Martin Orlowski

Work History

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  Creature TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  November 2020 - November 2022

  Sydney, Australia
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  Sr Creature TD

  Wētā FX

  September 2016 - November 2020
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  Motion R&D, Lead

  Wētā FX

  October 2015 - September 2016

  Wellington, New Zealand
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  Lead Motion Capture Pipeline Developer

  Wētā FX

  August 2013 - October 2015

  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [2014]
  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [2013]
  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes [2014]

  

  

  
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  Senior Character TD

  Laika

  November 2012 - July 2013

  Animated Feature: The Boxtrolls [2014] (a.k.a Here Be Monsters)
  
  Developed a Crowd Facial System:
  • Adaptable to all types of character heads
  • Built through a quick process of controlled sculpting of a low resolution mask.
  
  Developed a complex node-based Skirt Rig module to work with existing rigs:
  • Allows for attaching any type of clothing: dresses, aprons, skirts etc.
  • Generated from curves drawn on a high resolution mesh
  • Smoothing out creases and ruffles when the mesh is hit
  • Layers of quick to manipulate animation controls
  • Auto-Colliding with the underlying body rigs
  • Aprons will slide if placed on top of skirts
  • Length and volume preservation.

  
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  Senior Character TD

  Digital Domain

  July 2012 - October 2012

  Animated Feature: The Legend of Tembo [2014]
  Facial System development for hero characters
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  Senior Character Pipeline TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2012 - June 2012

  The Amazing Spiderman [2012]
  Pipeline development

  

  
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  Lead Character TD

  Aardman Animations

  July 2009 - January 2012

  Animated Feature:
  Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists [2012] UK
  The Pirates! Band of Misfits [2012] US
  
  Supervising rigging for all VFX CG asset rigs including pirates,
  scientists, animals, ships and crowds. Responsible for creation of 100+ rigs for previz.
  
  Designed and Implemented core animation tools and workflows in python, pymel and Qt.
  Responsible for packaging crowd animation for outsourced rendering.
  
  • AnimData import export:
  Animation exported as a published element via intuitive browser/editor with an interactive icon creator.
  Packaged an

  

• Assembly Supervisor

  Adler Logistics

  2001 - 2004

  Responsible for the assembly of a section of the production pipeline for the BMW 5-series
  Dingolfing BMW, Germany
  
  Assembling and supervising constructions for Ikea, Panasonic, Renault to name a few