Solène Chan-Lam

Work History

• 

  Lead/Senior Texture artist

  Wētā FX

  October 2018 - Present

  
• 

  Texturing / Modeling TD

  MPC

  January 2013 - May 2018

  ◊ Independance Day: Resurgence (2016) / Dir. : Roland Emmerich
  ◊ Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) / Dir. : Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
  ◊ Jungle Book (2016) / Dir. : Jon Favreau
  ◊ Cinderella (2015) / Dir. : Kenneth Branagh
  ◊ Seventh Son (2015) / Dir. : Sergey Bodrov
  ◊ Night at the Museum : Secret of the Tomb (2014) / Dir. : Shawn Levy
  ◊ Exodus : Kings and Gods (2014) / Dir : Ridley Scott
  ◊ X-Men : Days of Future Past (2014) / Dir. : Bryan Singer
  ◊ Maleficent (2014) / Dir. : Robert Stromberg
  ◊ Godzilla (2014) / Dir. : Gareth Edwards
  ◊ Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) / Dir. : James Gunn
  
  ⁞ Mari/Maya/3DCoat/Headus UVLayout/Zbrush/Mudbox/Nuke/Photoshop/Katana
• 

  3D Texture artist / Illustrator / Modeler

  Passion Pictures

  July 2012 - September 2012

  ◊ Toyota Prius (spots 1,2 and 3)
  → characters and environment texturing
  → 3D environment sculpt
  → illustration and matte painting illustrative render painting
  → 3D assets modeling
  
  ⁞ Mari/XSI/Photoshop/Mudbox

• CG artist

  Zuuno

  May 2012 - May 2012

  ◊ 2D designs for corporate web applications
  
  ⁞ Photoshop/Illustrator
• 

  3D Texture artist

  Kazoo Creative

  April 2012 - May 2012

  ◊ Undisclosed video game cinematic/trailer
  → environment and props texturing
  
  ⁞ Mari/Maya/Photoshop
• 

  3D Texture artist

  Cinesite

  December 2010 - April 2012

  ◊ World War Z (2013) / Dir. : Marc Forster
  → characters/faces sculpt/ships/cars
  ◊ John Carter (2012) / Dir. : Andrew Stanton
  → legs, chassis, claws of Zodanga moving city/ships
  
  ⁞ Mari/Maya/Mudbox/Photoshop/Bodypaint

  

  
• 

  3D Texture artist / Modeler

  Passion Pictures

  August 2010 - November 2010

  ◊ Compare the market
  - Meerkat Retirement
  - Meerkat Village
  - Meerkat School funds
  → characters and environment texturing
  
  ◊ Alice Madness return trailers :
  - Alice in London
  - Alice in Wonderland
  → secondary characters and environment texturing
  
  ⁞ XSI/Photoshop
• 

  3D Generalist

  Passion Pictures

  July 2010 - July 2010

  ◊ Lali Puna music video for Yu Sato
  → Modeling
  ◊ Yu Sato's Allo music video's pitch
  → Texturing
  → Modeling
  → Camapping
  → Rendering
  
  ⁞ XSI/Photoshop
• 

  3D Lighting TD / Compositor

  The Mill

  May 2010 - May 2010

  ◊ O2 Broadband Niggles and Narks commercial making of
  → Lighting
  → Compositing
  
  ⁞ XSI/Nuke

• Director

  Tea Party

  November 2009 - February 2010

  ◊ Short film about a french song directed with Vincent Techer.
  → Character and environment modeling/texturing
  → Character and environment designs
  → Matte paintings
  → Part of compositing
  → Animation
  → Montage
  → Storyboard
  → Part of sounddesign
  
  ⁞ Maya/Photoshop/After Effects/Premiere
• 

  3D Texture artist / Modeler

  Ubisoft

  May 2009 - September 2009

  ◊ "Rabbids go home" Wii video game
  → environment and interactive props texturing
  → environment and interactive props modeling
  
  ⁞ Lyn/Photoshop

• 3D Animator

  nayade

  September 2008 - September 2008

  ◊ Alimentarium 3D stereoscopic project about the digestive process
  → character animation
  
  ⁞ 3DSMax

• Director

  Supinfocom

  October 2007 - June 2008

  ◊ Josephine - 3D graduation short film about the famous black dancer of the 30's named Josephine Baker. Directed by Nicolas Decatoire, Nicolas d'Haussy, Martin Uyttebroeck and Solène Chan-Lam.
  
  → texturing : big lady and handpainted props
  → characters modeling : big lady and generic male
  → props/environment modeling
  → part of storyboard and animatics
  
  ⁞ 3DSMax/Photoshop/Watercolor/After Effects

• 3D Generalist intern

  A3 Plus

  July 2007 - September 2007

  ◊ Sony HD
  → Storyboarding
  ◊ Le coq sportif
  → Texturing
  → Modelling
  → Layout
  → Lighting
  → Animation
  → Compositing
  
  ⁞ 3DSMax/Vray/Photoshop/After Effects

• Ending credits for " EMAGICIENS 2005 " animation festival

  Supinfocom

  October 2005 - October 2005

  ◊ 2D animation for the ending credits of the Emagiciens 2005 festival
  
  Team : Benoit Galland, Olivier Ducbocage, Celine Desrumaux, Jean Francois Leroux, Michal Firkowski, Stephanie Saillard, Marc Czerwiec and Solène Chan-Lam.
  
  ⁞ After Effects/Photoshop