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E-mail : haresh.cg@gmail.com
Links : LinkedIn
Technical Skills :
Yeti, xGen, Houdini, Shave and Haircut, Maya Pfx, Unreal Engine, Blender
Adobe Photoshop, Substance Painter
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere
PROJECTS AND
EXPERIENCES :
Unreal Engine Grooming Integration (Work in Progress)
Currently working on groom creation for Metahuman characters in Unreal Engine. The hair is designed using Yeti, XGen, and Houdini, exporting as Alembic grooms, and imported into UE5 for real-time binding and visualization.
This project is being done pro bono (free of charge) as part of personal R&D and skill enhancement.
Final showcase coming soon.
This project is being done pro bono (free of charge) as part of personal R&D and skill enhancement.
Final showcase coming soon.
Groom Technical Director | Aug 2019 – Jan 2025
Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Works closely with the Art Director/CG Supervisor to set the required groom look for the show.
- Work on creating groom/hair/fur and hair/fur shading on assets.
- Will be assigned and deliver a weekly quota of tasks as set by production management.
- Provide regular progress updates to the Production Manager/Coordinator and CG Supervisor on any technical/workflow bottlenecks within the project's Grooming schedule.
- Supervises the quality control (both technically and visually) of the external Groom assignments and ensures the outsource partner has a clear direction (setting up the groom, following workflow, QC, and Review steps).
- Serves as the technical liaison between Lighting, Modeling, Texture, Look and Pipeline Depts - for anything related to groom(fur/hair/feather).
- Collaborate closely with Supervisors, Lighting Dept Lead, Texture Dept Lead and Pipeline Dept to help evolve the Grooming Workflow & Technical Pipeline, including documentation.
- Help to improve efficiency, which includes assisting upstream departments with how they must deliver assets to the Groomers properly.
- Help reinforce that all technical guidelines and rules are followed correctly.
- Provide mentorship and support for the Groomers, both creatively and technically, to assist them deliver their goals.
- Collaborate with the Supervisors/HOD and Recruiting to help identify top talent for grooming.
- Collaborate closely with the Texture Department Lead to ensure Shading (and Groom) works well within the render times defined per project guidelines.
WAMA Animation Studio
CFX Supervisor | Feb 2019 – Jul 2019
Location: Hyderabad, India
- Developed grooming and simulation setups for an in-house feature film project.
- Worked with Blender Hair/Fur and dynamics simulations for character grooms and creature fur.
- R&D for hair simulation techniques and grooming look development for hero characters.
- Streamlined the grooming pipeline and mentored junior artists for efficient grooming workflows.
- Collaborated closely with the art department to ensure grooming matched production needs and quality standards.
Barajoun Entertainment
Senior CFX Artist | Feb 2018 – Jan 2019
Location: Dubai, UAE
- Worked on grooming and hair simulations for various characters in the feature film Mirlo and an Ad project.
- Utilized Yeti, nHair, and Maya PFX for dynamic simulations and fur setups.
- Coordinated grooming and shading tasks with the Texturing and Lighting teams to ensure final outputs met artistic and technical standards.
- Overseaing grooming tasks and provided technical and visual approvals for grooming setups for overseas.
Anibrain Digital Technologies
Senior CFX Artist | Aug 2017 – Jan 2018
Location: Pune, India
- Groomed characters and creatures for Hollywood and Bollywood films using Yeti, nHair, and Maya PFX.
- Worked on grooming simulations for the movie ShowDogs, including Maya nHair dynamic setups.
- Collaborated with lighting and texture departments to ensure correct shading and grooming appearances.
- Conducted grooming tests and simulations for several film projects and ensured quality control.
Prana Studios Pvt. Ltd.
Senior CFX Artist / Lead Groom Artist | Apr 2007 – Jul 2017
Location: Mumbai, India
- Worked on numerous international projects, including Disney, Marvel, and BlueSky Studios films.
- Led the grooming department for several projects, managing a team, providing training, and ensuring quality control.
- Foliage creation (sets and foliage props) with maya pfx & shave and haircut
- Worked on major Disney films like Tinker Bell and The Legend of NeverBeast, grooming characters and creatures using Maya xGen, PFX, Shave and Haircut, Yeti and Voodoo(Rhythm & Hues Proprietary Software).
- Grooming done for multiple characters, including dynamic hair simulations and shading, particularly for high-profile characters in Marvel's theme park rides and Animal Kingdom - Let’s go Ape(Pathe).
- Played a key role in grooming and hair sim rig setups for the Tinker Bell film series and other DisneyToons projects like Descendants & Pixie Hollow Games.
- Involved in multiple test projects for BlueSky and 20th Century Fox for Grooming
- Worked on VFX projects to match the groom 1:1 to nail down the realistic look in the grooming.
