 1999 - August 2002

  Portland, Oregon Area

  
  Responsible for the Final rendered look for many commercials and short films. Specialized in Character Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Deformations, Camera, Simulation, Tools. Created innovative work flows and tools for Character Facial setups, animation, and camera tracking.
  
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  Technical Director / Lead Artist

  Behaviour Interactive

  August 1996 - August 1999

  Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

  
  Working with a small talented team of designers, artists and programmers, brought these games from initial concept to completion : "Jersey Devil", "Bugs Bunny, Lost in Time".
  Responsible for Character and Environment Modeling, UV Layout, Level Integration, Environment animation and destruction, Hi-res Game Promo Artwork, Artist Training and documentation.
  (formerly Megatoon Studios)
  

• Process Control Engineer

  ABB (formerly Bailey Controls)

  1987 - 1996

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  
  Programmed, Designed, Installed, Serviced, Trained for this International Process Control Automation company. Included doing many plant startups in French-speaking countries for large industries (Pulp & Paper, Mining, Petrol, Food, Automotive, Steam,....)