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DEAD BOY DETECTIVES new series (2024) Netflix
Texture, Look Development Supervisor, Surfacing Artist: Characters
Maya, Mari, Substance Painter, Houdini, Renderman
@ Encore VFX
For this new supernatural series set in the Sandman universe and premiering on Netflix in 2024, Encore VFX was the sole vendor providing the visual effects, including all the strange creatures, monsters and animal and human digi doubles you will see in season 1. As the Asset Texture and Look Development Supervisor I was in charge of overseeing all character work for this show as well as creating textures and shaders for various creatures (and props). In the official Teaser Trailer, the Magical Squid Pet, Giant Eyeballs and Snake make an appearance as you can see above! Look out for the new series to see the rest of our creations.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DOOM PATROL season 4 (2023) HBO
Texture, Look Development Supervisor, Surfacing Artist: Characters - Zombie Butt Monsters (Were-Butts)
Maya, Mari, Substance Painter, Houdini, Renderman
@ Encore VFX
In the Zombie Butt Monster look development process, I created skin shading networks in Houdini Renderman used across all Zombies with layers of veins, torn and cracked skin, discoloration, dirt, scars and fresh blood as well as supervised the character team's creation of diffuse and ID maps. For mouths and teeth, I created procedural texture and shading networks in Substance Painter and Renderman to vary them between one another. We were able to retain identical UV layouts for all of these characters simplifying this process.
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAXO (2020) based on art by Travis Louie
Personal Project
Maya, Mari, Substance Painter, Zbrush
 
 
 
 
DOOM PATROL seasons 3 & 4 (2022, 2023) HBO
Texture, Shading Artist (Texture, Look Development Supervisor): Character - Texture/Shader build for Rita's anamorphous blob form
Maya, Mari, Substance Painter, Houdini, Renderman
@ Encore VFX
For seasons 3 and 4 of Doom Patrol, I built a translucent veiny oily skin shader in Houdini Renderman that was used in all of Rita's human to blob form transformations.
 
 
 
 
 
 
DOOM PATROL season 3 (2022) HBO
Texture, Shading Artist: Characters - Sentient Butts (Were-Butts)
Maya, Mari, Substance Painter, Houdini, Renderman
@ Encore VFX
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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