Stacey Dunten

Work History

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  3D Lighting/Compositing Artist

  Nickelodeon Animation Studio

  October 2023 - September 2024

  Burbank, CA

  ● Creating master lighting setups for various kinds of realistic and fantastical environments for the Rugrats tv show.
  ● Creating lighting rigs and compositing templates to be used as guidelines for the shot lighting artists.
  ● Using color theory and principles of lighting to create compelling lighting setups that enhance and build upon the story.
  
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  3D Generalist

  Crafty Apes

  April 2021 - February 2023

  ● 3D modeling, lighting, texturing, and set extension for movies/tv shows such as Doctor Strange & the Multiverse of Madness, 80 for Brady, Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story, The Orville, Shadow and Bone, Perry Mason, The Continental, Mayfair Witches, and 1923.
  ● Working as a layout artist, environment/character lighter, and renderer in Unreal on a short animated film for a grant through Epic.
  ● Collaborating in a team to produce feature quality visual effects.
  
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  3D Previz Artist

  Halon Entertainment

  November 2020 - April 2021

  ● Lighting previs environments for Disney’s Pinocchio(2022)
  ● Responsible for dealing with technical rendering issues, as well as layout tasks.
  ● Lighting characters and environments for an animated section of Netflix’s Red Notice film.
  

  
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  Compositor

  Titmouse

  May 2020 - June 2020

  • Working for Industrial Light and Magic on the 2D compositing of various animation elements for a Netflix movie called Finding Ohana.
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  3D Groom/Sim Artist

  Titmouse

  April 2020 - April 2020

  • Grooming and simulating hair for several 3D characters in a pitch for an animated series called MonsterRock.
  • Working in a collaborative team to finish this project on a very tight deadline.
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  3D generalist

  FuseFX

  September 2019 - March 2020

  Los Angeles, California