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Lead Lighter at a Legendary VFX Studio. You have seen some of my work. Based in Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Almost no one understands color. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/color... #vfx

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Zoe Saldana is a good actress. I get scared each time Neytiri gets angry with Jake. Even just watching the layout template. #zoesaldana #avatar

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One of America’s greatest achievements is making an annual tradition out of watching ads for 3 hours straight with brief Football intermissions.

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Light Travel AVATAR, 2009

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Love those little Banksy sculptures. Basically everything he does is great. It's my kind of Art #banksy

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The moon at night is not very bright. It's bright like a piece of paper lit by a candle 1.8m away. Moon lighting in movies is done by adding lights on set to mimic a moon.

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I Love the soft warm lighting of: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) DIRECTOR - Barry Jenkins @bandrybarry CINEMATOGRAPHER - James Laxton COLORIST - Alex Bickel

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Candy Floss Head

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Got this right with the first try because I know this shot in detail. Credit to the matte painting.

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Time Travel Stevie Stardust TV Series, 1999 I tried a few faky things to make this look good. This was before the use of Ray-Traceing or ambient occlusion for production.

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Christmas came early. I got a P-Touch Cube label printer. It's glorious!

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The size of the Pacific is humbling.

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Light Travel Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - 2024 Proud of this little sequence. Apes are so fun to light. #vfx #cgi #apes

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Sticky Note Pass splitting. Less is more.

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Lift off Air Planes are a marvel of engineering.

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Light Travel Bliss to work on sequence like this. The Adventures of Tintin, 2011

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Light Travel One of my all time favorite projects. The Adventures of Tintin

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Light Travel Amiga 2000 - Reflections Animator December 1991/92 4x5 test exposure on Polaroid

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People love the dancing patterns of caustics lights. I rendered a few caustics for a movie that plays an around water. #vfx #caustics #light

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I ❤️ to organize my work with sticky notes. I stick the flat on my desk. When I finished a task I move them to the ‚done pile‘. I prefer that over digital or paper notebooks as I can see task clearing up. Most of the time it’s a simple reminder. Sometimes it‘s to clarify my mind to improve a shot.

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