I come from a small town in northern California. I have a Bachelors in Digital Art and Animation from Cogswell Polytechnical College and my current work experience in 3D is about seven years.

While I attended College, I joined a small studio and worked on several commercials for clients within about year and a half's time. It was a very small team often fluctuating between three to six people. For every project I was Lighting Lead, and we used Mental Ray for about three projects and then moved to Renderman. The short turn out for commercials really forced me to learn many things, and I loved every second of it. About four months into working with the small studio, I also joined in on a short film that the school was working on. It was there that I helped integrate V-Ray and Nuke into the production pipeline and really pushed the quality of the Colleges CG work. After graduating from College it took me some time to finally land another job in 3D.

I ended up at a place called Outward Inc., where I have been for nearly 5 years. The work at Outward has mainly consisted of high quantities of renders with quick turnarounds but more recently shifted to higher quality renders. At Outward I have grown a lot as a Lighting Artist and Technical Artist. I have also learned how to code in Python and create useful scripts that help efficiency of the team. Another thing I have learned, is many leadership skills that have helped me progress from a Lighting Artist, to a Lighting Lead, and finally to a Lighting Supervisor. Over the years I have learned a lot about what drives production and how to efficiently and effectively deliver work to clients. I have also learned how essential a teams sense of community is, there for I always make sure it’s isn’t something forgotten even when the work load get’s heavy.

I look forward to the future, as the world of 3D is constantly changing and growing. I also look forward to how my skillset will continue to evolve with time. In the beginning I didn’t see myself as a Technical Artist but now it seems almost essential to me.