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Alison Chan

 

Profile

3D Rigger with over 6 years professional experience working in the animation industry, rigging for 3D animated television shows and film.

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Software Skills

  • Maya

  • Blender

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Premier

  • Adobe After Effects

  • Python Scripting 

  • MEL Scripting

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Experience

Senior Creature TD (Industrial Light & Magic (Vancouver Studio), Toronto ON - September 2021 - Present)​

  • Creating simulation setups in Zeno for characters

  • Rigging characters in Maya with Block Party 2
     

Experience

Lead Rigger (Tangent Animation, Toronto ON - November 2020 - August 2021)

  • Worked on Netflix's The Monkey King

  • Created rigs for characters

  • Wrote automation tools for character setup in Python

  • Coordinated with the rigging team and animation technical teams to develop rigs for production  

  • Responsible for quality control. Providing character asset reviews, revisions and draw-overs for rigging team

  • Rigged primary hero character

  • Rigging character assets

  • Provide lead check-in and rig launches for artists

  • Rigging team support - assist, flag, investigate and resolve department issues (workflow bottlenecks, rig and tool breaks)

  • Support of Rigging Supervisor - facilitate and work to fulfill Supervisor's goals and vision.

  • Animation floor support

  • Mentoring and support of younger artists

  • Responsible for training and on-boarding of rigging artists
     

Senior Rigger (Tangent Animation, Toronto ON- September 2019 - November 2020)

  • Worked on Netflix's Maya and The Three

  • Created rigs for characters and props

  • Wrote automation tools for character setup in Python

  • Coordinated with the rigging supervisor and animation technical teams to develop rigs for production  

  • Assisted in training new team members in the studio tools and pipeline
     

Lead Rigger (ICON Creative Studio, Vancouver BC - March 2019 - July 2019)

  • Worked on Disney's television show Rocketeer, as well as show tests

  • Created rigs for characters

  • Wrote automation tools for character setup in Python

  • Coordinated with the rigging team and animation technical teams to develop rigs for production  

  • Assisted in training new team members in the studio tools and pipeline
     

Senior Rigger (ICON Creative Studio, Vancouver BC - September 2018 - March 2019)

  • Worked on Disney's television show Rocketeer

  • Created rigs for characters and props

  • Wrote automation tools for character setup in Python

  • Coordinated with the rigging supervisor and animation technical teams to develop rigs for production  

  • Assisted in training new team members in the studio tools and pipeline
     

Rigger and Character FX Artist (Tangent Animation, Toronto ON - October 2016 - May 2018)

  • Worked on Tangent's feature film Next Gen

  • Created rigs for characters and props

  • Developed and tested cloth and hair rigs for production

  • Created hair and cloth simulations for shots

  • Wrote tools in Python to help automate rigging and simulation processes

  • Debugged issues on a case by case basis with artists in cloth and finalling scenes, particularly regarding the use of assets and tools

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Rigger (Guru Studio, Toronto ON - June 2015 - September 2016)

  • Worked on the Justin Time Go and True and The Rainbow Kingdom

  • Communicated with asset, layout, animation and CG supervisors to produce and maintain assets according to production needs

  • Scripted tools to automate rigging processes using MEL and Python

  • Lead rigging orientations to introduce rigs to animators

  • Trained new team members in the studio tools and pipeline

  • Debugged issues on a case by case basis with artists in animation and layout scenes, particularly regarding the use of assets and tools and how they interact with the pipeline

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Generalist Art Intern (Game Pill Inc, Aurora ON - April 2014 – July 2014)

  • Storyboarded for show pitches

  • Designed characters for games and show pitches

  • Designed UI for game concept packages

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Education

Bachelor of Animation (September 2011- May 2015)

Sheridan College, Oakville ON
 

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