Robbin Huntingdale

Work History

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  Grooming

  Pixar

  January 2020 - Present
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  Look Development

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  2019 - July 2019

  Burbank, California
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  Look Development

  CoSA VFX

  November 2017 - November 2018

  North Hollywood, California

  TV & subscription based content: Gotham, Lucifer, Marvel’s Runaways, & undisclosed projects. Creature & hard surface Look Dev: Textures & Shading.
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  Character Shading/Grooming TD

  Pixar

  November 2015 - November 2017

  Emeryville, California

  
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  Look Development

  Duncan Studio

  2016 - 2016

  Pasadena, California

  Minnion Mayhem HD 3D simulation ride for Universal Studio Japan. Components: Look Development of Queue Animation hero character & character prop assets to match film assets.
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  Surfacing Artist: Look Development & Groom Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  2003 - 2015

  Glendale, California

  Surfacing Artist/Look Development, hair & fur groom, texture paint, & shade hero characters, crowd catalogue characters, props, hard surface & environmental assets for theatrical feature film release.  Fur/hair grooming on hero characters which required extensive cross department workflow with new physically based lights & hair shader on HTTYD2.  Tested R&D’s new tools, trained/mentored surfacing artists, wrote user department guides & workflow wiki.  Created Surfacing Department wiki and maintained through Confluence upgrades.  Self sufficient artist with strength working unsupervised on complicated asset and with projects lacking technical show support.   
  
  undisclosed project
  B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (TBD)
  How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
  The Croods (2013)
  Madagascar 3 (2012)
  Puss in Boots: Consumer Products: Friskies, McDonald's, Old Spice parody
  Puss in Boots: DVD extra
  Puss in Boots - uncredited (2011)
  Monsters vs. Aliens: "Night of the Living Carrots"​ (2011)
  Monsters vs. Aliens: "Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space" (2009)
  Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
  Kung Fu Panda (2008)
  Flushed Away (2006)
  Over the Hedge (2006)
  First Flight (2006)
  Father of the Pride (2004)
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  Production Testing

  DreamWorks Animation

  2009 - 2010

  Glendale, California

  Production tested R&D's upgrade of shading component of internal software by assisting with user-based testing, which included reporting bugs with full documentation for replication, and documenting new workflow standards. Worked closely with the development team to be sure software solutions were cognizant of the feature animation pipeline departments' needs.
  
  credited:
  Shrek Forever After
  Megamind
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  Environmental Texture Artist

  Electronic Arts

  2003 - 2003

  Redwood City, California

  In-Game Environmental Texture Artist for JamesBond 007: Everything or Nothing, released on Game Cube, Xbox, & Playstation 2. My contributions primarily focused on the Mine Shaft level, New Orleans Mansion and Basement levels & the Falling Cliff level, with additional support throughout the game.
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  Texture Artist

  LucasArts

  2002 - 2003

  Level & Character Texture Artist for RTX: Red Rock. UV layout, 2d painted textures, adjusted/rebuilt models for better map layout.
  
  RTX: Red Rock
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  Viewpainter - Digital Model Development and Construction Artist

  Industrial Light & Magic

  2000 - 2002

  San Rafael, California

  Viewpainter, Texture Artist: Digital Doubles, Characters, props, hard surface, practical set prop & element matching & entire digital set construction for Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones & A.I. Artificial Intelligence.