Rares Halmagean

Rares Halmagean

Concept Artist / CG Artist / Illustrator

Senior Concept Artist / 21 yrs

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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Free Birds (2013)

As Cool as I Am (2013)

Texture Artist

Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)

Texture Artist

I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)

Texture

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)
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Over 12 years experience in concept art, modeling, texturing, surfacing, lighting and rendering of production ready character, prop, and set elements in film, animation, games and visual effects. A B.F.A. in Illustration and Communications design underpins a foundation in Design, Anatomy, Form, Line, Composition, Perspective, Value, color & light, and visual communication. Proficiency in current industry software and methodologies as well as pre-production, storyboarding, key art and digital matte painting.

Relevant Skills: Drawing, Digital Painting, Creative Drawing, Thumbnails, Illustration, Anatomy, Image Compositing, 3d modeling, Character Design, Industrial Design, Architecture, Perspective, Composition, Line, Value, Light & Color, 3d paint over, Material Call Out, Realistic Style, Stylized, Reference Research, Iteration, Written and Oral Communication.

Software; Photoshop, XSI, Maya, Zbrush, 3d Studio Max, Substance Designer, Ndo, Ddo, Xnormal, Unreal Engine Sandbox Editor, Cryengine Sandbox Editor, Painter, Cinema 4D BodyPaint, Mari, Nuke, Illustrator, Traditional Media.
Work History

  • concept artist

    sector 5 digital

    June 2016 - June 2016

  • contract concept artist

    sector 5 digital

    March 2016 - May 2016

  • Digital Artist

    corgan media lab

    April 2014 - December 2015
    Dallas, TX

  • digital artist

    Reel FX

    August 2014 - November 2015

  • Texture Artist

    Reel FX

    December 2010 - June 2011

    Textured and Shaded Props, Vehicles and Characters for Looney Tunes animated shorts such as "Daffy's Rhapsody" and "I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat".

  • 3D Art Director/Concept Artist/Generalist

    Janimation

    February 2004 - November 2009

    Modeling, Texturing, Surfacing and Lighting hard surface and organic assets on a range of commercial tv spots. Conceptual Design of Characters and objects, Promotional Illustration, Storyboards and Digital Matte Painting.

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Education

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Illustration, Design and Visual Communications

    Pratt Institute

    1999 - 2003