Flame Artist/Nuke Compositor at swoopfx
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Flame Artist/Nuke Compositor at swoopfx
- Past
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- Digital Artist at Digital Domain
- Flame Artist at Yu+Co, Hollywood, CA
- Flame Artist at Imaginary Forces
- Flame Artist at sony imageworks
- Digital Artist at Caliban Filmworks
- Education
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- San Jose State University
- Foothill College
- Santa Barbara High School
- Connections
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- Industry
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Kevin Ellis’s Experience
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Flame Artist/Nuke Compositor
swoopfx
(Entertainment industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
Freelance Digital Artist
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Digital Artist
Digital Domain
(Privately Held; D2; Animation industry)
November 2004 — May 2009 (4 years 7 months)
Visual Effects Artist, On-line Flame Artist, Compositor.
While at Digital Domain I have been lucky enough to bounce between film and commercials, Most of my work here has been in the flame dept. comping, onlining and supporting all freelancers that come in. I know how to use all of the sparks by Sapphire, foundry, tinder and Speed 6.
Films include: ‘Stealth, Pirates, The Zodiac Killer, Dark is Rising, Transfomers.
Commercials include: ‘Jak and Dax, American Express, Coors, Budwiser, Hineken, GMC, Chevy, Hummer, Gears of War, Mass Effects and loads more... -
Flame Artist
Yu+Co, Hollywood, CA
(Design industry)
January 2000 — January 2003 (3 years 1 month)
Freelance flame Artist.
All projects here have been a team of multiple artists. I did final film conforms for title sequences.
I was responsible for conforming and compositing 2D and 3D images from designers into live action plates. Beauty Clean Up. Used a lot of Sapphire, tinder and 5D Sparks on title conforms. Color corrections, tracking, Discreet Keyer and Primatte for pulling mattes.
Trailers: Rated X, and Terminal.
Commercials: Zelnorm and Super Nova.
Title sequences: Hulk (French), The Rundown, Paycheck, Sueno.
Film: Day After Tommorow -
Flame Artist
Imaginary Forces
(Design industry)
January 1999 — January 2003 (4 years 1 month)
Freelance Inferno/Flame
All projects here have been a team of multiple artists. I did final film conforms for title sequences. I used Primatte and Discreet keyer when pulling mattes. Film Titles include: Wild Wild West, Unbreakable, Charlie's Angels, Mummy 2, The One, and Spiderman. Commercials include: Janus, and Nissan spot. -
Flame Artist
sony imageworks
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; SNE; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2000 — August 2000 (8 months)
Freelance Inferno Artist
Film projects -Holoman, CastAway, and What Lies Beneath.
Work performed - Discreet Inferno for compositing, garbage-masking shots, wire removals, scratch removals, dustbusting. -
Digital Artist
Caliban Filmworks
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 1996 — January 1999 (3 years 1 month)
Staffed Digital Artist
This is where I got my start on Discreet Inferno. I used Discreet Keyer for pulling mattes.
Films: Postman, As Good As it Gets, Sunset Strip, X-files.
Title sequences: Blast from the Past. Music videos- The Donnas. Many in-house projects.
Commercials: Lion Bar
Kevin Ellis’s Education
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San Jose State University
BA , Digital Media , 1994 — 1996
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Foothill College
AA , Fine Art and General Education , 1992 — 1994
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Santa Barbara High School
High School Diploma , 1983 — 1987
Additional Information
Kevin Ellis’s Websites:
Kevin Ellis’s Groups:
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Autodesk Inferno, Flame, Flare, Flint, Smoke, Lustre -
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Kevin Ellis’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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