Dan Patterson

Current

• Digital Character Artist/Animator/Modeler at Digital Domain

Past

• Web/3D Artist at Ad Forsight. Inc
• Production Artist/Instructor/New Technologies Lab Monitor at UACT

Education

• University of Advancing Technology

Recommended

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Connections

202 connections

Industry

Motion Pictures and Film

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Dan Patterson’s Summary

Star Trek (2009)
-Character animation

Transformers 2 (2009)
-Character animation
-Transformation development

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) (Uncredited)
-Character/Facial animation

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) (Credit)
-Character/Facial animation

The Golden Compass (2007) (Credit)
-Previs
-Scene Layout
-Keyframe animation of icebridge destruction

Transformers (2007) (Credit)
-Previs
-Scene Layout
-Character animation
-Transformation development

Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007) (Uncredited)
-Ship Modeler

The Hitcher, 2007 (Uncredited)
-Character animation

The Nativity Story, 2006 (Uncredited)
-Character modeling
-Character setup
-Animation

Disney Halloween Witch, 2006(Commercial)
-Character animation

My Super Ex Girlfriend, 2006 (Credit)
-Previs
-Scene setup
-Character animation

Thinking Animation, 2006
-Modeler and texture of Redd, the books main character(thinkinganimation.com)

Flags of Our Fathers, 2006 (Credit)
-Ship Modeler

Sony Wega, 2005(Commercial)
-Digital artist

Burger King, 2005(Commercial)
-Modeler and animator

Aeon Flux, 2005 (Credit)
-Previs
-Scene layout
-Hair groom/sim
-Initial gun cable RnD

Disney 50th Anniversary, 2005(Commercial)
-Character Modeler

I Robot, 2004 (Credit)
-Character Animator
-Crowd scene setups and animation

Day After Tomorrow, 2004 (Credit)
-Car Modeler

IO Technical Coordinator:

Daredevil, 2003
Willard, 2003
XXX, 2002 (Credit)
Star Trek: Nemesis, 2002
Adaptation, 2002
We Were Soldiers, 2002 (Credit)
A Beautiful Mind, 2001
Fellowship of the Ring, 2001
Vanilla Sky, 2001
Time Machine, 2001
The Grinch, 2000

Dan Patterson’s Specialties:

Maya
Motionbuilder
Zbrush
Houdini
Softimage
3D Studio Max
Photoshop

Dan Patterson’s Experience

• Digital Character Artist/Animator/Modeler

  Digital Domain

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  August 2000 — Present (8 years 2 months)

  All around digital artist and animation workhorse.

• Web/3D Artist

  Ad Forsight. Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  May 2000 — August 2000 (4 months)

  -Responsible for the development of 2D/3D artwork used in website development and online marketing promotions for clients such as Billy Blanks (Tae Bo), Copper Key, and Cricket Contrast. 3D work ranged from animating logos to custom 3D graphics.

• Production Artist/Instructor/New Technologies Lab Monitor

  UACT

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  July 1998 — May 2000 (1 year 11 months)

  -Instructed professional courses for multimedia and web certificate programs for the Professional Development Center (PDC); a division of the University of Advancing Computer Technology. Courses included 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash.
  
  -Responsible for the development of all in house 2D/3D artwork used in web based and print based marketing materials.
  
  -Assisted in the creation of the student Siggraph chapter.

Dan Patterson’s Education

• University of Advancing Technology

  Associate, Digital Production, 1996 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  New Technologies Lab Instructor
  Professional Development Center(PDC) Instructor

Additional Information

Dan Patterson’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Dan Patterson’s Groups:

ACM Siggraph
Los Angeles Siggraph
World Transhumanist Association
Immortality Institute

•    ThoseInFilm (Motion Pictures & Film Industry)
•    [VFX_AG] - The Visual Effects Artists Group
•    Animation Army

Dan Patterson’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch