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Rachael T. Chiarella

Environment and DMP Artist

Education:

Marist College (2009-2013, Poughkeepsie, New York)
B.S. Digital Media and B.A. Fine Arts | Minor: Accounting
Dean’s List (2009-2013) | Summa Cum Laude | 3.89 GPA

The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School (2015-2016, Orlando, Florida)
VFX Production Diploma

Honors and Awards:

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | BAFTA: 1917
Alpha Chi National College Honor Society: Member
The National Society of Leadership and Success: Member

Experience:

Sony Pictures Imageworks: Matte Painter (June 2023-Present, Montréal, QC Canada) Work in feature film on digital matte paintings that include full background projections, crowd arrays, and complex matte paintings.

  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Digital Domain: Environment Artist (November 2020-June 2023, Montréal, QC Canada) Work in feature film and television on environments that include complex digital matte paintings and projections, set extensions, lookdev, texturing, modeling, and sculpting.

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
  • WandaVision
  • Lost In Space (Season 3)
  • Loki (Season 1)
  • Black Adam
  • Blue Beetle

Reel FX: Matte Painter (November 2019-October 2020, Montréal, QC Canada) Work in feature animation on digitally painted landscapes, cloud cycloramas, and paint-over CG models.

  • SCOOB!
  • Rumble

MPC: DMP/Environment Artist (May 2017-November 2019, Montréal, QC Canada) Work in feature film on environments that include complex digital matte paintings and projections, set extensions, full-scale environment composition and set dressing for large environments, modeling, and texturing.

  • 1917
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters
  • Justice League
  • Artemis Fowl
  • X-Men: Dark Phoenix

MPC Academy Training: Junior Digital Matte Painter (May 2017-August 2017, Montréal, QC Canada) Trained on previous MPC movies and live footage on digital matte paintings, projections, lookdev, and modeling.

Green Harvest Production: Compositor (July 2016-September 2016, Orlando, Florida) Integrated textured CG objects and lighting onto raw film footage. Manipulated through clean plates and matte paintings.

Three To Get Ready: Partner/Co-Founder (2013-Present) One of three creators and founders of a website, graphic design, and digital media business. Work with clients to develop their brand and manage finances.

Likeable Local: Graphic Designer (May 2014-May 2015, New York, New York) Created content for social media and advertisements using typography and design. Managed ads for small businesses.

Skills:

Matte Painting, Digital Painting, Lookdev, Texturing, 3D Modeling and Sculpting, Layout/Set Dressing and Scatter,
Compositing, 2D Animation, Web Design, Graphic Design, Figure Drawing, Drawing

Programs:

Nuke, Photoshop, Maya, Mari, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Mocha, Mash
Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress, CSS, HTML, Shotgun Studio, 5pm