Ronald Bowman

Work History

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  Senior Matte Painter and Concept Artist

  Freelance

  September 2014 - Present

  San Francisco, CA

  I'm currently freelancing. My clients include Edelman, The Mill, Nvidia and Forward Loop Media.
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  Matte Painter

  BLOCKED

  November 2016 - November 2016
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  Senior Matte Painter

  Industrial Light & Magic

  February 2016 - May 2016

  San Francisco, CA

  At ILM I worked on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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  Senior Matte Painter

  Double Negative

  February 2015 - May 2015

  London, United Kingdom

  At Double Negative in London I worked on James Bond: Spectre and Geostorm.
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  Matte Painter

  Prime Focus World

  September 2012 - September 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  At Prime Focus I worked on:
  - Kingsman, Secret Service
  - Hercules
  - Two Faces of January
  - The Great Gatsby
  - White House Down
  - Vampire Academy

  

  

  

  
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  Matte Painter

  Mokko Studio

  July 2012 - September 2012

  Mokko Studio invited me to Montreal to work on the sequel to Chronicles of Riddick.

  

  
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  Matte Painter

  baseblack

  March 2012 - July 2012

  At Baseblack I worked on Total Recall.

  
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  Matte Painter

  The Mill

  January 2010 - March 2012

  At The Mill I worked on:
  - Doctor Who
  - Sherlock
  - Primeval
  - Merlin
  - Sinbad.
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  Matte Painter

  Framestore

  November 2007 - February 2010

  At Framestore I worked on:
  - Avatar
  - The Tale of Despereaux
  - Where the Wild Things Are
  - Clash of the Titans
  - Prince of Persia
  - Salt.

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Matte Painter/Texture Artist

  BlackPoint Studios

  August 2007 - November 2007

  I was briefly a matte painter and texture artist at Blackpoint Studios in San Francisco, where I worked cinematics on the Iron Man video game.
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  Illustrator / Graphic Designer

  Cisco Systems

  September 2000 - October 2007

  I created presentations and various graphics for the executive staff, primarily for IBSG (the Internet Business Solutions Group).

• Freelance illustrator and graphic designer

  Freelance Illustration and Graphic Design

  April 1996 - September 2007

  I've worked independently as a freelance Illustrator and Graphic Designer for many companies while holding other jobs. I discontinued freelance work in 2007 to focus on establishing a matte painting career.
  Companies I'd worked for independently include: Siemens AG; Motorola; Handmade Software; Black & White Design; Lee-McCoy Associates; Siliconware, Inc.; Fineline Design; Symbol Technologies, Inc.; Lasselle-Ramsey, Inc.; SVNL, Inc; Avid Image.
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  Illustrator

  Duarte Design

  September 1996 - February 2005

  I was a freelance illustrator for Duarte Design for many years. Through them I created paintings, sketches, storyboards, presentations, diagrams, web graphics and highly detailed illustrations for a variety of companies including Disney, Apple Computer, Adobe, Cisco Systems, Netscape, Hitachi, Sun
  Microsystems, E-trade, Canon, and Verisign.

• Graphic Designer

  Laser Works

  April 1994 - September 1997

  At Laser Works I created advertisements, newsletters, web pages, white papers, and other collateral for major Silicon Valley corporations including Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, Symantec, ISD, and Hewlett-Packard.