Wai Kin LAM (Ryan)

Visualisation Artist + VFX Generalist

waikin182@gmail.com +44 7961 240 439 www.waikin.artstation.com

Work Experience

Associate, Visualisation Artist - Foster + Partners, UK April 2015 – Present

- Promoted to Associate in May 2016
- Project lead for several animations, VR, still images and motion graphic projects
- Primary roles include concept art, creating mood / colour boards, camera composition, lighting and compositing
- Managing feedback from clients / architects
- Assisting line manager in delegating tasks to team members
- Managing the Shotgun pipeline toolkit on a project basis
- Asset library management and updates

Post Production Artist – Architree, Malaysia November 2013 – March 2015

- Post production architectural visualisation work such as animation, motion graphics, illustration and compositing.

Animator - Fenrir Studios July 2013 – January 2014

- Off-site character animation work on a PC game titled ‘Dark Storm’.

Animation Director - London Transport Museum, UK September 2012 - January 2013

- Pitched and won 1 of 8 spots to produce a short animated film for the Poster Art Exhibition

Freelancer - Sirius Games, USA January 2013 - February 2013

- Created blendshapes with Maya and ZBrush for highly stylized anime male and female 3D characters

Visual Effects Artist - Demon, UK April - June 2012

Rotoscoping and masking face texture on close up shots for a film by Mark Duffield

Animation Director - Royal Shakespeare Company, UK March - July 2012

- Produced a 2 minute 3D film based on The Tempest, showed at World Shakespeare Festival exhibition
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Android OS VFX Artist and Developer - Makomako, UK September 2011 – July 2015
- Designed, coded and animated home screen user interface and visual effects on Android OS mobile phones
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Theatre director - Bloomsbury Theatre, UK September 2009 - February 2010
- Pitched, directed and produced a 500 audience play in a West End Theatre

Education

MA Character Animation - Central St Martins, UAL (University of the Arts London) 2011 - 2013
BSc Architectural Studies - UCL (University College London) 2008 - 2011

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Awards / Honours

CG Architect Visualization Pro of the Week x2 November 2015, September 2016

CG Architect Feature x6 2016, 2017

Ronen Bekerman Best of the Week February 2017

Ronen Bekerman Showcase December 2015

3D Artist Magazine Feature March 2017

Official Short Films Selection - FLIP International Animation Festival, UK November 2012
- For the animated film ’Forlorn’ which I produced for the Royal Shakespeare Company

Extra-Curricular Activities

British International Karate Open September 2015

- Bronze medal Open Category

Director of UCLU Malaysian Society May 2009 – May 2010

- Organized various cultural events for university students which included camps, dinners and clubbing events
- Acted as mentor to several 1st year students

Karate Federation Malaysia 2007 –2011

- Bronze medal in SUKMA 2006 (Annual National Sports Competition)

Software

3D 3ds Max . Maya . Modo . VRay . Corona

2D Photoshop . Corel Painter . Flash
Compositing NukeX . After Effects
Audio Pro Tools . Audition
Other World Machine . Pftrack . Eclipse . Microstation

Skills

Animation . 3D Modelling . Texturing . Lighting . Compositing . Digital Painting . Matte Painting .

Traditional Drawing and Painting . Storyboarding . Video Editing . Audio Editing . Basic Java and HTML Coding

Languages

English . Malay . Chinese - Cantonese (Conversational)

Documents and references available upon request