Cody Stoltz
Portland,Oregon
Summary
Creative and detail-oriented CG Artist with five years of experience in production. Skilled at collaborating with art directors and leads to create assets and deliver shots for clients. Self-motivated and hard-working professional accustomed to learning and adapting to new software and
challenges quickly.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
CG Artist
FXitinPost
05.2020 - Current
- Responsible for modeling, lighting, rigging, texturing, and animating photorealistic assets and environments ready for production
- Collaborate with other artists to address client notes and create an efficient CG pipeline
- Cleanup and edit motion capture data and produce sequences for pre-visualizations as well as final composites
- Lead team to identify and solve both aesthetic and technical development issues
Visual Effects Artist
Freelance
08.2017 - Current
- Develop VFX for numerous short films, advertisements music videos, and projects
- Communicate with producers, directors, executives, and other staff regarding VFX production and completion in order to create and render computer generated visual
effects for film, video, and web productions - Learn and adapt to new software and pipelines when collaborating with different artists to ensure an efficient workflow
Visual Effects Artist
King Studios
07.2019 - 11.2020
- Collaborate with artists to create 2D and 3D effects for internet personality to run on Instagram, Tik Tok, and Youtube for over 50 million followers
Education
Bachelor of Arts - VFX & Animation, Minor in Computer Science
Chapman University
Orange, CA05-2021
Skills
- Autodesk Maya
- Substance Painter
- Motion Builder
- Cinema 4D
- Arnold
- Redshift
- Unreal Engine
- Adobe Suite
- PFTrack
- Nuke
Projects
Buddy Bot Short Film - VFX Supervisor
- Oversaw the project from pre-production through final edit, making project-wide decisions
- 160 VFX shots and over 10 minutes of total VFX with CG character
- Modeled, textured, and rigged main character and multiple props; animated, lit andrendered every shot in the film
- Supervised on-set, captured image based lighting, took detailed notes to ensure cleanpipeline in post
Unreleased DC Film (2025) - Virtual Production Supervisor
Carved (2024) - CG Supervisor
Mr. Crocket (2024) - VFX Supervisor
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol3 (2023) - Previs Artist
Grimcutty (2022) - VFX Supervisor
NordicTrack Ad (2021) - Asset Artist
Kenobi Fan Film (2019) - VFX Supervisor
Timeline
CG Artist
FXitinPost
05.2020 - Current
Visual Effects Artist
King Studios
07.2019 - 11.2020
Visual Effects Artist
Freelance
08.2017 - Current
Bachelor of Arts - VFX & Animation, Minor in Computer Science
Chapman University
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