Chas Naylor

Work History

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  Visual Effects Artist

  ATK PLN

  November 2019 - January 2020

  Everywhere
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  VFX artist

  ATK PLN

  October 2019 - December 2019

  Dallas, Texas

  VFX artist for a variety of film and commercial projects

• Technical Art Director

  Insperience VR

  April 2019 - October 2019

  Venice, California

  Lead art team for Virtual Reality projects for Walmart
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  look development artist

  Blizzard Entertainment

  March 2019 - April 2019

  Irvine, California

  Paint & Shader work for Blizzard Cinematics team
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  VFX supervisor

  NextVR

  February 2016 - January 2019

  Hired and staffed entire VR FX pipeline
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  Adjunct Instructor

  Laguna College of Art and Design

  August 2016 - December 2016

  Laguna Beach

  I am currently working to help build a Virtual Reality curriculum for LCAD. Another class begins this fall.
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  CG Supervisor/CG Lead

  Reel FX

  April 2012 - February 2016

  Dallas, Texas
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  Animation Instructor

  The Art Institute of Dallas

  March 2007 - January 2016

  Dallas, Texas

  Work in the Media Arts and Animation Department, and am the chief instructor in the specialty areas of compositing & motion graphics.
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  Adjunct Instructor

  Texas A&M University-Commerce

  August 2015 - December 2015

  Dallas, Texas

  Instructor in the TAMU Commerce Visual Communications Program.
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  Associate Director of Motion Graphics

  FUNimation Entertainment

  April 2003 - August 2007

  Produced and oversaw the production of video advertising for FUNimation and its properties, as well as directed and produced several DVD extras for various FUNimation releases.
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  Marine

  United States Marine Corps

  September 1996 - April 2001

  Worked in communications and diplomatic security.