Nikola Simeonov

Work History

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  CG supervisor

  Rodeo FX

  December 2021 - Present

  Canada

  
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  CG Supervisor

  MELS Studios

  June 2020 - December 2021

  Montréal, Canada
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  Lighting Lead

  Double Negative

  April 2019 - May 2020

  Montréal, Canada

  
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  Senior lighting/lookdev TD

  Double Negative

  January 2018 - January 2019
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  Lighting Td

  MPC

  September 2014 - January 2018

  Light Rigs, Multi Pass rendering, Troubleshooting, Look dev. problem solving.

  

  
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  Lighting TD

  Framestore

  February 2014 - September 2014

  Montreal, Canada Area

  Light Rigs, Look Dev. Multi Pass rendering, troubleshooting and problem solving.

  
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  Senior Tracking / Layout artist

  Framestore

  May 2013 - February 2014

  Montreal, Canada Area

  Camera & Body tracking

• Senior modeler/Texture artist

  Classics Animated

  January 2013 - May 2013

  Set & character modeling and textures
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  Layout / Tracking TD

  Modus FX

  September 2012 - December 2012

  Montreal, Canada Area

  Tracking, Modeling, 3D Layout

• Freelancer

  Bat Pictures

  August 2010 - September 2012

  Sofia, Bulgaria - Montreal, Canada

  VFX : 3D modeling, textures, character animation, lights and rendering, camera tracking, layouts, 2D compositing .
  Games : 3D modeling, textures, Hi to Lo poly models, normal mapping.
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  3D Lead Artist

  Worldwide FX

  August 2005 - August 2010

  As a 3D Lead Artist I manage and mentor a team of up to 12-15 people, (depend of the project)
  to create an asset library with 3D models and textures for each project.
  Character animation, layout and camera tracking , as well as a problem solving. Also teaching young colleagues in 3D modeling and animation - Basic and Advanced VFX techniques.
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  Animator

  Worldwide FX

  September 2004 - August 2005

  As an animator I did character animation of different type of monsters and humans as well, also flying airplanes, choppers, cars, moving objects, 3D deformations, camera tracking, particle simulations, soft and hard bodies dynamics. Layouts, character modeling, character RIG development , materials development, lights and rendering .

  

  

• 3d & graphic designer

  Metalife

  February 2001 - September 2004

  3D visualizations and video presentations for bioinformatics projects
  3D architectural visualizations and motion graphics

• SFX artist

  Nu Image

  July 2000 - February 2001

  Creating stage-property & special effects.