Visuals By Aaron Weissman
Education
California State University Chico
Bachelor of Arts Communication Design
Proficient in:
Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects
AVID Certified
Zbrush
Cinema 4d
Octane Render
Marvelous Designer
Substance Painter
World Creator
Character Creator 3
Embergen 0.7.5
Skills
3D Visualization
Creative Design
Graphics and Animation
Modeling & Sculpting
Compositing
Video Editing
Business Opportunity Development
Learning:
Unreal Engine
Houdini
Blender
Professional Experience
January 2018 - Current
Freelancer -
Video, Vfx, and 3d Content
Worked on VFX projects for music videos ft. artists Landon Cube, Ceraadi, Memba Etc...
Shot and edited Event recaps for Northern Nights Music Festival, Brownies & Lemonade, and Insomniac/Exchange LA etc...
Animated projects for tour visuals, documentary clips, and album covers.
August 2022 - October 2022
Konsortium - Miami, Florida (Remote) - 3D Generalist
Texturing 3D models in multiple iterations using Substance Painter Pipeline for NFT Projects.
Prototyping 3d Designs for use in Education in the Web-3 and NFT Spaces.
Packaging final .GLTF files for use in Game Engines.
May 2021 - March 2022
Atacama Systems Corporation - Los Angeles, CA
Product Animator, General Secretary
Created long-form animated demos of proprietary technology and mechanisms corporation was seeking investment in creating.
Drafting Pro forma analysis on business viability for said proprietary tech, in addition to several other adjacent ventures that were proposed.
Drafting Business Plans, Market Analysis, Marketing material, and Pitch decks for my employer to use in seeking capital investment
March 2020 - February 2021
Renegade Studios - Los Angeles, CA
3d Generalist
Worked with other artists, compositors, to complete visual effects tasks on time and within budget constraints.
Created and animated 3d characters, environments, and assets, and composited VFX for use in music videos, promotional animations and instructional content.
Became well versed in common VFX tasks including, rotoscoping, clean up, wire removal, object removal, basic matte painting, and compositing footage with cg content, among other skills.
September 2018 - June 2019
Blackspace Studios - Hollywood, CA
Creative Director
Maintained a leadership role managing the studios operations, staging and conducting photoshoots, booking, maintaining the cyc wall and lighting.
Shot and edited content for Music Videos, Artist Interviews, Event Recaps
Aided in the organization of events and gatherings in the studio space
Evaluated and contributed to creative team ideas and translated into actionable project plans.
February 2018 - May 2018
Battle Bots - Discovery Channel Burbank, CA - Post-Production Assistant
Maintained inventory of materials and supplies to meet production demands.
Communicated with department heads to assist with duties around the office.
Occasionally helped transcode media formats for editing department.
September 2016 - April 2017
Action News Now KHSL - Chico, CA - Audio Engineer, Floor Director
Primarily Operating the Audio Board during Live Newscasts
Floor Directing for Newscasts and providing assistance for broadcast anchors
Edit and render local and national news content for broadcast
Encoding Videos and Batch Renders for the system FTP server.
May 2016 - September 2016
BCAC TV CH11 - Public Access - Chico, CA
Production Intern
Live directed and edited, interview segments in Final Cut Pro
Edited sequences of public domain media for broadcast on public access
Worked camera operation on live events including concerts and college baseball games.