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Filmography

  • Spies in Disguise (2019)

  • Ferdinand (2017)

  • Ice Age 5 (2016)

  • Peanuts (2015)

  • Rio 2 (2014)

  • Epic (2013)

  • Ice Age 4 (2012)

  • Rio (2011)

  • Ice Age 3 (2009)

  • Nimona (2023)

Artwork

Isla

Isla
Glass Gem Corn

Glass Gem Corn
Hi-Top Sneaker Design

Hi-Top Sneaker Design
Time Lapse Aesthetics

Time Lapse Aesthetics
Little Miss Sparkle Bao Bao

Little Miss Sparkle Bao Bao
Surf Shack

Surf Shack
Japanese Watercolor Packaging

Japanese Watercolor Packaging
Abstract Digital Sculpture - Splash!

Abstract Digital Sculpture - Splash!
Soccer Cleat

Soccer Cleat
The Golden Notebook

The Golden Notebook
Mr. Bean

Mr. Bean
 

Animated Film Demo Reel

For over a decade, I had the pleasure of working as an artist on animated feature films. The video below is a collection of the work I contributed to these projects.

 
 

I am currently the Global Head of 3D Artists for the Substance 3D Growth Team at Adobe and based in California.

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View fullsize ***NEW TUTORIAL IS UP*** Create 3D Models with Adobe Illustrator!!! Link in bio You read that title correctly...you can now create 3D models inside Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial, I teach how to create 3D models from vector images, add materia
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View fullsize New #Substance3D tutorial is up! This tutorial shows 2D Designers and Graphic Artists how they can take the logo and branding designs created in #Adobe #illustrator and #Photoshop and easily transform them into amazing, photoreal images using Subst
View fullsize Soooooooo it turns out that adding a #Xenomorph to stock images is my new favorite hobby. Model by @gionakpil in #Substance3DModeler Texturing by Aditi Kapoor #Substance3D Stager #MadeWithSubstance Full lighting tutorial using this character o
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View fullsize Detail shot of my most recent 3D shoe design. Love, love, love how easy it is to add little patterns and graphical elements in subtle ways to create more visual texture in Substance Painter. Full tutorial video on my YouTube channel. #3d #3dartist
View fullsize New tutorial up!! Link in bio to my YouTube I was recently super inspired by a trip to a footwear design company. Loved all the variables that went into athletic shoe design for material to function to style and was blown away by all their sources o
View fullsize Working in 3D is all about problem-solving. You need to find the most efficient way to create your image. Sometimes it’s knowing exactly what the camera angle is from the beginning so you can minimize the amount of modeling, texturing, and work
View fullsize This is my first time testing the end-to-end Adobe Substance 3D pipeline! Also the first time I've created every element in a 3D scene in over 15 years. Let's do it again! 
Modeled in #Substance3DModeler 
Texturing in #Substance3DPainter 
Lighting &
View fullsize New Molasses #Substance3D shader inspired by the sculptural work of Kara Walker. Back in 2014, Kara Walker created breathtaking sculptures out of molasses at the Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn. I was so mesmerized by the medium that it stuck in my
View fullsize Love the idea of playing with the sense of scale with this work. Again, these models are water splashes from the Substance 3D Asset Library but putting a hard surface material on them and blowing them up to a ridiculous scale completely changes their
View fullsize New Molasses #Substance3D shader inspired by the sculptural work of Kara Walker. Back in 2014, Kara Walker created breathtaking sculptures out of molasses at the Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn. I was so mesmerized by the medium that it stuck in my
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