Torey James Alvarez

Glendale, CA 91208

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Summary

-Emmy Award Nomination for Most Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Graphic and Artistic design for "Wild-West Tech" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gnomon School of Digital Effects Fast Track Certificate Program ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Proficient in: Maya 2008 Unlimited, Mental Ray, HDRI-based lighting, Adobe After Effects CS3 -Texture and Logo design in Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Illustrator CS2 -Network/Mental Ray Pipeline RD experience -Windows Vista, 2000, NT, XP, Apple Panther, & Unix -Some experience with Real Flow-Particle Generation System, and Blast Code rigid body solver. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After experimenting with other forms of artistic expression, like sketch art, painting, inking for an up-start hip-hop comic book, I discovered I had an aptitude for animation and motion design with Alias/Wavefront on an SGI. After working for a few boutique post-production houses in New York, I moved to Los Angeles where I worked on the film "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow". I soon realized, I'd been working with Maya for 14 years and so much had been added, so I went to Gnomon for Maya Unlimited Fast Track program to sharpen my abilities. Ever since I have been able to better convey intentions and ideas, in a quicker and more controllable environment.

Maya Generalist 3D Production Reel

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This is a piece I worked on for the History Channel

This is a piece I worked on for the History Channel

for an episode of "The Universe"

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Nurbs Modeling Project

Nurbs Modeling Project

I created this from a photo of a fruit fly

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09' Maxima Mental Ray fly by

09' Maxima Mental Ray fly by

I started with CAD data of the car, textured, shaded, and lit the environment. I rendered it out of MentalRay, and later Comped it together in After Effects.

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Equipment / Technology

Editing/Post-production Dell XPS 420 quad-core core2duo

Credits

Credits Project Collaborators
Production: Animation, VFX Artists/Animators, Color Correction The History Channel's "Wild-West Tech" With David Carradine
Post-Production, Visual Effects, VFX Artists/Animators The History Channel & Discover Channel - The Universe, Alien Faces
Visual Effects, VFX Artists/Animators, Color Correction History Channels "Shootout"
VFX Artist/ Compositor, VFX Artists/Animators, WEB 3D Visualization, Point of Sales, Rendering, and Animation

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Education

Gnomon

Fast Track Program, 2006 - 2007

Areas of Study
Modeling-Nurbs and Polygons Texture and surfacing Lighting Character Rigging Deformers and Blend Shapes Animation Mel scripting