Michael Rogers

Michael Rogers

Lead Surfacing Artist / 14 yrs

Portland, OR

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Visual Effects Artist

Fengshen Trilogy (2023)

Visual Effects Artist

Shang-Chi (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

Mortal Kombat (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

The Witches (2020)

Visual Effects Artist

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

The Lego Movie Sequel (2019)

Visual Effects Artist

Magnum P.I. (2018)

Model / Texture Artist

Doctor Strange (2016)

Model / Texture Artist

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Model / Texture Artist

Allegiant (2016)

Model / Texture Artist

Deadpool (2016)

Texture Artist

Beautiful Creatures (2013)

Texture Artist

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)

Visual Effects Artist

Let Me In (2010)

Work History

  • Sr. CG Lighting Artist

    LAIKA/house

    May 2022 - Present
    Hillsboro, OR

  • Sr. Character Surfacing Artist

    Animal Logic

    May 2021 - December 2023
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Client: Netflix for The Magician’s Elephant

  • Sr. Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Warm & Fuzzy

    April 2021 - April 2021
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

    Client: Genies

  • CG Supervisor

    Maximum Effort

    January 2021 - January 2021
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Sr. Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    HAUS Los Angeles

    August 2020 - October 2020
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • UE4 Artist

    Red 6

    August 2020 - September 2020
    Santa Monica, California, United States

  • Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Brand New School

    May 2020 - June 2020
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

    Client: Merrill Lynch

  • Surfacing Artist

    Method Studios

    June 2019 - May 2020
    Melbourne, Australia

    Clients:
    Paramount Pictures for Terminator: Dark Fate
    Columbia Pictures for Jumanji: The Next Level
    Columbia Pictures for Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
    Tencent Pictures for Fengshen Trilogy
    New Line Cinema for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
    Esperanto Filmoj for The Witches
    Marvel Studios for Shang-Chi and the Legend
    of the Ten Rings
    New Line Cinema for Mortal Kombat

  • Sr. Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Oddfellows

    April 2019 - May 2019
    Portland, Oregon

    Client: FX Networks

  • Sr. Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Elastic

    February 2019 - May 2019
    Santa Monica, California

    Clients: Google and Microsoft

  • Lead Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Alma Mater

    September 2018 - February 2019
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Clients: Oral B

    Warner Bros for The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part

  • Surfacing, Lighting, Compositing Lead

    ODDBALL ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED

    October 2018 - December 2018
    Santa Monica, California, United States

    Client: 20th Century Fox

  • Sr. Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Elastic

    August 2018 - September 2018
    Santa Monica, CA

    Client: Apple

  • Sr. Surfacing Artist

    Oddfellows

    August 2018 - August 2018
    Portland, Oregon

    Client: Google

  • Sr. Surfacing Artist

    HouseSpecial

    July 2018 - August 2018
    Portland, Oregon Area

    Client: Cole Haan

  • Sr. Lighting Artist

    Zoic Studios

    June 2018 - July 2018
    Culver City, California

    Client: CBS for Magnum P.I.

  • Sr. Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Elastic

    May 2018 - June 2018
    Santa Monica, CA

    Client: Dell

  • Sr. Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Oddfellows

    April 2018 - April 2018
    Portland, Oregon Area

  • Sr. Surfacing + Lighhting Artist

    Psyop

    October 2017 - March 2018
    Venice, CA

    Clients: Supercell and Uber

  • Sr. Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Buck

    November 2017 - November 2017
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Client: Apple

  • Sr. CG Artist

    Faraday Future

    April 2017 - October 2017
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    My responsibilities included modernizing the pipeline and testing different methods of streamlining redundant tasks.
    Creating and ingesting assets that were shared across departments.
    Texturing, look development, lighting, modeling, animating and compositing shot elements for use in both public and investor videos.

  • Surfacing Artist

    Psyop

    February 2017 - April 2017
    Venice, California

    Clients: Honda, Supercell

  • Surfacing Artist

    Brand New School

    February 2017 - February 2017
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Client: Nabisco

  • Texture Artist

    Scholar

    November 2016 - December 2016
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Client: Dairy Farmers of Canada

  • Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Method Studios

    October 2016 - November 2016
    Santa Monica, CA

    Client: Target

  • Lead Surfacing + Lighting Artist

    Psyop

    February 2016 - September 2016
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Clients: Riot, Gameloft and Cricket Wireless

  • Lead CG Artist

    Prologue Films

    June 2016 - July 2016
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Client: Disney for Beauty and the Beast (2017)

  • Instructor for Texture 2

    Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games + Animation

    January 2016 - June 2016
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Instructor for Texture and Shading 2. Teaching advanced workflows in Mari and Arnold from texturing the core channels for a shader, to the more advanced techniques like layer and mask sharing across channels to creating RGB masks for further shader refinement during the look development process.

  • Model + Texture Artist

    Luma Pictures

    November 2015 - February 2016
    Santa Monica, California

    Clients: Universal Studios, Coca Cola

    Marvel for Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War and Doctor Strange

    Red Wagon Entertainment for The Divergent Series: Allegiant

  • Instructor

    lynda.com

    October 2015 - November 2015
    Carpinteria, California

    Mari instructor.

  • CG Artist

    The Mill

    May 2015 - June 2015
    Los Angeles, California

    Client: Cannes Lions for Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase.

  • CG Artist

    Psyop

    April 2015 - May 2015
    Venice, CA

    Client: Cricket Wireless.

