Mike R. Huang

Mike R. Huang

Explode Everything FX Artist

Senior FX Artist / 12 yrs

NY, New York

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FX Artist

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

FX Artist

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

Deadpool (2016)

FX Artist

Daddy's Home (2006)

FX Artist

Game of Thrones (2011)

FX Artist

The Walk (2015)

Character Sim Intern

Epic (2013)
2019 mhfx reel
Freelance FX Artist, currently based out of NYC but willing to travel out for cool projects. Love exploding things, but can do it all: Pyro, smoke, flip, particles, destruction -- you name it, I'm on it.
Work History

  • Sr. FX Artist

    Psyop

    October 2022 - December 2022
    NY, New York

  • Sr. FX Artist

    Psyop

    August 2022 - September 2022
    Los Angeles, California, US

  • Sr. FX Artist

    Psyop

    May 2022 - August 2022
    Los Angeles, California, US

  • Sr. Fx artist

    FuseFX

    April 2022 - May 2022
    Burbank, California, US

  • Psyop

    August 2021 - April 2022
    Los Angeles, CA

  • FX Artist

    The-Artery

    July 2021 - July 2021

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    May 2021 - June 2021

  • FX Artist

    Blur Studio

    January 2021 - May 2021

  • FX Artist

    Blur Studio

    November 2020 - December 2020

  • FX Artist

    Psyop

    September 2020 - October 2020

  • FX Artist

    Blur Studio

    July 2020 - August 2020

  • Freelance FX Artist

    The-Artery

    March 2020 - March 2020
    New York, New York, United States

  • FX Artist

    Method Studios

    January 2020 - January 2020
    NY, New York

  • Freelance FX Artist

    Blur Studio

    December 2019 - December 2019
    Culver City, California, US

  • Freelance FX Artist

    The-Artery

    October 2019 - November 2019
    New York, New York, United States

  • Houdini FX artist

    Blur Studio

    July 2019 - October 2019
    Culver City, California, US

  • Staff FX Artist

    Psyop NYC

    October 2016 - May 2019

  • Staff FX Artist

    Atomic Fiction

    January 2015 - October 2016

  • Student

    School of Visual Arts - MFA 3D / Special Effects

    September 2011 - May 2013

    3D FX Specialist - Houdini, nDynamics, Realflow
    3D generalist, modeling, sculpting, texturing, compositing, lighting, animation

  • Character Simulation Intern

    Blue Sky Studios

    July 2012 - August 2012

  • Web Designer

    Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy

    March 2011 - February 2012

    Junior Webmaster, flash design, graphic designer for web, manage online content

  • Intern

    Visual Goodness Inc.

    June 2011 - August 2011

    Worked on 3d modeling, animation and fluid dynamics to integrate into large-scale projects
    Rotoscoping, color keying, and color correction in After Effects
    Prepare emails blasts by creating code and design in HTML,
    Designs for online ad content
    Image manipulation, photo enhancement and creative design in Photoshop

  • Web Designer / Graphic Designer

    Freelance

    May 2007 - July 2011

    Expert-level graphic design and photo enhancement (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash)
    Design and code websites in HTML/CSS and ActionScript 3.0
    Logo design, mascots for websites, motion graphic design with After Effects and Premiere

  • Creative Services Manager

    Packet Publications

    September 2009 - March 2011

    Managed a team of two full time staff and ten freelancers
    Lead designer for Packet Publication's premier Magazine
    Responsible for the complete redesign of 8 weekly publications as well as the modernization of special section designs.
    Responsible for the creation, design and edit of multiple publications
    Manage the text and graphics for online content across six publications

  • Intern

    MSNBC Secaucus

    January 2007 - April 2007

    Book guests for news segments / handle travel arrangements
    Work teleprompter
    Dub videos, and research background information for stories

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Education

  • School of Visual Arts

    2011 - 2013

  • Rutgers University-New Brunswick

    2003 - 2007