Pete Bailey

Work History

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  CG lighter

  Aardman Animations

  March 2015 - Present

  lighting and rendering commercials in Maya/Vray/Nuke

  

  
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  3D Generalist & Storyboard Artist

  Freelance

  July 2020 - March 2021

• 3D Generalist

  Outpost

  April 2020 - May 2020

• Senior layout/previs artist/3D generalist

  12 Guardians

  October 2014 - March 2015

  Working closely with the director and CGI production team, translating storyboards into dynamic action and dialogue sequences using Maya and After Effects.Suggesting script and storyboard modifications in order to tell the story more efficiently while adding a cinematic feel on a TV budget.
  Set and prop usage and design is also an important aspect of the roll as well as lighting design and camera style and movement.Rudimentary but effective character animation in order the give the director and producer a clear indication of the final product.

• 3D animator/compositor

  Island Monkey

  January 2007 - May 2013

  Modelling,texturing,animation,lighting,rendering & compositing for TV and corporate projects
  Using Maya & After Effects
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  Animator

  Play Nicely Ltd

  2013 - March 2013

  This was fun job with a very quick turn around.I was passed a model of a Plesiosaur from 3Ds max
  which I then re rigged and animated in Maya.
  The animated was then taken into Unity where it was used to create an interactive museum experience.
  The main challenge was to have the animation of the legs and tail loop constantly while the creature banked left,right,up and down.These pre set movement would be programmed into Unity so that they could be instantly called upon depending on the interactive requirements.
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  3D Generalist

  Happy Hour Productions

  2013 - 2013

  3D modelling in Maya

• Animation Director/VFX consultant

  CCFL

  2013 - 2013

  https://vimeo.com/108099953
  This is an animatic I created for Cross Channel Film lab in order to provide proof of concept and a visual guideline for the animation and production team.
  I was given a storyboard and was solely responsible for every aspect of the animatic production this included: modelling,rigging,animation,layout,timing,storyboard modification,lighting rendering and compositing.
  I am particularly interested in layout and animation and would like to do more in the future.
  (The music is a temp guideline only)
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  Senior VFX artist

  BBC

  May 2012 - August 2012

  VFX artist using Maya,Vray,Nuke and After Effects
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  Lighting TD

  Aardman Features

  November 2010 - January 2012

  Combining 3D CGI, 2D and live action stereoscopic elements using Maya & Nuke for the purpose of VFX evaluation,continuity and final approval prior to final composit.
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  3D animator

  Hello Charlie

  2012 - 2012

  Pudsey the dogs has a dance-off with Pudsey the bear.
  My role involved taking Mo-cap data and applying it to a pre rigged model.I edited the data to achieve the moves required to work with the real dog shot on green screen.There were a number of shots we added to the story board at the layout stage in order for the choreography to work more effectively.
  I also modelled and textured a number of props,lit and rendered all the shots before passing multiple passes onto the compositor.

• VFX consultant/storyboard artist

  The Future is Wild

  2010 - 2011

  I had 2 roles on this project.
  Firstly because I had been heavily involved with 1st series I had a large input into the creature and story ideas for the second.working closely with the series producer and scientists we wrote 3 one hour episode whilst I simultaneously sketched creature designs and storyboarded sequences.
  My second role was that of VFX advisor making sure that the stories where achievable within the budget and schedule at a very early stage.
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  Senior VFX Artist / 3D Animator

  BBC

  2008 - 2010

  VFX using Maya for Sarah Jane Adventures and Dr Who.
  Concept artwork and design,layout,modelling,rigging,animation,lighting,rendering.
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  Senior VFX designer

  BBC Cardiff

  2008 - 2010

  Mainly I worked on The Sarah Jane Adventures
  (a Dr Who spin off show) over 4 series.
  I role was very varied,Often I'd work from my own designs of characters,sets or props,building them in Maya and then animating,lighting and rendering.Often I produced FX work such energy fields and blasts.Shots would vary from CG fish raining from the sky to giant evil CG stomachs in cellars to deadly CG spore spitting alien plants.Some compositing and camera tracking was also involved.

• Senior Animator

  Red Vision Bristol

  2003 - 2007

  Animation and graphics for science,history and natural history programmes.
  Storyboarding,layout,modelling,rigging,animation,lighting,rendering.
  Art direction,production managment,shoot supervision,client pitching,team management.
  Maya and photoshop

• Senior Animator

  422

  1997 - 2003

  Animation and graphics for science,history and natural history programmes.
  Storyboarding,layout,modelling,rigging,animation,lighting,rendering.
  Art direction,production managment,shoot supervision,client pitching,team management.
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  TD / animator

  Wētā FX

  February 1995 - August 1997

  completed 25 shots on feature film The Frighteners,also worked on films:Contact,
  King Kong and Forgotten Silver.
  Modelling,layout,animation,lighting,rendering,compositing.
  using Maya,Softimage,Eddie and Shake

• Designer/Animator

  AAV Digital Pictures

  January 1991 - February 1995

  CG - design,modelling,texturing,rigging,animation,lighting,rendering
  for TV commercials,short and long form TV programmes