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In September 2019, teammates and I recreated the kitchen from Ratatouille to sharpen our 3D environmental art skills in this three-week project. My team of four used the following software programs:

• Maya 2019 – whiteboxing and modeling
  • Renderman – lighting and rendering
• Substance Designer and Painter – texturing

I was a project manager, modeler, and VFX artist, specifically working on the following:

• Set due dates on Google Calendar, managed the Discord for communication, and created the Trello board for asset management.
• Whiteboxed the environment to determine the kitchen’s layout and scale in reference to the camera and its focal length.
• Modeled the stoves in the scene, working on railing, burners, knobs, lower cabinets, and other detail work.
• Added dust particles and animated the camera ever so slightly to make the scene feel alive.