pradipto sengupta

Work History

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  Head of CFX - Trolls 3: Band Together

  DreamWorks Animation

  November 2021 - Present

• CFX artist

  DreamWorks Dedicated Unit,India

  October 2015 - Present

  India

  My roles and responsibilities included:-
  To closely work with the VFX Supervisor, Director and to develop the creative look and style of the simulation for the show.
  To make setups cloth and hair simulation.
  Working with the TD's to test and develop new tools and workflow.
  Mentoring and training artists.
  Providing technical support to shows.
• 

  CFX Lead

  DreamWorks Animation

  September 2018 - October 2021

  Los Angeles, CA

  Projects: Puss In Boots : The Last Wish
  The Boss Baby 2 : Family Business
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  cfx developer/artist

  Base FX

  August 2017 - September 2018

  Xiamen, Fujian, China

  Projects: Wish Dragon
  Setting up the Cloth, Hair and Fur simulation workflow for Base Animation a startup studio.
  Setting up the interactive Xgen hair/fur workflow from pre-production to lighting.
  Involved is setting up the complex fur characters , from designing hair, fur and hair grooming to creating efficient simulation setup and workflow.
  Mentoring and training the CFX team and getting them production ready.
  Establishing standards and creating efficient cloth and hair simulation setups.
  Collaborating with Director, VFX and Anim Supervisor in designing Long, the dragon asset on Wish Dragon and converting the 2D Fur artwork to its 3D version.

• CFX Developer

  DreamWorks Dedicated Unit,India

  October 2015 - September 2015

  Bangalore, India

  My roles and responsibilities included:-
  To closely work with the VFX Supervisor, Director and to develop the creative look and style of the simulation for the show.
  To make setups cloth and hair simulation.
  Working with the TD's to test and develop new tools and workflow.
  Mentoring and training artists.
  Providing technical support to shows.

• Crest Animation Studios

  January 2010 - October 2010

  Responsible for developing and integrating cloth and hair simulation in the studio pipeline.
  Helped in designing and developing geometry caching pipeline.
  

  

• Fur and Hair

  Crest Animation Studios

  2008 - 2009

  Grooming fur and hair for characters, creating the wet look for the assets.
  Fur and hair simulation, creating simulation setups.
  Optimizing the render time and creating Level Of Details for the characters.
  Trouble shooting and supporting Lighting and rendering team for all fur related issues.

• Crest Animation Studios

  2008 - 2009

  Grooming fur and hair for characters, creating the wet look for the assets. Fur and hair simulation.
  optimizing the render time and creating Level Of Details for the characters. Supporting Lighting and rendering team for all fur related issues.
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  Rigging

  BIG Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd.

  2007 - 2008

  Pune Area, India

  Responsible for creating rigs for both realistic and toony characters (bipeds and quadrapeds) as well as props.
  Also was responsible for doing R&D on shave n haircut and integrating it in the existing studio pipeline.
  
  Projects:-
  Little Krishna TV series.
  Veneta Cucine TV commercials.