Bharti Chavan
Vancouver
Summary
I bring over a decade and half years of experience specializing in Character & Environment Grooming with passion in creating character effects, including cloth, hair, fur, and feather simulation, to bring digital creations to life.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Groom & Foliage Artist
Mainframe Studios
09.2024 - Current
- Responsibilities: Create and Simulate foliage for large scale BG using Xgen, Speed Tree, Maya PFX, Houdini.
- Credits: 1) Unicorn Academy Season 2 (NETFLIX Series)
Senior CFX Artist
ICON Creative Studios
04.2023 - 04.2024
- Responsibilities – Simulate cloth, hair and setting up dynamic rigs.
- Credits: 1) Ariel (Disney+ Series) 2) Insearch Of Wondla
Groom & Foliage Artist
Mainframe Studios
05.2021 - 04.2023
- Responsibilities: Create and Simulate foliage for large scale BG using Xgen, Speed Tree, Maya PFX, Houdini.
- Credits: 1) Unicorn Academy (NETFLIX Series) 2) Barbie
Final Layout Artist
Boulder Media
05.2020 - 03.2021
- Responsibilities: Provide support throughout rough layout and final layout process, scatter, set dressing, camera
- Credits: My Little Pony Movie
Groom and Foliage Lead
Xentrix Studios
11.2019 - 04.2020
- Responsibilities: Lead a team of 6-8 people, create hair, fur, feather for characters, Create foliage/vegetation, Support up-stream and down-stream departments
- Credits: 1) Novelmore – The Invincibus , 2) Ridely Jones for Brown Bag films
Creature FX Grooming Artist
DNeg
09.2018 - 05.2019
- Responsibilities: create Hair, Fur & Feathers using Xgen, Yeti, And DNeg Proprietary tool FurBall & Clarisse
- Credits: 1) 100% Wolf
Creature FX & Foliage Artist
Prana Studios Inc.
10.2016 - 09.2018
- Responsibilities: Create and Simulate foliage for large scale BG using Xgen, Speed Tree.
- Credits: 1) Independence Day - 2 2)Flight Over Hunan - Beautiful Hunan
Creature FX Grooming Artist
Assemblage Entertainment
12.2015 - 10.2016
- Responsibilities: Lead a small department. Creating and simulating foliage like trees, bushes, grass, and moss. Creating grooms with XGen.
- Credits: Swan Princess (DVD Feature of Sony Pictures)
Creature FX Grooming Artist
Turtle In Motion Studios
05.2014 - 06.2015
- Responsibilities: Create and simulate foliage, cloth, hair and setting up rigs for secondary animation. Create Grooms using Shave & HairCut.
- Credits: Unicorn Adventure of Professor Shonku (Feature film 2016)
Creature FX Grooming Artist
Prana Studios Inc.
01.2012 - 10.2013
- Responsibilities: Create foliage for large scale BG & grooms using Shave & Haircut.
- Credits: Disney Fairies – 1) Tinker Bel & Legend of the Neverbeast (DVD Feature film 2015), 2) Disney Car world - Planes 2 (Feature film 2014), 3) Pourquoi Jai Pas Mange Mon Pere (PJPMMP 2015 A French Feature Film)
Education
Bachelor Degree - Computer Science
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
06-2015
Skills
- Software Packages Autodesk Maya, Houdini, Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Premier, Foundry Mari, Speed Tree, Katana, Marvelous Designer, Zbrush
- Render Engines Arnold, Redshift, Renderman, V-Ray, Mental Ray
- Key Skillset Character and Environment Groom Set Dressing & Final Layout Creature Effects (Cloth Hair Fur and Foliage Simulations)
- Key Toolset Maya Hair, Fur, Paint Effects, Xgen, Mash, Shave and HairCut, nCloth, nHair, Houdini groom, Velume, Yeti
- Scripting HTML, C, C, MEL, Python
Languages
English
Full Professional
Epic Games - Unreal Engine Fellowship Program 2021
Unreal Fellowship 4-6 weeks intensive online workshop blended with learning experience designed to help experienced industry professionals in film, animation, and VFX learn Unreal Engine, develop a strong command of state-of-the-art virtual production tools, and foster the next generation of teams in the emerging field of real-time production.
Timeline
Groom & Foliage Artist
Mainframe Studios
09.2024 - Current
Senior CFX Artist
ICON Creative Studios
04.2023 - 04.2024
Groom & Foliage Artist
Mainframe Studios
05.2021 - 04.2023
Final Layout Artist
Boulder Media
05.2020 - 03.2021
Groom and Foliage Lead
Xentrix Studios
11.2019 - 04.2020
Creature FX Grooming Artist
DNeg
09.2018 - 05.2019
Creature FX & Foliage Artist
Prana Studios Inc.
10.2016 - 09.2018
Creature FX Grooming Artist
Assemblage Entertainment
12.2015 - 10.2016
Creature FX Grooming Artist
Turtle In Motion Studios
05.2014 - 06.2015
Creature FX Grooming Artist
Prana Studios Inc.
01.2012 - 10.2013
Bachelor Degree - Computer Science
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
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