I am a proficient programmer with a strong scense of artistic detail and beauty. Well experienced in the Visual Effects industry as a post-production fx TD and generalist; am familiar with the fields of compositing, animation and vsfx on-site supervision; and is highly adaptable towards new challenges with a good repertoire of experiences in core CGI ideas set in 3ds Max, Maya, Houdini, Massive and Renderman. I am always up for a challenge and complexity greatly intrigues me.

Systems Administrator(work-study), Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, USA — 2010-2011

• Worked as a system administrator attending to technical issues and maintenances of the school laboratories.

• Assisted Professors with technical issues involving Linux(RHEL), Mac and Windows.

• Troubleshooted issues involving the implementations of Visual Effects CGi applications.

Visual Effects Artist, VHQ Post, Singapore — 2006-2008

• Worked as a Visual Effects/3d Generalist for television commercials and corporate identities.

• Created workflows between Shake, Max, Maya and Cinema 4d.

• Offered consultation and advise on VFX filming and pre-production.

Visual Effects Artist(freelance), Emoxis Films, Singapore — 2007-2008

• Worked on particle based effects for an ESPN corporate identity commercial.

• Created identity and CG characters for Emoxis house projects.

SO III Manpower and Administration Officer, Singapore Coast Guards, Singapore — 2004-2005

• Served National Enlistment Act as Admin officer for Manpower development and operations.

Lighter, Silicon Illusions, Singapore — 2003-2004

• Interned as 3d lighter for TV animated series Monster by Mistake.

• Composited CG elements in Houdini.

• Performed Paintfixes and assisted in correcting asset management pipeline scripts.

Education
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA — Masters(MA) in Visual Effects, 2010-2011
Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore — Diploma in Digital Media Design(Animation), 2001-2004

Skills
3d Applications - 3dsMax, Maya, Houdini, Massive, Mudbox and Zbrush.
Animation - MotionBuilder and Vicon Blade.
Programming - Melscript, RSL, Maxscript, Python, Bash and CPP.
Rendering - Renderman, Vray and Mental Ray.
Compositing - AfterEffects, Shake and Nuke.
2d Applications - Bodypaint, Photoshop and Painter.

Awards
"Outstanding Achievement Award" Savannah College of Art and Design 2011.
"Tears of Karin" Gold Award(animation), Comgraph 2004, ACM Siggraph Singapore Charter.
"Tears of Karin" Bronze Award, CrowBar Awards - 4As Singapore.