Michele Severgnini

Work History

• Character Artist

  ArtForge Ltd.

  September 2020 - Present

  Responsible for High and Low Poly character modelling - mainly stylized creatures and humanoids.
  Anticipate and fix Anatomy and gesture problems that may come when concept translates to 3D. UVs, maps creation and export for PBR materials, mesh-ready for UE4.

• Character Artist

  GetDeadEntertainment

  January 2019 - March 2020

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Responsible of High and Low Poly modelling characters mainly humans and animals realistc style, UVs, maps creation and export for PBR materials, mesh-ready for UE4

• Modeller

  Virtual Impulse Game Studio

  September 2013 - December 2018

  London, United Kingdom

  Responsible for low poly modelling of props, weapons and character, UV
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  3D Modeler

  Vibram Group

  October 2016 - December 2016

  London, United Kingdom

  Design and presentation for the Vibram glove challenge
  
  Software: ZBrush, Keyshot, Photoshop

• motion graphics artist

  LR Wonder Company

  January 2015 - April 2015

  London, United Kingdom

  Concepting and Creating the Company’s Logo Animation based on the Original Logo.
  Responsible all Cg aspects, concept, modelling, dynamic simulation, texturing, lighting, rendering and compositing
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  Character Artist

  Mountainwheel Games

  January 2013 - September 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Craeting High Res sclupt for maps extrapolation, Modelling Low Poly models, texturing of Characters
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  Modeller

  Universal Production Partners

  April 2011 - May 2011

  Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

  Responsible for the airplanes cockpit modelling and UV's.
  Airplanes: P-40, P-41 Mustang, Messerschmitt
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  Freelance generalist

  Blackmamba3D

  November 2010 - March 2011

  Milan Area, Italy

  Assisting The Cg Supervisor during the scenes set up, lighting and rendering.

• Animator freelance

  Blinding Films

  December 2008 - July 2010

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  For more than 1 year that I'm doing a freelance
  Animator, with Maya 2008,
  For the show "Dawn of Darkness"(LARFF 2010 Best Digital Effects and Honorable Mention as Best Narrative Short) .
  My part in the show is creating a full CG
  Character and props Animation based on
  A real live Shooting for the replacement
  Of the real actors with the CG character.
  I'm also responsible for the lighting, rendering and compositing
  For some scenes.

• Freelancing

  cgchannel.com

  October 2009 - June 2010
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  waiter

  Accor

  2006 - 2007

  Reading, United Kingdom

  I've been doing the waiter job for supporting my english language study in Reading (UK), also this experience became helpfull in term of time and team management

• 3D Animator

  studioBase2

  May 2006 - October 2006

  Cremona Area, Italy

  I did an interneship like animator for the game "Noa e la gola di Olduvai" (free dowloadable from https://www.noagame.org/noa_new/), my job was to make blend shape, cycle animations, animals animation (like fish, flying birds).
  All this was made in Softimage XSI.