Jakub Krompolc

Jakub Krompolc

Character rigging for Animation, Games and VFX

Senior Character Rigger / 20 yrs

Czech Republic

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Rigging TD with 18 years experience. From 2017 running outsource service www.rig-it.net .

Before RIG-IT.net Jakub worked as a Rigger and Lead Rigger at various industry leading companies mainly in London: Axis Animation, MPC, DNEG, Prime Focus, Passion Pictures, The Mill, Ghost VFX.
Work History
  • Rigging TD

    RIG-IT.net

    September 2015 - Present

    Rig-it.net provides high quality rig assets with support in production for film, commercials and games. Visit the website for more information and contact:
    www.rig-it.net

  • Rigging TD

    Freelance

    June 2015 - Present

    PFX - unnanouced project
    Digital Tutors - unnanouced project

  • rigging supervisor

    RIG-IT.net

    December 2021 - December 2021
    Prague, Czech Republic
  • Rigging TD

    RIG-IT.net

    July 2015 - October 2021
    Prague, Czech Republic

    Managing outsource service with custom rigged assets and related eshop.
    Website: www.RIG-IT.net
    Some of our clients: Bron Studios, Capcom, 2K Games, PuppetWorks, Realtime UK, Untold Studios, Progressive FX, Poster, Cubica VFX, Snowball VFX etc.

  • Rigging Artist

    RIG-IT.net

    January 2020 - June 2020
    Prague, Czech Republic
  • Rigging TD

    Prime Focus World

    February 2015 - April 2015

    announced project

  • Rigging TD

    MPC

    August 2014 - December 2014

    Tarzan - lead rigger

  • Head of Rigging

    Prime Focus World

    March 2014 - August 2014

    design and development of rigging library for vfx and full cg projects, making rig assets, taking part in animation pipeline design and decisions on animation/crowd software and tools

    Undisclosed project
    Hercules
    Secret Service
    The Gunman

  • Lead Rigger

    Prime Focus World

    July 2012 - February 2014

    development of rigging library and animation pipeline, making rig assets

    Hercules
    Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters
    White House Down
    - undisclosed pitch projects -

  • Senior Rigger

    Prime Focus World

    June 2011 - July 2012

    development of rigs, tools and creature pipeline, making rig assets, lead rigger

    Byzantium
    Total Recall
    Mirror, Mirror
    - undisclosed pitch projects -

  • Creature TD

    Double Negative

    January 2010 - June 2011

    Captain America (lead rigger)
    John Carter

  • Senior Rigging TD

    MPC

    January 2009 - January 2010

    Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows Part I
    Percy Jackson
    Kerry Low Low (commercial)
    Clash Of Titans
    Night at the Museum 2
    Prince Of Persia
    Surrogates

    advanced tools:
    - Muscle Saver tool for reusing deformation rigs (60% python)

  • Character TD

    MPC

    November 2006 - December 2008

    Dance Flick
    Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince
    Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    10,000 B.C.

    advanced tools:
    - Straps rigging system
    - versatile BlendShape Retarget used by modelling and rigging

  • Rigger

    Axis Animation

    September 2005 - September 2006

    3d commercials, game cinematics

    Codehunters (short film for MTV directed by Ben Hibon)

  • Rigger

    Glasgow Animation

    May 2005 - August 2005

    low budget cg feature

  • Rigger

    Freelance

    2004 - 2005

    freelance character setups

    Sony Trona online series for Sliced Bread Animation, London
    Girl character for "8" game by Tale of Tales, Belgium
    And other rigging jobs

  • 3d generalist

    Freelance

    1999 - 2003

    from meeting with clients, making storyboards, modeling, shading, rendering etc. to handing final work back to client

Education
  • Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

    1997 - 2003
  • Film school Zlin

    1996 - 1997
  • Highschool Gymnasium P.Bezruce F

    1992 - 1996