Resume: Digital FX

Ian Strandberg
Southern California based Digital Effects Artist.
(updated July, 2008)

(Use “Contact Ian!” linked on the right to get in touch with me.)

Skills
Traditional: Drawing, sculpting and digital painting
2D: Compositing, key pulling, rotoscoping, matchmoving, patchmoving, animation
3D: particle systems and FX, organic surface modeling, UV mapping, remeshing

Tools
2D: After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter
3D: 3D Studio Max, Zbrush
Simulation: Fume, Real Flow, Particle Flow
Tracking: Monet, MatchMover Pro

Experience
2008

Carnies (feature), TRP Productions
Consulting visual effects artist and ongoing shot contributor. Patchmoved to remove feet visible pushing a non-functional prop car. Added 3D digital tents and other elements to the background of a scene.

Harvey Putter (feature), Richardson Productions
Consulting visual effects artist and ongoing shot contributor.

Cannibal Lovers (short)
Patchmoved to add digital blood stains to mattress in both moving and static shots to resolve continuity issues.

2007

Death in Charge (AFI Women Directors short), Deviant Pictures
Created almost a dozen visual effects shots ranging from fluid simulation for blood, fire and burning, an animated “nosferatu homage” shadow, an all digital establishing shot, digitally “freezing” an actress that moved during a “dead” performance, and others.

Also created a real-time, playable video game (using an existing engine) for insert footage including custom monsters, animation environments and lighting.

Sister Mary Martha’s Martyrology (short), Peter O’Kefe
Enhanced the missing eyes effect I created in make-up using planar tracking and paintover techniques. Digitally removed an errant crew member from a hand-held shot.

A Time for the Heart (feature), RACSO Motion Pictures
Digital effects consultant for shoot. Created extensive breakdowns offering a range of solutions for effects on a tight budget. Supervised the greenscreen portion of the shoot.

Meat is Murder(short), Deviant Pictures
Digital effects supervisor on set. Created dust and smoke effects to cover a body transformation, applied animated distortion to shots to liven up prop and actor FX performances and created paintovers for static shots to add alien growths to the environment.

2006

Eenie Meenie Minie Die (short), Okey Dokey Pictures
Created ghost / human interaction and wall-walk effects. Added spreading blood to actor’s clothing to seamlessly fix an on-set, practical effects failure.

Trippin (feature), Deviant Pictures
Visual effects supervisor on set. Post production has not yet commenced.

Raven Gets a Life (short), Deviant Pictures
Created complete, animated 3D digital background for “Dracula’s Castle.” Considerable rotoscoping and cosmetic relighting. Concept, particle effects and animation for Death disappearing, leaving dead leaves behind. A number of other compositing and 2D effects.

2005

The Dork of the Rings (feature), Richardson Productions
Created two full set replacements in 3D. Extensive matte pulling and rotoscoping. Created, animated and composited particle effects. Numerous corrective and cosmetic paintovers to hide practical set defects and other flaws. Various other effects.

Lizzie Sees the Light (short), Tracy Tailor-Melton
Created and animated initial tests for digital halo effect.

2004

Confederate Zombie Massacre (short), Deviant Pictures
Created and animated cartoon style green chemical explosion with stylized “KaBoom” flying past camera.

1993 through 2003

Intel, Symmantec, Freightliner, Digimarc
Ten years of experience in software testing, test engineering, software quality assurance and test automation using Visual Basic, Rational Robot, DOM and other technologies.

Other Experience
Extensive practical effects experience including makeup, props and puppets.

Awards
Films that I’ve contributed to have been honored with hundreds of official selections and awards at film festivals around the world ranging from Dragon Con to Tromadance to the prestigious Palm Springs Film Festival.