Tyler Esselstrom Lighting/Look Dev

Summary

I am an experienced 3D generalist. I can benefit the team best in areas of shading, lighting, rendering and corresponding script or tool development. I am also an accomplished texture artist. My professional objective is to work as a Lighting TD and or Look-Dev artist on VFX for feature film projects.


Work Experience

Cafe FX - September 2009 – January 2010

[Contract] Lighting Lead - Alice in Wonderland 2010

  1. Was responsible for asset look development for sequences.

  2. Setup lighting rigs for shots and sequences.

  3. Generate Scripts in MEL and Python to help automate tasks.

  4. Provide Technical support for co-workers.

  5. Model/Texture/Light shots.



Pendulum Studios - March 2007 - September 2009

Lighting &Shading Artist - Pre-Rendered Game Cinematics

  • Textured and lit environments for Red Faction: Guerrilla.

  • Look development and textured assets for Golden Axe: Beast Rider.

  • Environment shading and texture artist for Stuntman: Ignition

  • Defined lighting pipeline standards and tool-sets.

  • Developed shaders for next generation facial systems.

  • Environment shading and texture artist for Stuntman: Ignition


Cafe FX – April 2009 – June 2009

[Contract] Lighting - G-Force Promotional Spots

  • Was responsible for asset look development for sequences.

  • Setup lighting rigs for shots and sequences.

  • Generate Scripts in MEL and Python to help automate tasks.

  • Provide Technical support for co-workers.

  • Model/Texture/Light shots.



Logistics Services International – June 2004 – December 2006

Graphics Specialist Lvl. 3 – Military Interactive Courseware

  • Modeled and lit shots for the MV-22 Osprey project.

  • Scripted tools for specialized maintenance training software.


Technical Skills

  • Maya

  • XSI

  • 3D Studio Max

  • Mental Ray

  • Air

  • Arnold

  • Nuke

  • Fusion

  • Photoshop

  • Illustrator

  • Python

  • MEL

Education

Miami International University of Art & Design
2004 Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Computer Animation



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