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Natalie Edwards
Compositing
Maya
Nuke

Lighting and Compositing Artist looking for a job in the industry!

Biography

I am a graduate who studied at the University of Hertfordshire from the 3D animation and modelling course. Last summer I was a Lighting and Compositing intern at Blue-Zoo for 6 weeks, and recently completed 10 weeks of training at The Focus on the Lighting for VFX course. I am very keen to prove myself in the industry as well as to be able to use the knowledge and skills I have learnt from my studies and use them in professional work to bring imaginative wonders to life. I'm an extremely dedicated, creative and eager person. I always aspire to make my work as best as it can be, right up to the finer details. I have a strong understanding of Maya, Nuke, Photoshop, and Arnold. I also have a solid understanding of Katana and Unreal. I'm also currently learning Houdini and Renderman as well. I'm always looking for new ways to improve the work I produce, as well as any exciting opportunities I stumble upon to continue to develop as an artist. I love learning new things and often bury my head in trying out anything interesting I can find. Besides developing my skills in lighting, I have also been developing my skills in look development. Creating shaders is something I’m very intrigued by, and I enjoy the process of trying to recreate shaders of materials from real life. Whilst being at university, during my internship, and training at The Focus, I have been tasked with meeting daily deadlines, as well as taking feedback on board for my work to produce a quick turnaround. I also have experience working on the pipeline for both CG and VFX on group projects.

Skills

Roles

  • Intermediate
  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Intermediate

Software

  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic

Work Experience

2021 – 2022

Lighting Trainee

Academy @ The Focus (London)
Spent 10 weeks as lighting trainee focusing on lighting projects for VFX learning Katana, Renderman and Houdini in the process. Reported to a mentor on a daily basis.

2021 – 2021

Lighting and Compositing Intern

Blue-Zoo (London)
Spent 6 weeks working as an intern for the short-form team, working on various projects doing lighting and compositing. Reported to a mentor on a daily basis

Education

2017 – 2020

BA (Hons) 3D Computer Animation and Modelling

University of Hertfordshire

Creative Arts

2016 – 2017

BA (Hons) Animation

University of Westminster

Creative Arts