Phone: 778-980-4244
Email: thedavidvaldez@gmail.com
About
- 20 years Computer Graphics experience, mainly animated feature films and VFX.
- Surfacing and Technical Director supervising experience.
- Current focus 3D generalist using photoshop, maya, mari, nuke, arnold, zbrush, python scripting.
- Very strong art and tech skills.
- In recent years, focus on skin, hair, clothes and generics system production and development work.
- Background in figurative art and applied physics.
Employers
- Sony Pictures Imageworks 2002 - 2003, 2015 - Present
- DreamWorks Animation 2003 - 2014
- Centropolis Effects 2002
- Pixar Animation Studios 1995 - 2000
- Tippett Studio 1994
Feature Film Credits
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Kung Fu Panda 3
Turbo
Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots
Shrek Forever After
Monsters vs Aliens
Bee Movie
Kung Fu Panda
Over the Hedge
Shark Tale
The Matrix Trilogy
Toy Story 2
A Bug's Life
- Smurfs: The Lost Village
- Alice Through the Looking Glass
- Kung Fu Panda 3
- Turbo
- Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos
- Puss in Boots
- Shrek Forever After
- Monsters vs Aliens
- Bee Movie
Software
- Mari
- Substance Painter
- Maya
- Photoshop
- Nuke
- Zbrush
- Python scripting for Mari & Nuke
- Dreamworks 3D paint, lighting & surfacing Software
- Renderman Shader writing
- Arnold
- Mari
- Substance Painter
- Maya
- Photoshop
- Nuke
- Zbrush
- Python scripting for Mari & Nuke
- Dreamworks 3D paint, lighting & surfacing Software
- Renderman Shader writing
- Arnold
Current & Past Employers
2002 - 2003, 2015 - Present
2003 - 2014
2002
1995 - 2000
1994David Valdez: Computer Graphics Artist