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Sarah Marrone

United States

Junior

3D Rendering
Arnold
Compositing

Jr. Lighting and Compositing Artist | Jr. Modeler and Texturing Artist

Biography

Hi there!

I’m Sarah- a chihuahua lover, Netflix binger, book-reader trying to make her transition from YA to adult fiction with the help of Leigh Bardugo and Sarah J. Maas but rpimarily a CG Artist! I am a creative to my core and love applying design fundamentals to every project I collaborate on- whether its photographing/editing cosplayers at an anime convention, or creating eye-catching graphic designs that promote initiatives that I support, or producing a 3D-animated short film that portrays a compelling narrative. I love being artistic and applying my skills to various mediums and pushing myself creatively to keep up with innovative technologies and practices.

I enjoy working within various areas of the animation pipeline however, I am most excited to do any lighting and compositing work! I love how lighting artists use lighting techniques to manipulate the atmosphere and mood of a scene with color, meticulously placed shadow/highlight silhouettes, 

 

Skills

Roles

  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate

Technical Skills

  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate

Software

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

Work Experience

2022 – 2023

Junior - Environment Artist

Cheil USA (Samsung subsidiary) (Plano, TX)

-Took assets from concept to completion in Maya and Blender by: designing, modeling/sculpting, retopologizing, UVing, texturing, lighting, and rendering items and environments for Roblox games

2019 – 2022

Student Lab Technician

University of Texas at Dallas (Richardson, TX)
- Software installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting for various computing devices in class and specialty lab environments - Maintained ticket system of tech requests from students and faculty

2019 – 2021

GIS/3D Intern

City of Lewisville (Lewisville, TX)
Modeled key downtown structures in Maya and built interactive web building map layers using Esri ArcGIS Pro and publishing via ArcGIS Online

2019 – 2019

Lumos Marketing

Marketing Intern (Dallas, TX)
- Created engaging graphic content using Photoshop and Illustrator - Consistently scheduled social media posts to create a stream of content for a targeted (18-27-year-old) audience

Education

2017 – 2021

Bachelors

University of Texas at Dallas

Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communications

Specialized in Lighting and Compositing using Maya, Arnold, and Nuke and worked on various student-directed short films. I was also the founder/president of the UTD Women in Animation student chapter.