Clients : DISNEYTOON STUDIOS
Project / Movie : Descedants (Disney)
Role :
Senior CFX TD
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Project / Movie : The Legend of Never Beast (Disney)
Foliage Asset Creation Reel (Disney)
Clients :
Marvel Entertainment
Project / Movie : MARVEL Theme Park
Role : Senior CFX TD
Project / Movie : MARVEL Theme Park
Role : Senior CFX TD
Clients : BRC
Project / Movie : BRC (Short Film)
Role : Senior CFX TD
Project / Movie : BRC (Short Film)
Role : Senior CFX TD
Project / Movie : Pourquoi j'ai pas mangé mon père
(French Movie) (Worked on the Test for the same Project
which got approved)
Role : Senior CFX TD
Role : Senior CFX TD
Clients : LIONSGATE / RGH Pictures
Project / Movie : Postman Pat
Role : Grooming/CFX Lead
Role : Grooming/CFX Lead
Clients : CLARIUS Entertainment / Summertime Entertainment
Project / Movie : Legends of Oz Dorothy's Return
Role : Senior CFX TD
Clients : Excel
Entertainment
Project / Movie : Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (VFX project)
Role : Senior CFX TD
Clients : 20th Century Fox
Project / Movie : Mr. Poper Penguin, Test Project, Which got
approved (VFX project)
Role : Senior CFX TD
Clients : BlueSky
Studios
Project / Movie : Worked on the Test Project of character
SID, Which got approved.
Role : Senior CFX TD
Clients : Rainbow
Project / Movie : Gladiatori Di Roma
Role : Grooming/CFX Lead
Clients : Dharma Productions
Project / Movie : Koochie Koochie Hota Hai
Role : Grooming/CFX Artist
Project / Movie : ADS
Role : Senior CFX TD
Clients : DISNEYTOON STUDIOS
Project / Movie : Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games
Role : Senior Grooming/CFX Artist, Hair Rigging Lead, Hair Simulation
Project / Movie : Tinker Bell Secret of the Wings
Role : Senior Grooming/CFX Artist, Hair Rigging.
Project / Movie : Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Role : Senior Grooming/CFX Artist, Hair Rigging.
Project / Movie : Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Role : Grooming/CFX Artist, Hair Simulation and Foliage
artist.
Project / Movie : Tinker bell
Role : Grooming/CFX Artist, Hair Simulation and Foliage
artist.
PERSONAL CFX PROJECT :
Project / Movie : Mahindra XUV 500
Roles : Grooming/CFX TD and Simulation
Project / Movie : Garnier Shampoo
Roles : Grooming/CFX TD
Project / Movie : Garnier Shampoo
Project / Movie : Garnier Shampoo
Roles : Grooming/CFX TD
Project / Movie : Garnier Shampoo
Roles : Grooming/CFX TD
Project / Movie : Royal stag
Roles : Grooming/CFX TD
Project / Movie : CARATLANE
Roles : Grooming/CFX TD
Company : RAJTARU STUDIOS
Worked as a Generalist (Modeling, Texturing, VFX Compositing)
Duration: One years
Project / Movie : Kaafila (VFX Project)
Role : Modeling, Texturing and worked on Maya Fluid and Maya
Ocean, Camera matching / Camera Tracking
Project / Movie : "Dilruba" Sharon Prabhakar's Music Video (VFX project)
Role : Background Modeling, Camera matching / Camera
Tracking
Project / Movie : DREAMTOWN PRODUCTION
Role : Modeling
Project / Movie : Duty Free, K. SERA SERA
Role : Modeling
Project / Movie : FUN REPUBLIC
Role : Modeling
Company : TECHNOCARE SOLUTIONS PVT.
LTD.
Worked as a Generalist (Modeling, Texturing, VFX Compositing)
Was on internship for 6 months.
Project / Movie : Concept for CANNES film festival 2006 by “Ashok Saliyan” (VFX project)
Role : Modeling and Texturing
Project / Movie : Dungeon Siege (VFX project)
Role : Wire Removal
Project / Movie : "Deal Ya No Deal", Sony TV
Role : Promo design, Modeling, Lighting and Texturing
Company: PANSWORLD TELEVISION (I)
PVT. LTD.
Projects / Clients : PHILIPS, L&T, ONGC, ISKON, IOC, St. Mary School
Graphic Designing : Designing Brochures, Ads
(all kind of Photoshop work)
Editing : Editor for Corporate Films of IOC, ONGC,
ISKON, L&T, PHILIPS
3D & Compositing : Title
Animation and Related FX.
Flash Presentations : Flash Presentations for Corporate
Events.
Certifications :
ICDL Profile Certification in Artificial Intelligence.
QUALIFICATION :
2000 – 2001
B. Com. Graduate From University of Mumbai,
BHAVANS COLLEGE,
Andheri (West), Mumbai, India.
1995 – 1996
S. S. C. From Mumbai Board.
St. Catherin’s High School, Andheri (West), Mumbai, India.
2003-2004
3D Graphics Animation & VFX course from Arena Multimedia from Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, India.
2003-2004
3D Graphics Animation & VFX course from Arena Multimedia from Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, India.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS :
01. Awarded by YES FOUNDATION in 101 hour Social Short Film Making Challenge for a Short Film "Bappa Morya".
02. Directed a mobile Short Film "Dev Kon Ahe", Nominated in "Vivek National Short Film Festival" and "My Mumbai Short Film Festival".
03. Directed a Short Film "The Garbage Dream" for SWACHH BHARAT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, NFDC.
04. Directed a Short Film "God's Precious Gift", participant in "Green Corridor", a short film competition on Organ Donation by ReBirth Foundation. The Film got nomination.
Thanks and Regards,
