natasha devaud

natasha devaud

Lookdev, Textile/Costume expertise in RL and Digital

Senior Technical Artist / Senior Digital Textile / Costume Designer / 20 yrs

San Francisco, CA, United States

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Technical Director

Andor (2022)

Computer Graphics Artist

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Visual Effects Artist

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Digital Artist

Doctor Strange (2016)

Lighting Technical Director

Rango (2011)

Visual Effects Artist

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

Digital Artist

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Digital Artist

Noah (2014)

Digital Artist

Pacific Rim (2013)

Digital Artist

The Avengers (2012)

Digital Artist

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

CG Sequence Supervisor

Iron Man 2 (2010)

Digital Artist

Iron Man (2008)

Digital Artist

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Digital Artist

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Digital Effects Artist

Mars Attacks (1996)

Digital Artist

The Captain (2019)

Digital Artist

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Digital Artist

Monster Hunt 2 (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Strange Magic (2015)

Digital Effects Artist

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Visual Effects Artist

Red Tails (2012)

Digital Artist

Terminator Salvation (2009)

Digital Artist

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Digital Artist

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Computer Graphics Artist

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Digital Artist

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Technical Director

Van Helsing (2004)

Digital Artist

Hulk (2003)

Computer Graphics Artist

Men in Black II (2002)

Digital Effects Artist

Men in Black (1997)

Computer Graphic Artist

Jurassic Park III (2001)

Digital Artist

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)

Technical Supervisor

Wild Wild West (1999)

Computer Graphics Artist

Small Soldiers (1998)

Digital Effects Artist

Flubber (1997)

Digital Effects Artist

Twister (1996)

Whalefin And Shark Animation Sequence

Waterworld (1995)

Digital Artist

Jack Frost

Demo Reel Natasha Devaud, senior TD
Born and raised in Switzerland, Natasha is a Technical Director in VFX for movies (mostly at Industrial Light + Magic/Lucasfilm), with a specialty in Lighting and Look Development. Since 2018, her background and expertise in Textile and Fashion Design, both digitally and in real life, have brought her to collaborate on the development of avatars in immersive experiences, which led to 3 years at Meta where her expertise in textiles was key to various researches on virtual textile reconstruction (as in fiber and textile structures) and garment reconstruction for simulation and all-inclusive grading. Virtual Textile and Costume Design is what she's currently focusing on.
Her movie credits include several Star Wars, Transformers, Harry Potter and Marvel movies. She holds a Master's Degree in Computer Graphic from ECAL (Lausanne, Switzerland), as well as a degree in Education and a background in Fashion Design.
Work History

  • Technical Artist / Textile Expert

    META

    January 2022 - March 2025
    Sausalito

    - developed tools to reconstruct textile's 3D structures (knits and weaves), used as basis to various research project on surface-based Cloth Appearance Models
    - reconstructed garments for research on draping and realistic look development, as well as grading for all-inclusive models
    - key person on all aspects of textiles, backed up by extensive knowledge of textiles from fibers to cloth to garment, and real-life skills attached to textile production (spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, tailoring, ...)

  • Instructor lighting and texturing

    Academy of Art University

    September 2018 - June 2022
    San Francisco

    Teaching of Fundamentals of Texturing and Lighting, Animation and Visual Effect Department

  • Technical Director, Lighting

    Whiskytree

    September 2021 - December 2021
    San Rafael CA

    Plus 2 other contracts at WhiskyTree in 2017 and 2019.

  • CG Costume Designer

    Dreamscape Immersive

    September 2020 - July 2021
    Genève, Switzerland

  • Senior Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    November 1994 - August 2017

    Technical Director specialized in Lighting and Look Development

  • 3D TD

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    February 1994 - June 1995
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Education

  • College of Arts and Design, Lausanne

    1991 - 1993

  • Ecole Formes et Couleurs

    1990 - 1991

  • Ecole Normale II

    1985 - 1989