James Johnstone

Animation, modeling & texturing of a morphing logo.
Slow motion water particle animation sequence in Houdini for a soft drink commercial.
Character modeling & rigging in Maya of a dragonfly. Texturing in Substance Painter.

Film backplates from production used and integrating with 3D characters and environment set elements on 3 feature films including Wonka.
Mocap date use, edited & updated in combination with 3D character animation.
Shot creation, animation of element, lighting, VFX integration & rendering.
Compositing within Nuke combining live footage & CG element seamlessly.

Environment creation of a misty forest that blends into a desert heat haze & mountain terrain with animated trees separating for a road & cyclist for a commercial.

Project co-ordination, look development and environment modelling, nCloth, lighting and rendering of a female pop group containing 5 characters in a 3D animated music video.

Modelling and texturing of 5 different stylized humanoid characters with accessories for a Netflix series.

Modeled and textured a variety of props, buildings and trees for a Marvel film set.
Character animation on a title sequence for a game.

Creating a variety medical 3D animated sequences.
Modeling, Texturing in Substance Painter, Lighting, Animation & comping in Nuke.

Logo Design & 3D Animation sequence.

Dynamic animations of arrows cutting through price tags on the Morrison’s commercial.

Built a man made island and oil refinery for 3D visualization as part of a larger project.
Bifrost ocean simulation system was an integral part of the project.

Vodafone Xmas commercial, animation of ribbons, texturing, UV’s, lighting & rendering.
Combine all project elements in Nuke for ongoing client visualization & final render.
Nokia commercial, all 3D elements of a bank vault that combined with live footage.
Rennie commercials & print work, updated artwork, modeling, re-timed animation & particles.

Coffee-Mate commercial, live action combined with animated CG gingerbread man.
Lighting, texturing, rendering of multiple scenes and slap comps in Nuke.

Worked as Maya Generalist at 3D Focus Freelance.

Fluid dynamics for water showing pressure water regulation deep underground.
Animation, lighting & rendering of multiple scenes.

Camera animation and rudimentary character animation on previz a production.

3D Feature Film
Lead lighting and layout on over 300 shot on a CG film.
The environment & lead character were GC integrated with live actors. I created bespoke lighting for the most challenging shots.

Dynamic camera moves linking with live footage, while replacing some elements with 3D models.

Modelling, animation, texturing, lighting & rendering using Redshift to create VFX & 3D graphics that explain the building & engineering techniques used in large building projects on a TV series called Building Giants.

Modelling and texturing on a toothpaste commercial for the pack shot. I also animated the forming of multiple DNA molecular structures for 2 weeks on a documentary.

Creating brochure high resolution prints for Jaguar/Landrover that combine internal and external design elements of the vehicles. Rendering in Vray comped in Nuke.