Tina Chongko

Work History

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  Nuke and Silhouette Paint Artist

  Wētā FX

  June 2015 - December 2020

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  Projects
  - The Suicide Squad 2 2021
  - Mulan 2020
  - Jungle Cruise 2020
  - Black Widow 2020
  - Umbrella Academy Season2 2020
  - The Eternals 2020
  - Godzilla vs. Kong 2020
  - The King's Man 2020
  - The Green Knight 2020
  - Shadow in the Cloud 2020
  - Gemini Man 2019 (working in Stereo)
  - Jumanji: The Next Level 2019
  - Lady and the Tramp 2019
  - Games of Thrones season 8, 2019
  - Ad Astra 2019
  - Mortal Engines 2018
  - Alita: Battle Angel 2018 (Working in Stereo)
  - Rampage 2018
  - Avengers: Infinity War 2018
  - Valérian and the City of a Thousand Planets 2017
  - Justice League 2017
  - War for the planet of the apes 2017
  - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017
  - The BFG ( Big Friendly Giant) 2016
  - Pete's dragon 2016
  - Jungle book 2016 ( Working in Stereo)
  - Spectral 2016
  - Independence Day 2016
  - Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip 2015
  - Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 2015
  
  Duties:
  -Quality control for Alita: Battle Angel
  -Silhouette hand painted
  -Working on stereo projects
  -Artifact removal
  -De-aging/cosmetic
  -Markers removal
  -Rig removal
  -Proxies/Objects removal
  -Shadow removal
  -Plate restoration
  -Objects/bodies restoration
  -Dust bust clean up
  -Working closely with Compositor and Team leaders
  -Working with deadline
  -Working with Linux operating system
• 

  Photographer as well as Digital Artist

  Freelance

  December 2014 - May 2015

  Christchurch, New Zealand

  www.tinacphotography.co.nz
  www.facebook.com/TinaCPhotographer/
  -Mainly portraits and headshots photography
  -Photo Editing/Retouching
  -Motion Graphics
  -Logo Animation
• 

  Nuke and Silhouette Paint Artist

  Wētā FX

  August 2014 - November 2014

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  Stereo Paint
  - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014
  
  Duties:
  -Marker removal paint
  -Rig removal paint
  -Object removal paint
  -Plate restoration
  -Working closely with Compositor
  -Working with deadline

• Digital Compositor

  PastelBlue Studio

  March 2014 - June 2014

  Bangkok

  Duties:
  -Research and development about Compositing techniques
  -Planning with team for pipeline development for each project
  -Compositing with multi-passes
  -Working closely with TD Artists
  -Integrate cg elements into live action plates
  -Blue/green screen extractions
  -Match blacks, color,grain and motion blur
  -Paint fixes and creating rotoscoping matte
  -2D/3D camera tacking and projection
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  Nuke Paint Artist

  Wētā FX

  August 2013 - December 2013

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  Stereo Paint
  - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2013
  - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2014
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  Junior Compositor

  Wētā FX

  June 2012 - July 2013

  Wellington New Zealand

  2d and Deep Compositing
  - Man of Steel 2013
  - The Wolverine 2013
  - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Compositing/Lighting

  Oktobor Animation

  August 2011 - December 2011

  Auckland, New Zealand

  Penguins of Madacascar
  
  Duties:
  Compositing, Colour Grading, Basic Visual Effects, Rendering and cooperating with the lighting department to make the shots look better.
  
  I also checked and fixed all the errors, like floating animation and overlapping matte lines, before sending the footage back to the clients.

• 3D Artist/ Color Grading/ Compositor

  Freelance all around Auckland

  2008 - 2011

  Mostly at Maori TV as Graphics Operator for daily news

• Motion Graphics Animator

  Adrenaline Group Ltd., Auckland

  November 2008 - April 2009

  The show is called "411"
  Its a show about technology and how things work.
  
  Duties:
  Motion Graphics, Animation, Rendering, creating additional Graphics and Design, Colour Grading, Visual Effects, verifying that Maori and English scripts were accurate, basic Audio editing, and file managing