  • Lead CG Artist

    MPC

    March 2015 - April 2015
    Santa Monica, California

    Clients: Keurig, Sprint, Discover, Raid & Honda.

  • CG Artist

    Buck

    March 2015 - March 2015
    Los Angeles, California

    Client: McDonald's.

  • CG Artist

    We Are Royale

    February 2015 - February 2015
    Los Angeles, California

    Client: Nike.

  • CG Artist

    Visual Creatures

    February 2015 - February 2015
    Los Angeles, California

    Client: Gamefly.

  • CG Artist

    The Mill

    November 2014 - February 2015
    Los Angeles, CA

    Client: Google.

  • CG Artist

    Framestore

    October 2014 - November 2014
    Culver City, CA

    Client: Target.

  • Lead CG Artist

    Zoic Studios

    August 2014 - September 2014
    Culver City, CA

    Client: Sony.

  • Lead CG Artist

    Imaginary Forces

    June 2014 - August 2014

    Clients: Toyota & MAXON.

  • Lead CG Artist

    We Are Royale

    April 2014 - May 2014

    Client: Nike.

  • CG Artist

    Imaginary Forces

    March 2014 - April 2014

    Clients: Sapporo & Toyota

  • Mari Instructor

    FXPHD

    January 2014 - March 2014

    Exploring the vast and wonderful world of Mari by texture painting a detailed jet pilot after her vehicle has crash and burned.

  • Layout Modeler

    Blur Studio

    January 2014 - March 2014

    Client: Microsoft for Halo 2: Anniversary Edition cut scenes.

  • Lighting Artist

    Buck

    December 2013 - December 2013

    Client: McDonalds, pitch for new happy meal campaign.

  • Lead CG Artist

    Imaginary Forces

    July 2013 - November 2013

    Client: S2 Games, video game cinematic and trailer pitch for Strife.

  • Look Development Artist

    Traceback Studios

    August 2013 - September 2013

    Client: Traceback Studios

  • Lighting Artist

    LOGAN & SONS

    June 2013 - July 2013

    Client: Apple Inc, pitch for iPhone 5s / 5c event.

  • CG Artist

    Buck

    April 2013 - May 2013

    Clients: Target, Phillips 66 and Wonka (pitch).

  • Lead Look Development Artist

    LOGAN & SONS

    April 2013 - April 2013

    Client: Sony, advertising campaign for infamous: Second Son.

  • Texture Artist

    Scholar

    March 2013 - March 2013

    Client: Toyota.

  • Lighting Artist

    Buck

    January 2013 - February 2013

    Clients: Telstra, Best Buy and Conoco.

  • Lead Texture Artist

    Pixomondo

    August 2012 - October 2012

    Client: Warner Bros for Beautiful Creatures.

  • CG Artist

    The Mill

    June 2012 - July 2012

    Clients: Chase, Amway and Honda.

  • CG Artist

    Buck

    May 2012 - June 2012

    Clients: MTV and Best Buy.

  • Lead Texture Artist

    Digital Domain

    April 2012 - April 2012

    Client: Marvel for Iron Man video game cinematic.

  • Lighting Artist

    Mirada Studios

    March 2012 - March 2012

    Client: JCPenny.

  • CG Artist

    Buck

    February 2012 - March 2012

    Clients: Keebler and Boost Mobile.

  • Lighting Artist

    Zoic Studios

    January 2012 - January 2012

    Client: Toyota.

  • CG Artist

    Buck

    October 2011 - November 2011

    Client: Toyota.

  • Lighting Artist

    Mirada Studios

    September 2011 - September 2011

    Clients: IBM and Expedia.

  • Texture Artist

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    February 2011 - August 2011

    Client: Fox for Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-wrecked!

  • CG Artist

    Method Studios

    June 2010 - February 2011

    Clients: Lexus, Cadillac, HP, Comcast, Harley Davidson and US Cellular. Overture Films for Let Me In.

  • CG Artist Intern

    The Mill

    August 2009 - August 2009

    Clients: Lexus and Sankyo.

  • IT Professional

    Geek Squad

    November 2006 - September 2007

    Repaired PCs and Macs; sold repair services; assisted in other departments’ sales.

  • IT Professional

    Currey Adkins

    August 2005 - August 2006

    Same as before.

  • IT Professional

    Computers Plus / Lone Star Title

    February 2004 - April 2005

    Troubleshot PCs, networks and printers for personal clients and personal computer technician for title company’s 5 locations.

  • Web Designer

    University of Texas at El Paso

    April 2003 - August 2003

    Created and modified web pages for professors.

    Operated a summer academy to instruct faculty members on how to create their own web sites.

  • IT Professional

    Currey Adkins

    October 2001 - July 2002

    Built hundreds of PCs for multiple clients and customized accordingly.

    On-site and local repair of PCs.

    Networked facilities for new clients.

    Troubleshot PCs including hardware and software.

    Networked facilities for new clients.

    Experience with troubleshooting printers.

    Provided technical support to several plants in Juarez, Mexico
    (ECS/Kane Magnetics, IOS).

    Experience with troubleshooting phone systems (VoIP).

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Education

  • Certificate in Independent Music Production

    UCLA Extension

    2017 - ?

  • CGSociety - CGWorkshops

    2012 - 2012

  • Gnomon School of Visual Effects

    2012 - 2012

  • fxPhd

    2012 - 2012

  • Savannah College of Art and Design

    2007 - 2010

  • The University of Texas at El Paso

    2002 - 2007