Kyle Obley

Work History

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  Lead Flame Artist

  Glassworks

  April 2011 - Present
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  Flame Artist

  The Ambassadors VFX

  March 2009 - March 2011

  Worked as a lead artist for large Dutch and Russian commercials for clients such as Heineken, Amstel, KPN, ABN AMRO and Bijenkorf. Responsibilities also include script break-downs, set supervision as well as team management.

• Flame artist

  Valkieser Capital Images

  February 2008 - February 2009

  Lead all compositing jobs and supervised shoots. Worked on spots for the Dutch, Russian and Middle Eastern markets as well as the Dutch film “Wit Licht”.
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  Flame artist

  Method Studios

  2004 - January 2008

  Completed all aspects of the process from cutting mattes to final composites for commercials and films. Began to lead jobs as I progressed as well as being the primary compositor on many large spots for clients such as Hummer and Pepsi. I also had the opportunity to work on "Pirates of the Caribbean" 2 & 3. By the end of my 4th year working with them, I had contributed to more than 100 spots.

  
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  Freelance Flame artist

  Radium

  2004 - 2004

  Created composites, mattes, frame clean-ups and shadow removal using Inferno for commercial spots, music videos and feature films including "Sin City".
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  Intern

  Brickyard VFX

  2003 - 2003

  Created mattes, pre-production of animatics, performed 2D/3D tracking, created 3D elements and rough comps. Promoted to assisting night-time Flame artist. Performed touch-ups, conforms, lay-offs, archives and re-tagged spots for clients such as Hummer and Volkswagen.