Senior Matte Painter - Concept Artist [www.starno.net]
Montreal, Canada Area
- Current
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- Senior Digital Matte Painter at Rodeo FX
- Past
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- Concept Artist at War of God Production - Los Angeles
- Matte-Painter Freelancer at Mokko Studio
- Matte-Painter Freelancer at Meteor Studios
- Lead Matte Painter at Digital Dimension
- Matte Painter Consultant / Teacher and Artistic Director at Alpha-Vision
- Matte-Painter Freelancer at FX Cartel
- Matte-Painter Freelancer at Intelligent Creatures
- Matte Painter / Concept Artist / Texture artist at Hybride Technologies
- Character Animator at Fly Studio
- 3D Artist / Concept Artist at Enzyme
- Charactor Animator at Klik Animation
- 3D Artist at Tube Image
- Storyboard Artist at Jules Verne Production
- Layout / Posing Artist at Cinar Animation
- Education
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- NAD Center
- ICARI
- Laval University
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Frederic St-Arnaud’s Summary
Visual Effect artist in film industry of 12 years old experience, focusing on high end photo-realistic digital matte painting, Set extensions, Concept arts.
Credits includes: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Silent Hill, Babel, Sin City, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Racing Stripes, Spy Kids 2 and 3, Once upon a time in Mexico, Nouvelle-France, The last sign, A different loyalty, etc.
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Specialties:
Matte painting / Set extentions / Concept Arts / Art Direction
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Experience
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Senior Digital Matte Painter
Rodeo FX
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
¤ TERMINATOR SALVATION (Directed by McG)
¤ MR. NOBODY (Directed by Jaco Van Dormael)
¤ REPOSSESSION MAMBO (Directed by Miguel Sapochnik)
¤ JOURNEY TO MECCA (Directed by Bruce Neibaur)
¤ THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (Directed by Scott Derrickson)
¤ INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (Directed by Steven Spielberg)
¤ DEAD RACE (Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson)
¤ THE GREATEST JOURNEY TO MECCA IMAX (Directed by Bruce Neibaur)
¤ THE GOLDEN COMPASS (Directed by Chris Weitz)
¤ JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3D (Directed by Eric Brevig)
¤ BBH BARCLAYS LONDON (prints) -
Concept Artist
War of God Production - Los Angeles
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2009 — March 2009 (1 month)
Concept artist for the movie War of God directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell) in Los Angeles.
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Matte-Painter Freelancer
Mokko Studio
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2007 — December 2007 (10 months)
¤ CHANGING CLIMATE
¤ SILENT HILL (Directed by Christophe Gans)
¤ MARS RISING (Directed by Michael Jorgensen, Jon Kalina, Francine Pelletier and Brian Murphy)
Matte Painter -
Matte-Painter Freelancer
Meteor Studios
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 2007 — August 2007 (2 months)
¤ JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3D (directed by Eric Brevig)
Matte-painter -
Lead Matte Painter
Digital Dimension
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
November 2005 — July 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Lead Matte Painter for www.digitaldimension.com
¤ RACE TO MARS (Directed by George Mihalka)
Lead Matte Painter [Digital Dimension]
¤ THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Directed by Rachel Talalay)
Lead Matte Painter [Digital Dimension]
¤ THE COVENANT (Directed by Renny Harlin)
Matte Painter [Digital Dimension]
¤ THE LEGEND OF SECRET PASS (Directed by Steve Trenbirth)
Lead Matte Painter [Digital Dimension] -
Matte Painter Consultant / Teacher and Artistic Director
Alpha-Vision
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
June 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Artistic Director / Matte Painter Teacher and consultant
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Matte-Painter Freelancer
FX Cartel
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 2006 — September 2006 (2 months)
¤ MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM (Directed by Zach Helm)
Matte Painter [FX Cartel] -
Matte-Painter Freelancer
Intelligent Creatures
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2006 — April 2006 (2 months)
¤ BABEL (Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Matte Painter -
Matte Painter / Concept Artist / Texture artist
Hybride Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
December 2001 — May 2005 (3 years 6 months)
Matte Painter, Concept Artist, Texture Artist, Character animator.
¤ SIN CITY (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
Texture Artist, Matte Painter, Concept Artist [Hybride]
¤ SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
Concept Artist, Matte Painter [Hybride]
¤ RACING STRIPES (Directed by Frederik Du Chau)
Concept Artist, Texture Artist [Hybride]
¤ SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (Directed by Kerry Conran)
Texture Artist [Hybride]
¤ A DIFFERENT LOYALTY (Directed by Marek Kanievska)
Motion Graphic Designs for Generic [Hybride]
¤ THE LAST SIGN (Directed by Douglas Law)
Matte-Painting [Hybride]
¤ NOUVELLE-FRANCE (Directed by Jean Beaudin)
Matte-Painting [Hybride]
¤ SPY KIDS 3 (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
Charactor Animator, Texture artist [Hybride]
¤ SPY KIDS 2 (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
Charactor Animator, Texture artist [Hybride]
¤ NAPOLEON - TV Series (Directed by Yves Simoneau)
Lighting - Texture artist [Hybride] -
Character Animator
Fly Studio
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)
September 1999 — December 2001 (2 years 4 months)
Character Animator for TV Commercials
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3D Artist / Concept Artist
Enzyme
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
September 1999 — September 1999 (1 month)
3D Artist / Concept Artist
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Charactor Animator
Klik Animation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Charactor Animator for the TV Series "Junior" and "The Klootz"
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3D Artist
Tube Image
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 1998 — August 1998 (2 months)
Contract of 6 weeks on TV Spots for le Canal Famille.
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Storyboard Artist
Jules Verne Production
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 1997 — December 1997 (5 months)
- THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF JULES VERNE (directed by Mark Roper, David McLeod, Gabriel Pelletier, Pierre de Lespinois)
Storyboard Artist -
Layout / Posing Artist
Cinar Animation
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 1997 — February 1997 (2 months)
- Arthur TV Series
Layout / Posing Artist
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Education
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NAD Center
1 , Matte-Painting , 2006 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- Matte-Painting Master Class by Yanick Dusso.com (NAD Center, Montreal, Canada)
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ICARI
1 year , Cartoon Animation and 3D intensive program , 1996 — 1997
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Laval University
Bachelor , Communication Arts , September 1995 — December 1996
- Activities and Societies:
- 1 year of Bachelor degree at Laval University
Additional Information
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Websites:
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Interests:
Photography, Fine Arts, Rock Climbing, Hiking, Trekking, White water Kayaking, Mountain biking, Travelling
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Groups:
- CG society member at CGsociety.org
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Visual Effects, Film and Games Professionals (www.vfx-recruit.com) -
MTLfx -
CGTantra Digital Matte Painting Challenges
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Honors:
2009: Jury Member of CGtantra Matte Painting Challenge
2008: Speaker at the ADAPT Montreal Conference
2008: Coverpage artist of the book D'artiste Matte Painting II
2007: Endorsement for the coverpage of the book Digital Art Master volume 2
2007: Jury Member of the Unofficial Matte-Painting Challenge on CGsociety.org
2007: Award Winner at Pixel Theory 3D.com
2007: Excellence Award on www.3Dtotal.com
2007: Artwork "Decline of Babel Myth" released in the book EXPOSE 5
2006: Excellence Nomination Award for the book EXPOSE 4
2005: CG Elite on www.CGchannel.com
2005: Award Winner for the book EXPOSE 3
2003: Award Winner at CGsociety.org / CGtalk.com
1997: Canada's Teletoon Animation Scholarship Award Finalist
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
