Daniel J.

About Daniel J.

I\'m a senior VFX artist with 15+ years at studios like DreamWorks, Zoic, and A52, now…

Experience

1. Blueprint Tool Developer

   Rouge Studios

   Nov 2023 — Present · Las Vegas, NV, US

   Building AudioReactive in Unreal Engine BlueprintsI wanted to create a tool to help creators add just the right audio-reactive elements to their productions, games, and sequences. What started as \"I wonder if I can make a material\'s emission react to audio\" has somehow evolved into a comprehensive audio-visual toolkit for Unreal Engine that\'s a lot of fun to use.The Journey So Far:Expanded from simple emission reactions to controlling materials, lights, meshes, and 170+ DMX fixtures.Built flexible triggering system - collision boxes, sequencer events, BeginPlay, or custom triggering.VR-ready because reaching out and activating an immersive audioreactive experience is awesome.Added per-audio-track control so different elements can dance to different instruments.Created cooldown timers that turn the system into perfect one-shot effects for impacts and explosionsDiscovered it works beautifully with sound effects, not just music (gunshots that light up a room, explosive effects that actually move with the sound, particles that dance to the beat, etc)See it in Action: it on Fab to prove it\'s not made up :

Education

• Westwood College - Denver North

  Bachelor, Game Art & Design

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Zbrush
• Rendering
• Computer Graphics
• Shading
• After Effects
• Photoshop
• Shave & Haircut
• Compositing
• Visual Effects
• Green Screen Keying
• Blender
• Shotgun
• Texture
• Cg Lighting
• Lighting
• 3d Studio Max
• Maya
• Look Development
• Adobe Photoshop
• Rotoscoping
• Nuke
• Texturing
• Animation
• Vray
• Mental Ray
• Shaders
• Layout
• Digital Compositing