Guy Riessen

Experience

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  SIx Foot Two Productions

  Jan 1997 - Dec 1998

  Background Painter, CG Artist

  Background Painting on a variety of commercials and game projects.

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  The Learning Company

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Digital artist

  variety of digital art, 2D in-house. Freelanced with them doing 3D as well.

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  Lightspeed Games

  Jan 2001 - Jun 2003

  Environmental artist

  3D environmental artist on Motorsiege.

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  New Pencil

  Jun 2003 - Nov 2003

  3D artist

  3D asset creation for The Sims 2

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  Toys For Bob

  Feb 2004 - Sept 2008

  3D Environment Artist

  environmental artist on Madagascar 2, Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, Madagascar, and Shrek Super Slam

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  Avalanche Press

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2017

  Artist (Freelance)

  map, counter and box artwork on a freelance basis for Avalanche Press tabletop conflict simulation games.

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  Lock 'n Load Publishing

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Artist (Freelance)

  counter and box artwork for Lock 'n' Load games.

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  Image Movers Digital

  Feb 2009 - Dec 2010

  Matte Painting Supervisor

  Digital matte painter and Matte Painting Supervisor onMars Needs Moms (2011)Digital matte painter and 3D modeler at IMD onA Christmas Carol (2009)

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  Evil Eye Pictures

  Dec 2010 - Dec 2013

  Lead Matte Painter / Concept Artist

  Digital matte painter and concept artist with EEP on the following films (release dates parenthetically):Dangerous Children--concepts (tba)The Monkey King (2014)Thor: The Dark World (2013)Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)The Avengers (2012)Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengence (2012)Cirque du Soleil - Worlds Away (2012)Super 8 (2011)

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  Atomic Fiction

  Jan 2013 - Feb 2013

  Digital Matte Painter

  Digital matte painter on Star Trek into Darkness

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  Freelance

  Mar 2014 - Jan 2017

  Generalist 3D Digital Artist

  Autodesk Smithsonian National Portrait LibraryReliance Media - with Evil Eye PicturesGoogle Phone - with Evil Eye PicturesAvalanche Press

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  Autodesk

  Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

  CG generalist / Vide Production Specialist

  A to Z video content creation demonstrating real-world application for cutting edge technology design across a variety of current and future work-flow methods with Reality Capture, using large and small scale laser scanning. Concepting, directing, filming, creating 3D assets and integrating existing 3D assets and scan data with live action, and final editing.

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  Industrial Light & Magic

  Nov 2014 - Apr 2015

  Senior Environment Artist / Generalist

  Environments matte painting, 3D modeling, surfacing, lighting, pre-comp assetsMovies: World of Warcraft (2015) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

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  Autodesk

  Jul 2015 - Dec 2016

  CG Generalist / Content Specialist

  Cleaned and textured Obama's 3D Head sculpture- yep, that Obama, and it's now in the Smithsonian's Presidential Portrait GalleryCleaned scan data (remodel), and textured the Apollo 11 Space Capsule , also for the SmithsonianCutting edge content creation demonstrating the capabilities of new software within the Memento cloud-based 3D environment. Proof of concept movies for various Autodesk R&D products

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  Evil Eye Pictures

  Oct 2015 - Dec 2017

  3DDMP Artist / Concept Artist / Environments Modeler

  Lead matte painter, Concept Art, Environment Development for Feature Film Bolden!

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  Moving Picture Company

  May 2018 - Jan 2020

  Matte Painting Key Artist

  3d dmp key (senior) artistPredatorGodzilla King of MonstersShazam Artemis FowlCall of the WildGodzilla vs Kong

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  Rodeo FX

  Jan 2020 - May 2021

  Sr Environments Artist

  Sr Environments - DMP / CGNuke, Maya, Katana, ClarisseChaos WalkingLovecraft Country

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  Framestore

  May 2021 - now

  Environments Technical Director

  DMP / Environments Technical Director:Paddington in PeruRebel Moon Part 2Rebel Moon Part 1Foundation 2WonkaPeter Pan & WendyGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Spiderman: No Way HomeDon't Look Up