Hi, thank you for checking out my website! I am a 3D artist with over seven years of pro experience in a studio environment. I specialize in lighting and compositing, while also working extensively with hair grooming. I've also helped quite a bit with other generalist tasks such as modeling, surfacing, various simulations, animation fixes, scene assembly, and camera animation. I've also worked as a technical director assistant, helping develop workflows and pipelines for caching, simulation, scene assembly, lighting, rendering, and compositing. I'm currently located in Bentonville, Arkansas and available for freelancing or studio opportunities, either remote or in-studio.
How Did I Become a 3D Artist?
When I was in high school, my brother and I wanted to make a Star Wars movie. So we started learning about filmmaking, editing, and special effects. I still remember learning how to rotoscope lightsabers! But we also needed spaceships. Somebody recommended I try out Google Sketchup to make them. That was the first 3D software I used. Eventually, I realized Sketchup had too many limitations for what we wanted to do, so I switched to Blender. It was so much fun that I would find myself working on those models all night long until the sunrise.
Sadly, we never finished the Star Wars project, but my love for 3D and filmmaking remained. I kept doing little personal projects just for fun until I had the opportunity to work full-time in an animation / VFX studio for seven years. I had the privilege of learning from pros who have been in the industry for a very long time. Before long, I was the one training others and taking the lead in both artistic and technical roles. (And although my brother and I never finished the Star Wars movie, in 2025 we completed another feature-length sci-fi film in which I did the visual effects, including spaceships!)
Technical Skills
Lighting | Compositing | Hair / Fur Grooming / Simulation | Modeling | Texturing / Surfacing | Camera Animation | Color Grading | Editing | Basic Rigging | Basic Scripting
Soft Skills
Pipeline Troubleshooting | Workflow Documentation | Teaching & Training | Cross-Department Collaboration | Friendly | Patient
Software
Maya | RenderMan | V-Ray | Nuke | Blender | Unreal Engine 5 | Substance Painter | Yeti | Ornatrix | DaVinci Resolve (Edit, Color, Fusion) | Houdini (Basic) | ShotGrid / Flow
Other Interests
Visual Storytelling | Post Production | Science (Especially Biology / Zoology) | Video Games | Solving Puzzles
A picture of me with some vacation stubble. I'm the human, not the lizard.