Mara MacMahon

Work History

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  Character TD

  Pixar

  February 2016 - Present

  Character modeling and rigging
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  Character TD

  DreamWorks Animation

  September 2013 - February 2016

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Use proprietary studio software to setup character rigs, augmented by Maya. Rig and maintain body setups on quadruped and biped characters: responsibilities range from adapting rig templates for unique characters, to creating art-directable deformations.
  
  Projects:
  • Feature - Trolls (2016)
  • Feature - Puss in Boots 2 (tbd)
  • Web - Shrek: Dreamworks TV (2014)

  
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  Technical Artist

  TinyCo

  February 2015 - October 2015

  San Francisco

  Built rigging pipeline from ground up, including template rigs, animation tools, and workflows. Developed toolset for exporting from Maya to engine for characters, buildings, props, and effects. Setup pipeline and rigged assets over a fast production cycle, from concept to vertical slice in 3 months.
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  Character TD

  Toys for Bob

  November 2012 - August 2013

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Created character, props, and sets rigs in Maya.
  Developed tools for TD and animator use in Maya, with Python.
  Rig conversion for Wii U platform.
  
  Projects - Video Games:
  • Skylanders: Trap Team
  • Skylanders: Swap Force
  • Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure Wii U
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  Character TD Intern

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  June 2012 - August 2012

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Character rigging on animated feature Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers.
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  Character TD Intern

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  June 2011 - August 2011

  Burbank, California

  
  Character rigging using studio tools and Maya, for a short film combining digital and traditional animation, that was screened at Siggraph 2011.
  Also assisted in general production on the short, ink and coloring animations in Toon Boom, and integrating 2D/3D elements within shots.
  

• Intern

  90 Degrees West

  March 2011 - May 2011

  St. Louis, MO

  
  Assisted in post-production work including match-moving and color correction.
  
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  PUP Technical Intern

  Pixar

  June 2010 - August 2010

  Emeryville, CA

  
  Over the course of 10 weeks, worked through the technical pipeline including modeling, shading, lighting, rigging, layout, and special effects/simulations. A final project was completed focusing on modeling and rigging a lion.
  

• Concept Artist

  Aha Communications

  May 2007 - August 2007

  Greater Chicago Area

  
  Created concept art and final animations/graphics for a "STEM Careers" computer game.