Karl Fornander

Current

Creative Director / VFX Supervisor at WRECKTANGLE (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Maya Generalist at Zoic Studios
Lighter at Radium
VFX artist / Maya generalist at NAU

VFX artist at NAU
CG animator at sight effects inc.
CG Lighting and VFX at Radium
CG generalist freelance at Picture Mill
3D CG artist \ VFX lead at Radium
VJ live visuals at TerraByte at the Los Angeles Arboretum
3D Rigger / Animator at Radium
VJ live visuals at Pravda : shadows of Stalin at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
3D Artist at Warner Bros Feature Animation
3D animator + Pre-viz/digital artist at Crack Creative
3D Animator / VFX Artist at Pacific Title
3D animator / Digital VFX at Warner Brothers
3D animator/ VFX artist at Stargate
3D VFX Artist / Animator at Stargate Digital
3D Animatior / Rigger at Warner Bros Feature Animation
2D animator / Flash artist at Thrave
Technical Director at Paramount /SouthPark
3D Technical Director at SouthPark / Paramount
Compositer at DreamQuest images
CG artist / Compositer at Dream Quest Images
CG artist at Viridis Software

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Education

California Institute of the Arts

Recommended

14 people have recommended Karl

Connections

178 connections

Industry

Entertainment

Websites

My Website

Karl Fornander’s Summary

Karl Fornander’s Specialties:

--------3D CG animation since 1993 --------
-----MAYA ====
PreVis + Modeling + Rigging + Animation + Dynamics + Texturing/Shading + Lighting + Rendering
---MotionBuilder =CharacterSetup + Animation + Mocap
---Organic Surfacing = Z-Brush 3., MudBox 1.0
----- Glu3D, Syflex, RealFlow, Stroika, Shave, BlastCode,
---Tracking = MatchMove, 3D Equalizer, Boujou3, DeepPaint
---Compositing = Shake 3.5, AfterEffects, Combustion, Nuke
---Texturing = PhotoShop,

Karl Fornander’s Experience

Creative Director / VFX Supervisor
WRECKTANGLE (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)

WreckTangle is a post production boutique that provides A\V post production services and "live" A\V. We have a small network of visual and audio artist on call.
Maya Generalist

Zoic Studios

(Entertainment industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
Lighter

Radium

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
VFX artist / Maya generalist

NAU

(Entertainment industry)

September 2008 — September 2008 (1 month)
VFX artist

NAU

(Entertainment industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
CG animator

sight effects inc.

(Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

November 2007 — September 2008 (11 months)
CG Lighting and VFX

Radium

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2007 — 2008 (1 year )
CG generalist freelance

Picture Mill

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2006 — 2008 (2 years )
3D CG artist \ VFX lead

Radium

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2006 — 2008 (2 years )
VJ live visuals

TerraByte at the Los Angeles Arboretum

(Entertainment industry)

September 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 1 month)

I provide live visuals for the TerraByte events at the Los Angeles Arboretum . These visuals were manipulated live and in sync with performing artist and DJ's. In addition I helped with some installations .
About TERRA-BYTE: TERRA as in the planet earth and BYTE a unit of storage in computers, TERRA-BYTE creates a platform for artists to interpret the natural world through art, science, and emerging technology within the beautiful gardens of The Arboretum.
3D Rigger / Animator

Radium

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
VJ live visuals

Pravda : shadows of Stalin at the Walt Disney Concert Hall

(Entertainment industry)

May 2007 — May 2007 (1 month)

Pravda : Shadows of Stalin at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
A progressive exploration of the sounds, sights, and
philosophies of the Stalin era.
This was an even that I provided live visuals working alongside Tom Fitzgerald. (PimpadelicWonderland.com ) Based completely on old Russian cinema and animation. This was all manipulated to sync with various Dj's and performers - Amon Tobin, Cut Chemist, DJ Spooky, J-Rocc, Peanut Butter Wolf, and Mumbles with special guests dublab soundsystem, collaborate to remix the music of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Mosolov, complemented by improvised visuals from iconic Russian films
3D Artist

Warner Bros Feature Animation

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
3D animator + Pre-viz/digital artist

Crack Creative

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2003 — 2006 (3 years )
3D Animator / VFX Artist

Pacific Title

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year )
3D animator / Digital VFX

Warner Brothers

(Public Company; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2003 — 2003 (less than a year)
3D animator/ VFX artist

Stargate

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year )

I was a staff 3D artist, responsible for the start-to-finish CG element production of assigned shots. We did previs, lighting, texturing, modeling, dynamics, particle effects, animation, match move, and rendering.
3D VFX Artist / Animator

Stargate Digital

(Entertainment industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years )
3D Animatior / Rigger

Warner Bros Feature Animation

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
2D animator / Flash artist

Thrave

(Online Media industry)

2000 — 2000 (less than a year)
Technical Director

Paramount /SouthPark

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
3D Technical Director

SouthPark / Paramount

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
Compositer

DreamQuest images

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )
CG artist / Compositer

Dream Quest Images

(Entertainment industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )
CG artist

Viridis Software

(Entertainment industry)

1993 — 1994 (1 year )