Tarah Hiemes
3D Animator
Mid-level Animator / 4 yrs
California
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I do hand key animation in Maya, Matchmove, clean up MOCAP, as well as blending MOCAP and hand key animation. I also work with 2D movie plates and 3D animation rigs in Maya with the intention of making them look harmonious. I also have worked on test shots for Clients with their Creatures/Characters in order to give them a variety in animation possibilities to choose from.
I really love working on movies as well as watching them. It's so much fun to work with different characters and objects to see how they move and interact with things.
Work History
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3D Junior Animator
Luma Pictures
November 2019 - November 2020Santa MonicaAnimated creatures jumping from buildings, chasing humans and encountering/colliding with cars and other objects. Cleaned MOCAP and animated characters falling from the sky and being lifted up into space.
Animated scenes in a mirroring sequence with real life humans so both characters react/move in the same way at the same time.Created a library of various types of bee flying to use in multiple scenes, bumping into mirrors, crawling all over, and interacting with victims.
Animated hands for Thena character for her to appear to be using the weapons she was holding, as well as animating the weapon itself. Created a library of animations for the many different types of fungus rigs that appear in the movie. Matchmove Rigs in various shots for movies, rendering massive crowd shots, working with 2D Movie Plates and 3D Animation Rigs in Maya, and have it look harmonious Working on test shots for Clients with their Characters in order to give them a variety of possibilities to choose from.
Education
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Animation and Concept Development
Madison Area Technical College
2015 - 2017 -
Chinese Mandarin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2011 - 2015 -
Graphic Design and Illustration
Madison Area Technical College
2010 - 2014