The Art of Jeff King

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Visual effects artist with a traditional art background.

NAFTA (CUSMA/USMCA)-qualified.

VFX and digital art for feature film, broadcast TV, AAA gaming,

mobile, and web.

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                                                    EXPERIENCE                                                      

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WildBrain Studios (Vancouver, BC)

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Lead FX Artist                                                                          [Mar 2024 - Present]

• Dynamic FX for animated adventure show. More details to be added here soon.

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Scanline VFX (Vancouver, BC)

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"Stranger Things: Season 4", "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom", "Black Adam", "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (live action) and "Yu Yu Hakusho" (live action)

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FX Artist                                                                                  [Dec 2021 - Dec 2023]

• Created realistic, high-caliber, dynamic, and riveting visual 3D FX

• Particle, Smoke, Pyro, RBDs, Axiom, SOP/DOP, instancer simulations

• Built multi-shot setups for efficiency

• Rendered my own FX (VRay, Mantra, 3DSMax)

• Worked with Krakatoa/Magma PRTs

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WildBrain Studios (Vancouver, BC)

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"Blaze and the Monster Machines" (TV) - Season 4 - 6

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Lead FX Artist                                                                        [Jun 2020 - Dec 2021]

• Dynamic simulations for animated TV show

• NUKE compositing, look-dev, templates

• Created and published FX rigs for team and Animation department

• Built tools and scripts (Python/Mel)

• Created tutorials and managed team's Wiki

• Backup for supervisor

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FX Artist                                                                                [Nov 2017 - Jun 2020]

• Created and comped dynamic simulations for animated TV show

• Made FX rigs and NUKE templates/gizmos for team

• Created several process docs

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Rainmaker (now Mainframe Studios) (Vancouver, BC)

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"Spy Kids: Mission Critical" (Netflix)​ - Seasons 1 & 2

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FX Artist                                                                                   [Jan 2017 - Nov 2017]

• Particle sims, FX rigs, deep compositing

• Sparks, lasers, electricity, dust, flares, camera shake, look-dev, air distortion, etc.

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"Bob the Builder" (TV/Cinema) - Season 20 and 'Mega Machines' movie

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FX Artist                                                                                   [Apr 2016 - Oct 2016]

• Dynamic FX

  • Dust, sparks, steam, impact debris, gravel pouring, dirt kick-ups, etc.

  • nParticles and sprites

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The Asylum (Burbank, CA) 

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Animator                                                                                  [Feb 2016 - Mar 2016] 

• Animated fish characters and camera (~10 mins of the released movie in a month) for animated DVD movie

• Brought in only for final month of production to help finish the movie

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Broken Glass Studios (Global Team) 

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"The Dark Mod"

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Concept Art & Audio                                              [4 years part-time, voluntary]

• Video game project ideas, concept art (models, animation, Photoshop)

• Audio (machine sounds and ambient music)

• Collaboration across globe

• One of PC Gamer magazine's "20 Best Total Conversion Mods Ever" (2015); 2nd on its "Top 50 best free PC games" (2016); and its "Mod of the Year" (2013)

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Freelance (Monroe, WA) 

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Graphic Designer                                                                             [2004 - 2011]

• Multiple websites - Code, design, graphics, Flash anims, logos, admin

• Branding - Product labels, fashion concepts

 

AT&T (Bothell, WA) 

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Sr. Project Manager                                                          [Apr 2007 - Feb 2012]

• Managed U-verse and Mobility Customer Ops' stake in many highly visible technical, legal, and marketing projects. Supervised a team of Project Specialists for 2 years

• Project management for IPv6/CGN/6rd launches, Xbox receiver, IPTV apps, hardware/firmware deployments, VoIP, HSIA, promotions, external att.com enhancements, training docs, customer comms, launch strategies, trials, and UAT

• Gave presentations to Executive Leadership

• Supported ~30 call centers and tens of thousands of agents in US, Canada, Mexico, Bogota, India, and Philippines

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                                                   EDUCATION                                                     

 

The DAVE School - (Digital Animation & Visual Effects) - Orlando, FL    

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VFX Production Certification (June 2015)

• Owned two shots and modeled spaceship for multi-award winning "Runners 2" animated short

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University of Washington's "School of Business" (Seattle, WA)

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BA in Business Administration (4-year degree)

• Courses taken include: Marketing, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Brand Management, Statistics, Law, and Info Sys

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                                         HONORS & AWARDS                                           

 

• 7th Annual Pixie Award - Platinum (for Animation) - "Runners 2" Animated Short

• Award of Merit (Accolade Global Film Competition) - "Runners 2" Animated Short

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