SKILLS:
Visualization / Lighting Artist:
Emphasis in lighting and compositing with three years experience camera tracking spherical and anamorphic plates using a variety of methods including LIDAR. Able to line-up, light, render, and export with a quick turn around for efficient iteration.
Concept Artist / Compositor:
Can thumbnail and storyboard ideas into digital matte paintings and can also integrate footage with set extensions & enhancements using multi-pass EXR and camera projections. Generalist knowledge of the full pipeline allows me to assess and come up with solutions to various shots.
EXPERIENCE:
Postvis Artist THE THIRD FLOOR Inc. DEC 2020 - MAR 2023
Software Used: PFTrack, Maya, After Effects, Nuke
Projects: Loki, Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Thor: Love and Thunder,
Antman and The Wasp: Quantumania, Meg 2: The Trench, Loki Season 2, The Marvels, Damsel, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
IMDb: www.imdb.me/johnwoolley
Featured Artist ART.COM 2010 - 2019
Partnership that had limited edition prints of my work available on their website.
Pen & Watercolor Artist John’s Gallery 2010 - 2017
Began drawing and painting at age 9 years old and created over 250 art pieces by the time I was 11. Was one of the youngest exhibitors at the 2010 NEW YORK ART EXPO. Five more art shows were exhibited at multiple times around Southern California. http://www.backyardjournals.com/artist.html
Illustrator Sterling Lord Literistic 2012 -2016
Included in roster of artists inside their Illustrator Guide 2013: https://issuu.com/sllrights/docs/sll.illustratorguide.2013.higher
EDUCATION:
Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop
2023 | Los Angeles, California
Six Week Foundations Course & Ongoing Training:
Foundations Course taught by Geri Courtney-Austein
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
2017 - 2020 | Los Angeles, California
BFA Degree in Digital Production - 3D Generalist Track
VFX Horde - Camera Projection Boot Camp
2019 | https://course.vfxhorde.com/
Online course taught by Garrett Fry: Matte Painting Lead Artist
SOFTWARE:
Modeling: Maya, Zbrush, SpeedTree
Texturing: Substance Painter, Quixel Mixer, xNormal
Terrain: Houdini, World Machine
Lighting & Rendering: VRay, Redshift, Arnold, Unreal
Compositing: Nuke, After Effects
Tracking: PFTrack, NukeX
Photogrammetry: Agisoft Metashape
2D: Photoshop, Illustrator
RECOGNITION:
GNOMON BEST OF TERM - SUMMER TERM 2020
In the category of Compositing for “Sci-Fi Alleyway”
GNOMON BEST OF TERM - SPRING TERM 2020
In the category of Matte Painting for “Robot Junkyard”
SHOWCASE:
GNOMON 2020 & 2021 STUDENT REELS
“Voyager 1 Matte Painting” Included in the 2020 Gnomon Student Gallery
AFFILIATIONS:
The San Diego Museum of Art Artist’s Guild 2010 - 2016
The Magic Castle Junior Society 2013 - 2017
DONATIONS:
I was asked by and donated artwork to:
The New Children’s Museum San Diego, CA
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, CA
The College of Magic Cape Town, South Africa
“SAFE” Alternatives for Everyone Temecula, CA