Michal Firkowski

3D artist / animator / generalist

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Back from the grave, here’s my student movie I did at SupInfoCom with Benoit Galland, Gildas Lefranc and Olivier Duboccage back in 2008.

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Here’s a project I worked on under the direction of very talented Jack Cunningham. Really fun little project with quite short turn around.

I was CG supervisor on the project and I also took care of all the 3d and comp.

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A great project directed by Smith and Foulkes and art directed by Colin Bigelow that I had the pleasure to supervise.

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Another project directed by Johnny Kelly I had the pleasure to be involved with.

I did a bit TDing, modeling, and rendering on this ont.

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Here's the latest spot I've worked on at Nexus Productions with the great FX Goby. It was the perfect illustration of less is more principle. We were a tiny team so we had to make the right choices from the beginning. From there everything was just flowing thanks to the good directions of FX.

I've had many hats on the project (props modeling, BG modeling, SFX, lighting and rendering, layout).

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I had the joy and honor to work with Johnny Kelly on this spot for the NY Times 2013 book review. Small team but great fun.

I did some character modeling and rigging, as some rendering on this one.

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This is an animation done in spare time to test the Vray hair shader and maintain my CG skills in general.  All was done from scratches by me. The sound track was taken from the 11secondClub and it's from Philadelphia if I'm not mistaken. Software used: 3ds max, Vray, Nuke

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I worked with a small but great team at Nexus Production on this serie of commercials for Mexican Avocados directed by Jack Cunningham.

I made most of the models and helped a bit on the rigg.

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Showreel animation 2013

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Showreel 3D generalist 2013

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I was supervising the 3D and compositing team on this commercial at Digital Magic Bangkok. Also I took care of the the the whole 3d part in the wolves sequence (with some help on background animation and the modeling of the wolves).

It was very fun project to work on, first time I was supervising on a commercial and I could ask for a better team.

The main challenges were to develop the two different styles within a very short amount of time and still make it match to the plates.

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This commercial was my very first job at DIgital Magic Bangkok.

I was CG lead on this commercial as well as vfx supervisor on the shoot.

For  3d part was responsible of everything for the Pegas and the traffic light shots.

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I worked on that project as animator at Aardman.

It's always a pleasure to work in such emblematic place with such talented people.

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Worked heavily on volumetrics and particle effect (clouds, smokes, particles, espacially on the cloud tunnel) and did some shader devloppement (baby balloons).

Done at Nexus productions London.

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A small trailer I made for the Muzeum of Modern Art in Warsaw for the opening of the exhibition WWB.

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This was a great small scaled project I worked on at Nexus Productions in London.

I was helping on character rigging (facial and body) and did some background character animation.

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I worked as animator on this commercial (all characters and cameras).

I was done at Aardman.