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.
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
- 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.