Monique Williams

Monique Williams

Senior Matte Painter / Digital Artist / Illustrator

Vancouver, Canada

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Senior Digital Matte Painter

DC Super Pets (2022)

Senior Digital Matte Painter

The Addams Family 2 (2021)

Matte Painter

ModNation Racers (2010)

Digital Matte Painter

Over the Moon (2020)

Digital Matte Painter

The Addams Family (2019)

Smallfoot (2018)

The Emoji Movie (2017)

Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2010)

Digital Matte Painter

Into the Storm (2014)

Digital Matte Painter

Maleficent (2014)

Digital Matte Painter

Godzilla (2014)

Digital Matte Painter

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Digital Matte Painter

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

Digital Matte Painter

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Designer/Illustrator

Microsoft (2008)
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Monique has over 25 years experience in digital and traditional arts. She is an experienced Illustrator with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment industry.

Skilled in Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya and Nuke, Monique currently works as an art and design professional in the role of Matte Painter/Environment Artist in the Visual Effects industry.
Work History

  • Illustrator/Artist

    Freelance Illustrator & Digital Artist

    June 1990 - Present

    Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Nuke, Maya

  • Digital Matte Painter

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    September 2019 - April 2020
    Vancouver, Canada

    Tools: Photoshop , Nuke, Maya
    Film: Over The Moon (2020)

  • Senior Digital Matte Painter

    Cinesite

    September 2018 - June 2019
    Vancouver, Canada

    Tools: Photoshop (Windows), Nuke (Linux), Shotgun
    Films:
    Addams Family (2019)

  • Digital Matte Painter

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    April 2015 - July 2018
    Vancouver, Canada

    Tools: Photoshop (Windows), Nuke (Linux)
    Films:
    Smallfoot (2018)
    Emoji Movie (2017)
    Smurfs The Lost Village (2016)
    Alice In Wonderland (2015)

  • Designer/Illustrator

    Microsoft

    July 2014 - March 2015
    Redmond

    Designed illustrations for Microsoft online documentation.

  • Digital Matte Painter

    MPC

    February 2013 - March 2014
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Tools: Photoshop (Windows), Nuke (Linux)
    Films:
    Into The Storm (2014)
    Maleficent (2014)
    Godzilla (2014 )
    300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
    Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
    Fast And Furious 6 (2013)

  • VFX/MattePaint Assistant

    Vancouver Film School

    September 2012 - April 2013
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Tools: Photoshop, Nuke, Maya
    - VFX department teachers assistant for Digital Matte Painting, VFX and Compositing courses
    - Develop and implement new grading rubrics and course outlines for all VFX courses

  • Designer/Illustrator

    Microsoft

    June 1995 - July 2009
    Redmond

    Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
    Management Methodologies: Mission Control, Agile

    - As the designer for Microsoft’s largest set of help documentation, I combined artistic skills with product research and usability studies, to create effective and appealing designs and production practices.
    - I developed processes that ensured presentation to a multi-national audience while saving 14% in localization costs.

  • Designer/Illustrator

    Microsoft

    June 1990 - September 1990
    Redmond, WA

    As the designer for the Microsoft University group I created illustrations based on different writers needs.

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Education

  • 3D Animation & Visual Effects

    Vancouver Film School

    2011 - 2012

  • AA in Animation and Graphics

    Bellevue College

    November 2008 - November 2010

  • BA: Visual Communications in (Computer Graphics, Photography, Fine Art

    Western Washington University

    1988 - 1993