Kevin Lu

Kevin Lu

NYC

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CG Lighting Artist

Frozen 2 (2019)

Lighting TD

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

CG Artist

Beautiful Dreamer (2016)

Lighting TD

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Lighter And Compositor

The Book of Life (2014)

Visual Effects Artist

Anomaly (2011)

Work History
  • LVLY

    February 2019 - Present
    Greater New York City Area

    Lighting, Lookdev, and Style frame design work for a product advertisement.

    -Lookdev (Arnold)
    -Lighting (Arnold)

  • CHRLX

    November 2018 - Present
    Greater New York City Area

    Lighting and Nuke Compositing on a project created for previz. Collaborated with Launch and Charlex.

  • Scholar

    April 2018 - Present
    Greater New York City Area

    Helped out on the last 5 days of a few month long project providing lighting revision and renderlayer creation support.

  • Taylor James

    December 2017 - Present
    Greater New York City Area

    Lead Lighting and Lookdev artist for three 15 second full cg product ads and one 6 second ad with a 2 week deadline

  • Brand New School

    April 2018 - October 2018
    Greater New York City Area

    Lighting, rendering, lookdev, asset management for several 30 second and 60 second spots and product turntables for the 2018 Google Product Launch.

  • Spontaneous

    February 2018 - March 2018
    Greater New York City Area

    Lead lighting and lookdev artist on 1 huge full cg job and 3 smaller full cg jobs.

    Client: Maybeline

  • VaynerMedia

    January 2018 - February 2018
    Greater New York City Area

    Lead lighting and lookdev artist on a vfx project involving live action asset replacement.

    Client: Johnson and Johnson's Petite Planet

  • Brand New School

    May 2017 - October 2017
    Greater New York City Area

    Lead lighting, rendering, lookdev, asset management for several 30 second and 60 second spots and product turntables for the 2017 Google Product Launch.

  • Eight VFX

    April 2017 - May 2017
    Greater New York City Area

    Helped out with Lighting/Rendering on the live action feature film I Tonya for a couple of weeks.

    Feature Film: I Tonya (2018)

  • CVLT

    March 2017 - April 2017
    New York, New York

    Mostly developed various fabric shaders with some lighting for high end photoreal products. 3-6k product still renders. Helped with final compositing of full CG product shots.

  • Lighter/Nuke CG Compositor (Freelance)

    Imaginary Forces

    March 2017 - March 2017
    Greater New York City Area

    3d Lighting and compositing on a full cg spot.

    -Lighting (Vray)
    -Compositing (Nuke) Full CG Project

  • Lighter/Modeler/Lookdev Artist (Freelance)

    Hornet Inc.

    February 2017 - February 2017
    Greater New York City Area

    Working on 3 ads fullfilling various tasks.
    Clients: Frooti Fizz, Mcdonalds

    -Lighting (vray)
    -Lookdev
    -Scene assembly
    -Prop modeling

  • Lighter (Freelance)

    Method Studios

    December 2016 - January 2017
    Greater New York City Area

    Worked on a shortfilm
    -Lighting (vray)
    -Rendering

  • Lighter/ TexureArtist / Modeler (Freelance)

    The Colony

    September 2016 - November 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    -Worked on two 2 minute long pre-rendered 4k VR spots
    -Worked on an Ad for toothpaste commercial
    -Lighting (vray)
    -Texturing (mudbox)
    -Rendering
    -lookdev
    -scene assembly
    -asset modeling

  • Lighter (Freelance)

    The STUDIO NYC

    September 2016 - September 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    Worked on a 2 min commercial for the Hinge dating app rebrand.
    Clients: Hinge Dating App
    -Lighting (vray)
    -Rendering

  • Lighter/Lookdev artist ( Freelance)

    The Mill

    August 2016 - August 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    Workied on CG/VFX Advertising for a 30 second commercial
    -Lighting (arnold)
    -Shading
    -Scene Optimization
    -Hardsurface Modeling
    -Precomp
    -Modeling

  • Lighter/Lookdev Artist (Freelance)

    Brand New School

    July 2016 - August 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    Worked on CG/VFX Advertising
    Clients: Ford Fusion Fall 2017, Ford Fusion endtags
    -Lighting (arnold)
    -Lighting/Rendering revision
    -Scene Assembly
    -Look-dev

  • Lighter/Texture Artist (Freelance)

    The Colony

    June 2016 - June 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    Worked on A VFX short film
    -Nuke Projections
    -Mudbox Painting
    -Shaders
    -Lighting (vray)
    -Rendering

  • Lighting/Modeling (Freelance)

    The Mill

    June 2016 - June 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    Worked on CG/VFX Advertising
    Client: Ford Doors
    -Lighting (arnold)
    -Scene Optimization
    -Hardsurface Modeling
    -Precomp

