Tomas Adame

Tomas Adame

Supervisor CG Supervisor / Lead Lighting Artist / 10 yrs

Dublin, Ireland

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3d generalist td

Pocoyo (2011)

lead lighting TD

Doc McStuffins (2012)

CG supervisor

BingBunny (2021)

Work History
  • CG Supervisor

    Brown bag films

    January 2018 - Present
  • Assistant CG Supervisor

    Brown bag films

    June 2016 - Present

    Assistant CG Supervisor for season 4 and season 5 (currently in production) of the Disney Junior TV show "Doc McStuffins”. Extensive knowledge of the 3D animation workflow and animation pipeline. My role is to help the CG supervisor to keep the show running smoothly in every area. The job requires strong two-way communication skills with Production Management, the CG Team and overseas studios.
    • Working closely with the pipeline team to maintain and update the tools for the project´s production. Good understanding of Shotgun ensuring that data is added and maintained correctly.
    • Creation of Tech Bible for the new season, outlining all tech requirements to complete the show.
    • Revision of scripts to prepare a plan of action for any technically challenging requirement.
    • Asset design supervision providing tech notes that will facilitate the build and usage with tech approvals at the end of each stage.
    • Working closely with animation directors to check any possible problems to meet shot requirements.
    • Closely involved in the Look-Dev to keep show´s well-known style and the high standard required by the client.
    • Attending weekly calls with overseas studios to identify any workflow issues.
    • Revision Offline and HD deliveries identifying any incorrect or malfunctioning assets, or continuity issues with assets or set ups.

  • Lead Lighter

    Brown bag films

    June 2014 - June 2016
    Dublin

    Lead Lighter for season 3 and season 4 of the Disney Junior TV show "Doc McStuffins. My main role was to create key lighting, shading and compositing.
    Other key roles involve troubleshooting and identifying new ways to solve the day-to-day practical challenges of the production. I also programmed my own small task automation tools in Python for the lighting team to use.

  • Lighter & Compositor

    Brown bag films

    November 2014 - December 2014
    Dublin

    I was a lighter for the Christmas Special episode for "Trouble in Paradise ". My main role is per shot lighting and compositing.

  • Lighter and Compositor

    Brown bag films

    October 2014 - November 2014
    Dublin

    I was a lighter and compositor for the upcomming Tv show for Amazon Studios "The Stinky and Dirty Show". My main role is per shot lighting and compositing.

  • Ode to love ( Directed by Matthew Darragh) - Lighter & Compositor

    Brown bag films

    May 2014 - August 2014
    Dublin

    I was a lighter for short film "Ode to love". My main role is per shot lighting and compositing.

    Other key roles involve rendering troubleshooting and render wrangler.

  • Bing Bunny (Directed by Nicky Phelan) - Lighter

    Brown bag films

    October 2013 - May 2014
    Dublin


    I was working as lighter creating key lighting, shading and compositing for the TV show "Bing Bunny".
    I´m the Lighter for the fisrt season of the TV show "Bing Bunny". My main role is to create key lighting, shading and compositing.
    Other key roles involve troubleshooting and identifying new ways to solve the day-to-day practical challenges of the production.

  • ANYA (Directed by Damien O'Connor ) - Lighter & Compositor

    Brown bag films

    January 2014 - February 2014
    Dublin


    I was a lighter and compositor for short film "ANYA". My main role is per shot lighting, prop´s shading and compositing.

    ANYA is a unique online initiative to support Irish charity 'To Russia With Love'.

  • 3D Senior Artist

    Zinkia Entertainment

    September 2011 - September 2013
    Madrid


    Lead Lighter & rendering. Creating lighting studies to provide solutions for the Art department, matching their concepts.
    Responsible for documenting and defining the use of SiToA (Arnold) for all production departments.
    Generating standard technology transfer documents from XSI7 to XSI 2012 and built-in house to a commercial SiToA 1.x.

  • Project Manager - Industrial Designer

    Amalgama Espacios más Conceptos

    January 2005 - January 2011
    Barcelona


    Project development, management and direction using CAD
    tools, infography and graphic design.
    Clients: Dolce & Gabbana, Nike, Levi’s, Dockers, Quicksilver , etc.

  • Freelance Draftsman / Architectural visualization / CG Generalist.

    Freelance

    September 2001 - September 2008
    Barcelona


    Working for several architect studios in Barcelona developing concepts and tenders.
    Working at some advertising companies in Barcelona as 3d Generalist.

  • Character animator

    D'Ocon films

    May 2004 - May 2005
    Barcelona Area, Spain
  • Texture Artist

    Bren Entertaiment

    2004 - 2004
    Santiago de Compostela


    Unwrap props and sets in XSI.
    Created textures in photoshop.
    Created shaders in XSI.

    Software used: Softimage XSI and Photoshop

  • CG Generalist

    Cromosoma

    1999 - 2003
    Barcelona Area, Spain


    Modelling, texturing and lighting sets and props for several TV Shows.

    The tripplets.
    Juanito Jones.
    Miniman.
    Tom.

Education
  • Animation Skillnet

    November 2013 - November 2015
  • Online training in Renderman, Katana, Nuke

    fxPhd

    2013 - 2015
  • Compositing for Feature Animation

    CGWorkshops

    2013 - 2013