John Walters
Supervisor VFX Art Director/Concept Artist / Lead Matte Painter / Concept Artist / 3 yrs
Wellington, New Zealand
Hire Me
As well as visual effects I provide services to the themed, entertainment and animation industries such as sculpting, model making, scenic painting, prop making and background painting.
• Traditional and Digital painter, sketch artist and illustrator. • Concept Design and Visual development. • Digital Matte Painting - 2.5D Camera projections • Sculpting, 3D Modeling, Texturing and Camera animation. • 3D Environments in Clarisse, Houdini, Maya, Nuke, zBrush and Photoshop.
Work History
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VFX Art Director
Cause and FX
October 2022 - August 2024Twisted Metal: season 1
Star Trek Discovery: season 5
Chief of War
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Digital Matte Painter
Wētā FX
April 2015 - October 2022Wellington & Wairarapa, New ZealandCreating VFX environments, set extensions and matte paintings for feature films and entertainment.
The Hobbit: The battle of the five armies.
Maze Runner: the scorch trials
Krampus
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
The BFG
Pete's Dragon
Independence Day: Resurgence
War for the planet of the Apes
Avatar ride: flight of passage
Valerian and the city of a thousand planets
The Maze Runner: The death cure
Rampage
Black Widow
The Christmas Chronicles 2
The Eternals
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Education
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BA (Hons) in Entertainment Design Crafts
The Northern School of Art
1999 - 2002 -
BTEC National Diploma in Art and Design Crafts in 3D Design
Newcastle-under-Lyme College
1997 - 1999