Kim Vongbunyong

Work History

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  Sr. Texture & Lookdev Artist

  Industrial Light & Magic

  January 2021 - Present

  San Francisco, CA
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  Sr. Texture Artist

  Digital Domain

  October 2019 - May 2020

  Los Angeles, CA
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  Remote work

  September 2019 - September 2019

  Los Angeles, California, US

• St. Noire - An Amazon Alexa AI Game

  January 2019 - August 2019

  Burbank, CA
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  Sr. Surfacing Artist

  Blizzard Entertainment

  May 2018 - December 2018

  Irvine, California, US
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  Senior Texture Artist

  Industrial Light & Magic

  April 2014 - May 2018

  San Francisco

  
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  Lighting Artist

  The Mill

  January 2014 - March 2014

  Los Angeles
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  Lighter

  Framestore

  August 2013 - November 2013

  Los Angeles

  "Unannounced Project"
  - Shading, Lighting, Rendering and additional HDRI Cleanup (Arnold)
  
  "Beats by Dre - The Pills":
  Best Buy: Poppin' Party
  She Survived: HP
  Nice Tablet: HP
  Window Show: HP
  Couch: MTV Video Music Awards
  Introducing the Pills
  - Look Development, Shading, Lighting and Rendering (Arnold)
  
  "Target": Flowers
  - Layout, Modeling Cleanup on Phones and Flowers, Shading and Lighting (Arnold)

  

  

  

  
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  3D Generalist & Compositor

  Team One

  May 2013 - July 2013

  Los Angeles

  Internal Remote Print Work for Saatchi & Saatchi LA
  - Lighting, Rendering and Compositing (Mental Ray, Nuke)
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  Texturing & Lighting

  Zoic Studios

  February 2013 - May 2013

  Culver City

  TV Episodic Work - "Once Upon A Time" and "Once Upon A Time in Wonderland"
  - Prop Look Development, Texturing, Shading, Lighting Characters and Environments, UV Layout and Shot Based Rendering (VRay)
  "Catch" - Head & Shoulders with Old Spice
  - Crowd Look Development, Texturing, Shading, and Lighting, Crowd Simulation with proprietary software and additional stadium modeling (VRay)
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  3D Generalist

  Scholar

  December 2012 - March 2013

  Culver City, CA

  "Toyota: Adventures - Let's Go Places"
  - Modeling, UV Layout, Texturing and Shading environments (VRay)
  "Teachers at Their Best" - Gates Foundation
  - Lighting and Rendering (VRay)
  "QF Radio - Billboard Print"
  - Adjusting models, Lighting and Rendering (VRay)
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  Teaching Associate - 3D for Storytellers

  Otis College of Art and Design

  August 2012 - December 2012

  Los Angeles

  Assisting Matt Nava in the instruction of Maya.
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  Texture & Lighting

  Imaginary Forces

  August 2012 - October 2012

  Hollywood, CA

  Unannounced Project
  - Look Development, Texturing and Shading setups
  “Monster DNA Headphones”
  - Shading and Lighting
  Pitch Work for Features
  - Look Development; Modeling, Texturing and Lighting (Mari, VRay/Mental Ray)
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  3D Generalist

  Wolf & Crow

  February 2012 - June 2012

  Santa Monica, CA

  Marvel's "The Avengers: Battle for Earth" E3 & Comicon Cinematics
  - Look Development, Character, Environments and Props Texturing, Shading and Lighting (Mari, VRay)
  "Watch ESPN: Euro Cup 2012"
  -Stadium exterior environment; Modeling, Texturing, Shading and Lighting (VRay)
  "Watch ESPN: College Basketball"
  -Entertainment center modeling, laptop Texturing, Shading and Lighting (VRay)
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  3D Artist

  Prologue Films

  February 2012 - February 2012

  Venice, CA

  Battleship (2012) - Main on End
  - Shading, Lighting, Rendering and Precomp (Mental Ray)
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  3D Artist

  Superfad

  November 2011 - January 2012

  Culver City, CA

  Commercials and Pitch Work
  - Look Development; Modeling, Texturing and Lighting (VRay/Mental Ray)
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  3D Artist

  Prologue Films

  August 2011 - November 2011

  "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" Main Titles
  - Previz, Layout, Final Texturing, Shading and Lighting on opening tunnel sequence
  (Mental Ray)
  
  "Battleship" Previz
  - Layout and camera animation for in film sequence
  
  Look Development on "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"
  - Final Texturing, Shading and Lighting (Mental Ray)
  
  "ESPN: Major League Baseball" Look Development
  - Modeling, texturing and lighting (VRay)
  
  "DuPont: Brand Film" Commercial
  - Modeling, UV and texture projection work

  
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  3D Artist

  Blind

  May 2011 - July 2011

  Santa Monica, CA

  "Secret Scent Expressions: Lavender & Coco Butter" Commercial
  - Product and Creature Modeling, Texturing, Lighting and Precomp
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  Teaching Assistant - Junior 3D and Visual Effects

  Otis College of Art and Design

  August 2010 - May 2011

  Assisting professors Chris Eckardt and Raul Moreno in the instruction of Maya and Nuke.
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  3D Artist

  Three Legged Legs

  June 2010 - September 2010

  "Georgia Power: Shed Some Light" Commercial
  - Look Development, Hard-surface Modeling, Texturing and Lighting
  "Bullet Art" Project
  - Hard-surface Modeling, Lighting, Texturing, Animation, Tracking, and Set Extension

• Jr. Compositor

  RareForm Pictures

  July 2010 - August 2010

  "Wallenda" a short film directed by VW Scheich
  - Compositing; color correction, roto, keying and rig removal
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  Teaching Assistant - Life Drawing and Animal Drawing

  Otis College of Art and Design

  August 2008 - December 2009

  Assisting in the instruction of Life Drawing as well as Animal Drawing with Gary Geraths and Beverly Bledsoe.

• UI Intern

  EpicTilt and Jirbo Inc.

  May 2009 - August 2009

  Worked on the concept, design, graphics and animation for iPhone games. Released games include, "Emblem" and "Snot Rocket the Game".