Kiel Pease

Kiel Pease

I make purdy pictures

Senior VFX Artist / 11 yrs

Huntsville, AL, United States

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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

Life of Pi (2012)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)

Hop (2011)

Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)

Work History

  • Graphics Engineer

    Spectrum Solutions Inc

    February 2019 - Present
    Huntsville, AL

  • Sr. Visual Effects Artist

    Raytheon

    October 2013 - February 2019

    CONOPS: 3D Production and Visual Effects

  • Assoc. Lead Lighting TD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    May 2012 - May 2013

    Percy Jackson & the Sea of Monsters
    - Lighting hero character shots and light-compositing shots for finals
    - Lighting/Rendering: cg characters, ocean surfaces, fx splashes, foam, churn, mist, smoke
    - Testing water shaders/ fx simulations for rendering capabilities
    - Assisting in integrating a lighting pipeline for production
    - Collaborating with Lighting, FX, Look Development to solve Mantra lighting issues
    - Scripting Houdini expressions for attribute creation and water shader control

  • Character Lighting TD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    July 2010 - May 2013

    Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (Oct 2011)
    Mr. Popper's Penguins (June 2011)
    Hop (July 2010 - March 2011)
    - Retrieving assets from animation and look development for lighting setup
    - Creating, positioning, modifying light rigs
    - Modifying render scripts and rendering elements with R+H's 'in-house' renderer
    - Composite rendered sequences
    - Pass lighting assets to compositors
    - Present work for dailies critiques to make adjustments/changes upon request
    - Performing tests to correct sizzle, jittering, and rendered artifacts

  • Houdini FX Lighting TD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    November 2011 - April 2012

    Life of Pie
    - Use FX tools for water simulation and wave generation
    - Importing FX elements (whitecaps, foam) for color correction and lighting
    - Lighting and adjusting water fx elements
    - Compositing FX renders

  • 3D Modeler

    Digital Roar Studios Inc.

    December 2008 - December 2008

    -Freelance 3D modeler

  • 3D Generalist

    IDV, Inc., the creators of SpeedTree

    January 2005 - May 2006

    - Modeler: created 3D trees models for multiple top platform game titles
    - Lookdev Artist: created multiple leaf map and tree trunk textures for trees
    - Game engine environment creation ('Tree of Pangaea' demo)

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Education

  • MFA - Digital Production Arts

    Clemson University

    January 2007 - June 2009

  • University of South Carolina-Columbia

    2001 - 2005