Senior Matte Painter - Concept Artist [www.starno.net]
Montreal, Canada Area
- Current
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- Senior Digital Matte Painter at Rodeo FX
- Past
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- Teacher at UQAT University
- Concept Artist at War of God Production - Los Angeles
- Matte-Painter Freelancer at Mokko Studio
- Matte-Painter Freelancer at Meteor Studios
- Lead Matte Painter at Digital Dimension
- Matte Painter Consultant / Teacher and Artistic Director at Alpha-Vision
- Matte-Painter Freelancer at FX Cartel
- Matte-Painter Freelancer at Intelligent Creatures
- Matte Painter / Concept Artist / Texture artist at Hybride Technologies
- Character Animator at Fly Studio
- 3D Artist / Concept Artist at Enzyme
- Charactor Animator at Klik Animation
- 3D Artist at Tube Image
- Storyboard Artist at Jules Verne Production
- Layout / Posing Artist at Cinar Animation
- Education
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- NAD Center
- ICARI
- Laval University
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Frederic St-Arnaud’s Summary
Visual Effect artist in film industry of 13 years old experience, focusing on high end photo-realistic digital matte painting, Set extensions, Concept arts.
Credits includes: Terminator Salvation, Amelia, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Silent Hill, Babel, Sin City, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Racing Stripes, Spy Kids 2 and 3, Once upon a time in Mexico, Nouvelle-France, The last sign, A different loyalty, etc.
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Specialties:
Matte painting / Set extentions / Concept Arts / Art Direction
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Experience
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Senior Digital Matte Painter
Rodeo FX
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
¤ TERMINATOR SALVATION (Directed by McG)
¤ MR. NOBODY (Directed by Jaco Van Dormael)
¤ REPOSSESSION MAMBO (Directed by Miguel Sapochnik)
¤ JOURNEY TO MECCA (Directed by Bruce Neibaur)
¤ THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (Directed by Scott Derrickson)
¤ INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (Directed by Steven Spielberg)
¤ DEAD RACE (Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson)
¤ THE GREATEST JOURNEY TO MECCA IMAX (Directed by Bruce Neibaur)
¤ THE GOLDEN COMPASS (Directed by Chris Weitz)
¤ JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3D (Directed by Eric Brevig)
¤ BBH BARCLAYS LONDON (prints) -
Teacher
UQAT University
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
November 2009 — December 2009 (2 months)
Teacher at UQAT University for classes Introduction to Matte Painting in Environmental Design program.
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Concept Artist
War of God Production - Los Angeles
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2009 — March 2009 (1 month)
Concept artist for the movie War of God directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell) in Los Angeles.
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Matte-Painter Freelancer
Mokko Studio
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2007 — December 2007 (10 months)
¤ CHANGING CLIMATE
¤ SILENT HILL (Directed by Christophe Gans)
¤ MARS RISING (Directed by Michael Jorgensen, Jon Kalina, Francine Pelletier and Brian Murphy)
Matte Painter -
Matte-Painter Freelancer
Meteor Studios
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 2007 — August 2007 (2 months)
¤ JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3D (directed by Eric Brevig)
Matte-painter -
Lead Matte Painter
Digital Dimension
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
November 2005 — July 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Lead Matte Painter for www.digitaldimension.com
¤ RACE TO MARS (Directed by George Mihalka)
Lead Matte Painter [Digital Dimension]
¤ THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Directed by Rachel Talalay)
Lead Matte Painter [Digital Dimension]
¤ THE COVENANT (Directed by Renny Harlin)
Matte Painter [Digital Dimension]
¤ THE LEGEND OF SECRET PASS (Directed by Steve Trenbirth)
Lead Matte Painter [Digital Dimension] -
Matte Painter Consultant / Teacher and Artistic Director
Alpha-Vision
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
June 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Artistic Director / Matte Painter Teacher and consultant
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Matte-Painter Freelancer
FX Cartel
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 2006 — September 2006 (2 months)
¤ MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM (Directed by Zach Helm)
Matte Painter [FX Cartel] -
Matte-Painter Freelancer
Intelligent Creatures
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2006 — April 2006 (2 months)
¤ BABEL (Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Matte Painter -
Matte Painter / Concept Artist / Texture artist
Hybride Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
December 2001 — May 2005 (3 years 6 months)
Matte Painter, Concept Artist, Texture Artist, Character animator.
