Negin Bairami

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT NEGIN BAIRAMI

Asset Supervisor. Surfacing Supervisor. Directing the look of Texture, Shading, and Groom disciplines within the Assets Department. Instructing and mentoring the team to achieve top quality results. Working directly with client Art Directors, VFX supervisors, and in house leadership across departments. Bidding, scheduling, supervising a team of 15+ artists. Surfacing- creating maps for creatures, animals, props, and environments either entirely from scratch or using a combination of texture reference, on set props, location shots, materials, etc. Sourcing textures and creating mock ups for surface materials and look development. Shading. Photographic Surfacing- manipulating photographs from set to texture digital doubles, buildings, and props. With or without additional painting. Fur, Hair, and Feather TD- painting density, elevation, diffuse, and other relevant maps for creatures, animals, and digital doubles. Grooming and look development. Working on both the stylization as well as material shading. Model and Miniature- texture painting scale models either to match Art department concepts or Live Action set reference.Look development- shader assignments, dialing in parameters, and rendering.Matte painting- paint-overs on renders of shots from 3D environments needing additional paint and detail. Shading. Working closely with matchmove and compositing. Specialties: Traditional painting background. Graphic design. Managing and leading a team. Baking cookies.