Daniel S. Rodrigues - Resume

Daniel S. Rodrigues

Daniel S. Rodrigues

Character/Creature Artist - Instructor/Mentor

Vancouver, Canada

About

Daniel is a passionate character artist who lives in Vancouver, Canada.
Currently working as a Character Artist II at EA - Industrial Toys, and Instructor at Think Tank Online
Fueled by coffee, digital clay and extreme binge watching, Daniel is a creature never before seen in Vancouver's wild life.

Feel free to contact with any questions

Skills

Software proficiency

Maya

Substance Painter

ZBrush

Marmoset Toolbag

3DCoat

Mudbox

Photoshop

Mari

xNormal

3ds max

Marvelous Designer

Productions

- Video Game
  TBA
- Year
  1983
- Role
  Character Artist
- Company
  Hellbent Games
- Video Game
  Luigi's Mansion 3
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Character Artist
- Company
  Next Level Games
- Video Game
  UFC 2
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Character Artist
- Company
  Electronic Arts
- Video Game
  Triad Wars
- Year
  2015
- Role
  Character Artist
- Company
  United Front Games
- Movie
  Doctor Strange
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Modeller/Texture
- Company
  Method Studios Vancouver
- Movie
  Spider Man - Homecoming
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Modeller/Texture artist
- Company
  Method Studios Vancouver
- Movie
  Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Modeller/Texture
- Company
  Method Studios Vancouver
- Movie
  Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - Trailer: A Message from District 13 – Stand With Us
- Year
  2015
- Role
  Modeller/Texture
- Company
  Method Studios Vancouver
- Movie
  Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Year
  2015
- Role
  3D Artist
- Company
  Method Studios Vancouver
- Movie
  The Fifth Wave
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Modeller/Texture
- Company
  Method Studios Vancouver
- Movie
  Vacation
- Year
  2015
- Role
  Modeller/Texture
- Company
  Method Studios Vancouver

Experience

Character Artist II at Electronic Arts - Industrial Toys
Pasadena, United States of America
November 2018 - Present
Character development for mobile on a unannounced project.
Instructor and Mentor at Think Tank Training Centre (Online)
North Vancouver, Canada
November 2014 - Present
Supervising students throughout their term, with weekly live sessions and recorded personal feedback on their weekly assignments

Recorded classes for the Introduction to Character For Games, where we walked through each step of the development of an game ready character.

Mentoring students individually and as a group in their demo reel development - Character creation for Games, with modeling low meshes, sculpting, texturing and rendering.

Lecturing:

Game Character Creation: Taking students through the whole process of creating a game ready character. From interpreting the concept to implementing the final character in a real time software
Character Artist at Hellbent Games
Vancouver, Canada
December 2017 - November 2018
Character and Creature modeling, sculpting and texturing for an new IP developed in Unreal Engine 4
Character Artist at Next Level Games
Vancouver, Canada
April 2017 - October 2017
Modeling, texturing and sculpting Characters and Creatures for the upcoming Luigi's Mansion 3 on Nintendo Switch
Modeller/Texture at Method Studios Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada
December 2015 - November 2016
Modeling, sculpting and texturing of assets and environments, as well as characters for digi doubles.
Character Artist at Eletronic Arts
Burnaby, Canada
August 2015 - November 2015
Character modeling, sculpting and texturing creation for the next UFC installment.

Had the pleasure of working on the character heads of young and older Mike Tyson, Josh Barnnet and many others.
Modeller/Texture at Method Studios Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada
February 2015 - August 2015
Modeling, sculpting and texturing of assets and environments, as well as characters for digi doubles.
Character Artist at United Front Games
Vancouver, Canada
November 2014 - December 2014
Worked on the thugs of the main gangs of the next online game Triad Wars. Sculpted and textured the heads and tweaked pre existing bodies. Also worked on fixing weights and general technical trouble shooting.