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Nicholas Refalo
Nicholas Refalo
Environment Artist/Generalist | DNEG
Sydney, Australia
nicholasrefalo@gmail.com

Skills

3D ModelingPBR TexturingTexture BakingTexturingProp ModelingDigital PaintingEnvironment ModelingHard Surface ModelingHigh-poly ModelingMatte PaintingPaintingWeapon ModelingVehicle ModelingLow-poly Modeling3D ScanningCreature ModelingPost-productionHDRI PhotographyCharacter ModelingPre-vizPhotogrammetryCompositingDigital Sculpting3D Visualization3D Animation

Software proficiency

Shotgun
Shotgun
Keyshot
Keyshot
Katana
Katana
After Effects
After Effects
3ds Max
3ds Max
xNormal
xNormal
V-Ray
V-Ray
RenderMan
RenderMan
ZBrush
ZBrush
Adobe Substance 3D assets
Adobe Substance 3D assets
Nuke
Nuke
Maya
Maya
Houdini
Houdini
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Marvelous Designer
Marvelous Designer
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Photoshop
Photoshop
Substance 3D Sampler
Substance 3D Sampler
Substance 3D Modeler
Substance 3D Modeler
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Unity
Unity
Marmoset Toolbag
Marmoset Toolbag
SpeedTree
SpeedTree
GIMP
GIMP

Productions

    • Movie
      Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Environment Artist
    • Company
      DNEG Sydney
    • Movie
      Extraction 2
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Fin Design + Effects
    • Movie
      Ticket to Paradise
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Fin Design + Effects
    • TV Production
      The Nevers
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Fin Design + Effects
    • Movie
      Three Thousand Years of Longing
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Fin Design + Effects
    • Movie
      Three Thousand Years of Longing
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Future Associate
    • Movie
      Interceptor
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Fin Design + Effects
    • TV Production
      The Tourist
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Fin Design + Effects
    • TV Production
      Battle Kitty
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Lighting Artist | 3D Generalist
    • Company
      Plastic Wax
    • Video Game
      Subaqua
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      3D and Texture Artist | Lighting Artist
    • Company
      Animal Logic Academy
    • Movie
      Bounty Hunter
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      3D and Texture Artist
    • Company
      Animal Logic Academy

Experience

  • Environment Generalist at DNEG
    Sydney, Australia
    February 2023 - Present

  • 3D Artist at Fin Design
    Sydney, Australia
    July 2021 - February 2023

  • 3D Artist at Battle for Middle Earth: Reforged
    Remote
    February 2021 - February 2023

    Creating 3D assets for a non for profit/non-commercial fan project recreation of the original The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth game currently under development.

  • 3D Artist at Future Associate
    Sydney, Australia
    May 2021 - July 2021

  • Junior Lighting Artist And 3D Generalist at Plastic Wax
    Sydney, Australia
    April 2020 - April 2021

    • Successfully built production-level real time lighting and lookdev setups in Unreal Engine 4 for our animation project Battle Kitty for Netflix.

    • Assembling shots and making sure all components such as assets and VFX are functioning with the lighting setups.

    • Collaborating with all departments to ensure that the assets, VFX and Animation contributing to the lighting shots are all functioning in line with the internal/client expectations.

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