¤ SIN CITY (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
Texture Artist, Matte Painter, Concept Artist [Hybride]
¤ SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
Concept Artist, Matte Painter [Hybride]
¤ RACING STRIPES (Directed by Frederik Du Chau)
Concept Artist, Texture Artist [Hybride]
¤ SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (Directed by Kerry Conran)
Texture Artist [Hybride]
¤ A DIFFERENT LOYALTY (Directed by Marek Kanievska)
Motion Graphic Designs for Generic [Hybride]
¤ THE LAST SIGN (Directed by Douglas Law)
Matte-Painting [Hybride]
¤ NOUVELLE-FRANCE (Directed by Jean Beaudin)
Matte-Painting [Hybride]
¤ SPY KIDS 3 (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
Charactor Animator, Texture artist [Hybride]
¤ SPY KIDS 2 (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
Charactor Animator, Texture artist [Hybride]
¤ NAPOLEON - TV Series (Directed by Yves Simoneau)
Lighting - Texture artist [Hybride] -
Character Animator
Fly Studio
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)
September 1999 — December 2001 (2 years 4 months)
Character Animator for TV Commercials
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3D Artist / Concept Artist
Enzyme
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
September 1999 — September 1999 (1 month)
3D Artist / Concept Artist
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Charactor Animator
Klik Animation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Charactor Animator for the TV Series "Junior" and "The Klootz"
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3D Artist
Tube Image
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 1998 — August 1998 (2 months)
Contract of 6 weeks on TV Spots for le Canal Famille.
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Storyboard Artist
Jules Verne Production
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 1997 — December 1997 (5 months)
- THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF JULES VERNE (directed by Mark Roper, David McLeod, Gabriel Pelletier, Pierre de Lespinois)
Storyboard Artist -
Layout / Posing Artist
Cinar Animation
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 1997 — February 1997 (2 months)
- Arthur TV Series
Layout / Posing Artist
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Education
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NAD Center
1 , Matte-Painting , 2006 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- Matte-Painting Master Class by Yanick Dusso.com (NAD Center, Montreal, Canada)
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ICARI
1 year , Cartoon Animation and 3D intensive program , 1996 — 1997
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Laval University
Bachelor , Communication Arts , September 1995 — December 1996
- Activities and Societies:
- 1 year of Bachelor degree at Laval University
Additional Information
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Websites:
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Interests:
Photography, Fine Arts, Rock Climbing, Hiking, Trekking, White water Kayaking, Mountain biking, Travelling
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Groups:
- CG society member at CGsociety.org
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Visual Effects, Film and Games Professionals (www.vfx-recruit.com) -
MTLfx -
CGTantra Digital Matte Painting Challenges
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Honors:
2009: Jury Member of CGtantra Matte Painting Challenge
2008: Speaker at the ADAPT Montreal Conference
2008: Coverpage artist of the book D'artiste Matte Painting II
2007: Endorsement for the coverpage of the book Digital Art Master volume 2
2007: Jury Member of the Unofficial Matte-Painting Challenge on CGsociety.org
2007: Award Winner at Pixel Theory 3D.com
2007: Excellence Award on www.3Dtotal.com
2007: Artwork "Decline of Babel Myth" released in the book EXPOSE 5
2006: Excellence Nomination Award for the book EXPOSE 4
2005: CG Elite on www.CGchannel.com
2005: Award Winner for the book EXPOSE 3
2003: Award Winner at CGsociety.org / CGtalk.com
1997: Canada's Teletoon Animation Scholarship Award Finalist
Frederic St-Arnaud’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