  • Lighter/Lookdev Artist (Freelance)

    Brand New School

    May 2016 - June 2016
    Greater New York City Area


    Worked on CG/VFX Advertising
    Clients: Lays Jalapeno, Lays Chives, Lays BBQ, Lego Dimensions

    -Lighting (arnold)
    -Scene Optimization
    -Lookdev
    -Assist with model fixes

  • Texture Artist (Freelance)

    My Active Driveway

    April 2016 - May 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    Worked on CG/VFX Advertising
    Clients: Lowes Whirlpool Kangaroo, Lowes Whirlpool Dolphin, Lowes Whirlpool Fathers Day, Lowes Whirlpool Mermaid, Lowes Whirlpool Bobble heads
    -Scene Assembly + Workflow Assist
    -Nuke Projections
    -Mudbox Painting
    -Photoshop cleanup
    -Maya Baking
    -Shaders
    -Lighting (Arnold)
    -Rendering

  • Lighter (Freelance)

    Quietman

    March 2016 - April 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    Worked on CG Advertising
    Clients: Pepsi Emoji
    -Lighting (vray)
    -Scene Optimization
    -Lookdev
    -label variations
    -precomp in after effects

  • Lighter (Freelance)

    Brand New School

    March 2016 - March 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    Worked on CG/VFX Advertising
    Clients:Mcdonalds
    -Lighting (arnold)
    -Scene Optimization
    -Lookdev

  • Lighting Technical Director

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    February 2015 - February 2016
    vancouver

    Lighting and compositing

  • Lighter (Freelance)

    The Colony

    August 2015 - September 2015
    Greater New York City Area

    Contributed to 31 vfx shots for the film "Beautiful Dreamer" (2016)
    -Lighting (mental ray)
    -Precomp
    -Lookdev
    -Rendering

  • Lead Lighter/Compositor (Freelance)

    OtterBox

    December 2014 - January 2015

    Worked on a CG advertisement.
    -Lead Lighting
    -Lookdev
    -Compositing

  • Lighter/3D Generalist (Freelance)

    loyalkaspar

    October 2014 - January 2015
    Greater New York City Area

    Working on CG Advertising
    (Vray)

  • Lighter/3D Generalist (Freelance)

    Brancozulu

    October 2014 - October 2014

    Worked on CG Advertising
    Client: Sestini
    -Modeling/Texturing/ Lookdev
    -Lighting/Render (Mental Ray)

  • Lighter/Lookdev Artist (Freelance)

    The Mill

    August 2014 - September 2014
    Greater New York City Area

    Worked on CG Advertising
    Client:Verizon
    -Texturing/ Lookdev
    -Lighting/Render/Comp

  • Lighter/Compositor (Contractor)

    Reel FX

    March 2014 - July 2014
    Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    Lighting/Comp on "Book of Life"​ (2014)
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262227/
    -Lighting/Rendering (Houdini)
    -Compositing (CG) (Nuke)

  • Lighter/3D Generalist (Jr. Staff)

    MPC

    May 2013 - March 2014
    Greater New York City Area

    Worked on VFX CG Advertising
    Clients: Sony Playstation, Coke-Cola, BMW, Pennzoil, Hertz, Washington Health

    -Scene Assembly
    -Modeling/Sculpting (Maya, Mudbox)
    -Texturing/Lookdev (Mari, Maya)
    -Lighting/Render/Precomp (Mental Ray, Arnold, Nuke)

  • Lighter/3D Generalist (Intern)

    MPC

    May 2013 - August 2013

    Worked on a full CG spot for Coca Cola directed by Passion Pictures

    -Scene Assembly
    -Lighting/Render/Pre-comp (Mental Ray)
    -Pre-compositing (Nuke)
    -Modeling/Sculpting (Mudbox,Maya)
    -Texturing,Shading (Mari,Photoshop,Mental Ray)

  • Lighter/CG Generalist (Intern)

    Superfad

    May 2012 - August 2012
    Seattle

    -I worked on 3d commercials for Xfinity, Nike, Shoe Carnival, Aleve and Fox College Football
    -Assisted as an extra for various commercials and advertisements.
    -Lighting in Mental Ray and Vray
    -Rendering/ Rendersetup in Mental Ray and Vray
    -Created Camera Nulls for Motion Tracking
    -Extensive Uving
    -Prop Modeling
    -Prop Texturing

  • Art/CG Generalist (Intern)

    Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE)

    June 2011 - August 2011

    Partook in creating an IVLE (Immersive Virtual Learning Environment) for off-shore oil Rig Workers. IVLE rendered in Unreal Game Engine
    -Story-boarding
    -Concept Development for a Realtime IVLE Training Cinematic
    -Character design
    -3d low poly modeling for real-time rendering

Education
  • Ringling College of Art and Design

    2009 - 2013