Jonghwan Hwang

 

jhwang_ani@yahoo.com ¿ (778)-874-3868

 

EXPERIENCE :

Rainmaker Entertainment (2013.9-)  

<Pipeline TD>

• Developed Shotgun Software API for artist and coordinators

• Managed/Upgraded Studio’s database with Season/Episode feature

• Developed Qube farm render wrangler

• Managed/Developed file transfer pipeline between studios

• Developed new pipeline from 3D storyboard program to studio’s Maya pipeline

• Developed Windows Pipeline in associate with Unreal Engine

• Managed lots of in house tool for Maya and general pipeline

Rhythm and Hues (2012.6-2013.5)  

<Animation support TD>

• Importing rigs and props as well as set initial position for assets to help animator to start animation

• Troubleshoot problems occurred in the scene.

Puppetar Studio  (2011.9-2012.3)  

<Character TD, Rigging Pipeline TD, Animator>

• Set up 15 sea Creatures with muscle and hair dynamic simulation on skin

• Managed assets for transferring between modeling, rigging, animation and rendering department

• Fixed deformations on the shot by using blend shape.

• Placed background characters with variations.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A87jSMHWnc&feature=related

Them Greeks Collaboration Team, San Francisco CA  (2011.1-present)

< Character TD, Rigging Pipeline TD >

• Set up 8 characters with basic rigging and add-ons upon request

• ran cloth simulation by shot and corrected shape

• Wrote Python patch script for Auto Rigging pipeline

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EDUCATION:

MFA Candidate, Animation and Visual Effects (Character Rigging) (2011)

Academy of Art University, San Francisco               

BS, Electronics Engineering (2008)

Sogang University, Seoul Korea

 

 

Skills:

• Python, C, C++, Javascript HTML, Maya, Nuke, Shotgun, MySQL

• Character Rigging, Animation, Hair/Cloth Simulation, Rigid Body Simulation, Scripting