mahmood tariq

Work History

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  Sr Lighting TD

  Double Negative

  February 2022 - April 2024

  Vancouver, Canada
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  key lighting artist

  MPC

  June 2021 - December 2021
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  Sr Lighting TD

  Griffin Animation Academy

  August 2020 - December 2020

  Lighting Full CG shots to final using Blender and Natron.
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  Sr FX Artist

  Digital Domain

  December 2020 - June 2021
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  Lighting TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  October 2008 - March 2011

  Hyderabad Area, India

  Lighting/Compositing TD on Hop
  (September 2010- February 2011)
  (Shot Lighting and Compositing )
  (worked on shot lighting on the Easter bunny on various sequences and also composited few of my lighting shots featuring easter bunny
  
  Lighting TD on Marmaduke
  (Jan 2010- May 2010)
  (Shot Lighting )
  (worked on shot lighting featuring Marmaduke in the garage disco dance and in the end sequence featuring around 36 dogs dancing in the park ., basic aim was to match it to the real set lighting as closely as possible is they had to be cut in between the real n the CG dogs in the edit )
  
  Lighting TD on Alvin and Chipmunks : The Squeaquel
  (July 2009 - November 2009)
  (Shot Lighting)
  (worked on shots featuring ranging from all three chimpunks to the chipettes too having varying lighting conditions ( day , night , indoor ) . aim was to integrate the characters as closely as to the real world conditions and yet to keep them well lit with retaining their iconic look intact )
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  lighting sr. artist

  Animal Logic

  July 2019 - February 2020

  Sydney, Australia

  Sr Lighting TD on Peter Rabbit 2

  
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  Sr. Lighting TD

  MPC

  February 2018 - July 2019

  Montréal, Canada

  Sr Lighting TD
  X men ,
  The predator
  Aquaman,
  Arthemis Fowl

  

  
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  FX TD

  Digital Domain

  September 2017 - January 2018

  Hyderabad Area, India
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  FX TD

  MPC

  July 2015 - November 2016

  London, United Kingdom

  FX TD on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  FX TD on Xmen Apocalypse
  FX TD on Spectre
  FX TD on Jungle Book
  
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  FX TD

  Double Negative

  February 2015 - May 2015

  London, United Kingdom

  FX TD on Terminator Genisys
  
  Worked on atmospheric mist elements which included to get the look and internal movement of the mist right and then to implement it across various shots . Worked on Helicopter trail volume simulations and on helicopter volume rotor swirls caches intended for Heli trail advection which were used as additional render elements for few shots as Heli rotor swirl elements . Also Worked on Cloud Pass by elements and on Glass shattering tests for a small duration of time .
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  Freelance FX TD

  Tau Films

  November 2014 - January 2015

  FX TD on Baahubali: The Beginning
  
  Was responsible for initial R & D ,workflow methodology and testing of Houdini rope simulation setup using wire solvers being developed for Bison fight sequence assets which had to be used in a multi shot sequence .
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  Lead FX TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  January 2014 - October 2014

  Hyderabad Area, India

  Lead FX TD
  
  Ai ( Indian Movie)
  (September 2014- October 2014)
  Worked on initial R & D on bee swarm attack sequence using particle instancing . Was responsible for setup and creation of 3D Flower Field set extension , Initial Houdini FX to mantra lighting workflow and tempelate setup .FX involved creation of Particle instancing , Color pattern paint control , Paint map lookdev pickup and detailed flower variation control setup.
  
  Alien Attack (Theme park Ride Film )
  ( January 2014 - September 2014)
  Worked on initial R & D on hero teleport tunnel effect (initial R&D Fx , Lighting ,shading )
  and various r & d on building destruction ,helping out on procedural car systems effects ,procedural haze setup , Rbd & Pyro explosions ,smoke, dust ,sparks etc .Working closely with a group of talented and dedicated artists . Anticipating problems and Problem solving ,
  Packaging stuff for Lighting and working with them closely for optimization and render efficiency.
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  FX TD

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  March 2011 - December 2013

  Hyderabad Area, India

  FX TD (Peekay)
  (Nov-2013- January 2014)
  Working on Hero pyro clouds and secondary smoke simulations , Earth Fly through clouds and secondary wispy clouds elements.
  
  FX TD (Commercials and Few indian movies)
  (May 2013 - November 2013 )
  working on FX RnD for a bee swarm sequence and worked on various commercials with work ranging from clouds, bubbles ,pyro smoke sim , debris .flip fluids , embers , etc .
  
  * Park Avenue Beer shampoo commercial
  * World Gold Council Azva Jewellery commercial
  * Tropicana Juice Commercial
  
  FX TD on The Seventh Son
  Worked on smoke dust sim , rain simulations ,rain splashes , vortices sim , and silverbane dust simulations
  (March 2013 - April 2013 )
  
  FX TD on 300: Rise of an Empire (2013)
  worked on rain simulations , ground rain and character interaction splashes
  worked on ground dust sim using particles to drive the smoke sim and proprietery Felt tool for rendering dust.
  (November 2012 - February 2013 )
  
  FX TD on R.I.P.D.
  Worked on various shots for debris simulations , chain simulations and few cloth sims for flying newspapers
  ( June 2011 - September 2012 )
  
  FX TD on Life of Pi
  ( September 2011 - April 2012 )
  Worked on the additional water effects for the cg ocean (Whitecaps,Foam ,Ripples and Biolum effects on few shots )
  
  Crosstraining into FX Department
  ( March 2011- September 2011 )
  Learning the process of creating Procedural effects using houdini , the software's concepts and the way its effectively used in the studio using custom and the standard tools.