COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Taste of Hunger VR Contribution: 3D asset lead, light artist, animator
and custom retolopogy tools in Houdini.
ANIMALS Contribution: Technical director, FX RnD, pipeline,
rendering and compositing lead, environment artist & light artist.
MANA Contribution: Compositing and 3D elements.
PERSONAL WORK
WYRD is the first VR piece that I have authored and built.
It is somewhere between a prophetic dream and a cursed video game.
It is a temporal collage that takes you to a place where everything is language.
ETERNAL GRAY is the first unity game that I have authored and programmed.
Click here to play it on Itch.io.
CV
Education
2020 – 2023 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Funen Art Academy2015 – 2018 | Bachelor of Computer Graphic Arts, The Animation Workshop
2012 – 2015 | Visual arts focused high school, Viborg Gymnasium: Visuel HF
2011 – 2012 | Film & TV focused high school, Ørestad Gymnasium: Mediefag B+
2010 – 2012 | Evening film school, Station Next
2009 – 2011 | The Classical Drawing School, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Employment
Motion graphics / animator | explainer videos on maritime law | for RS Film ApS | Maj - Jun 2024
All assets and animations.
Character animator | shortfilm: I don’t understand the words you use | by Cecilie Penney | Mar 2024
I modeled, textured, rigged and animated the characters.
3D generalist & unity developer | unreleased VR project | by MORPH | Oct - Nov 2023
I created a procedural character creation tool, 3 bespoke characters and 1 bespoke 3D asset.
I also did: Set dressing, lighting & animation, including rigging, skinning & working with mocap data.
I also did: Set dressing, lighting & animation, including rigging, skinning & working with mocap data.
Teaching drawing & design | for private clients | Maj - Jul 2023
Individual consultations at my studio where I gave feedback, provided exercises & taught theory.
VJ & artist | AFTRYK culture events | sponsor Odense municipality & Albani | Apr 2023
I created a set of 10 custom animated video visuals for Stina Bekkers first album & release concert.
I also performed the visuals in VJ software Resolume, utilizing effects and clip launch to create fluid transitions
& match the feeling as well as timing of the live musical performance.
I also performed the visuals in VJ software Resolume, utilizing effects and clip launch to create fluid transitions
& match the feeling as well as timing of the live musical performance.
Pitch Deck Development | unreleased VR project | by MORPH | Jan 2023
I created original concept art using photobashing, stable diffusion & digital painting.
Pitch Deck development | VR experience: End of Night | by MAKROPOL |Sep 2020
Photoshopping preselected stills and re-working the layout to be more aesthetically pleasing.
AR filter: H. C. Andersen festival | commissioned by Galleri Rasmus | Jul - Aug 2022
I brought to life an animation inspired by a sculpture crafted by the local artist Frank Fenriz.
When viewed through a phone camera, the animation creates the illusion of the physical statue coming to life.
This statue itself is a representation of the renowned H. C. Andersen's character, Klods Hans.
When viewed through a phone camera, the animation creates the illusion of the physical statue coming to life.
This statue itself is a representation of the renowned H. C. Andersen's character, Klods Hans.
3 AR filters: Necromancer series | sponsored by Carpark festival | Jun 2022
I created 3 instagram filters set in the same universe. One was a face filter, the remaining two were seamless looping 3D character animations.
Environment modeling & simulated destruction | Martyr | by MAKROPOL | Sep - Okt 2020
I built a skydome that mimicked the cracking of a colossal egg, accompanied by an animation of the fractured shells falling down.
Additionally, I crafted a digital replica of the screening location, which was the starting location inside the VR experience, blurring the lines between real and fake space.
Additionally, I crafted a digital replica of the screening location, which was the starting location inside the VR experience, blurring the lines between real and fake space.
Lighting & Environment Artist | Taste of Hunger VR | by MAKROPOL | Jul - Sep 2020
An essential element to the project was an effect where the environment would disintegrate into a particle storm and re-emerge as a new environment.
For this end I created a custom tool in Houdini that made it possible to art direct triangle density balancing compute performance with artistic intent.
It also made it possible to weight paint disintegration strength.
In total I relit, retextured and remodeled all of the 15 environments. I also worked on all the object assets.
For this end I created a custom tool in Houdini that made it possible to art direct triangle density balancing compute performance with artistic intent.
It also made it possible to weight paint disintegration strength.
In total I relit, retextured and remodeled all of the 15 environments. I also worked on all the object assets.
Pitch Deck development | Taste of Hunger - VR | by MAKROPOL | Apr 2020
Photoshopping existing material & fine tuning layout to be more aesthetically pleasing.
Mentor for visuel HF | The Animation Workshop | Jun 2019
Over the course of one month, I provided weekly consultations to three high school students,
giving feedback and assisting them with their visual art graduation projects.
giving feedback and assisting them with their visual art graduation projects.
VR development workshop | Total theater: The Open Heart | by SIGNA | Maj 2019
I spent a few days with the group brainstorming and building simple VR prototypes.
The aim was to explore the possibilities of using VR in the context of their 12 hour performance.
The aim was to explore the possibilities of using VR in the context of their 12 hour performance.
3D scan & mocap cleanup | canceled Scarlet Pleasure music video | by MAKROPOL | Apr 2019
Some 3D scans were full of artifacts. Floating geometry, texture glitches and noisy surfaces.
Using Maya I cleaned it up. Texture fixes were done in Mari. I also retopologized assets for performance improvements & worked on animation.
Collaborative VJ-ing with Glowing Bulbs | for I Hate Models & TechnoKunst | Hungary | Dec 2018
I spent two weeks crafting diverse, rhythmical and visually captivating character animations.
These creations were later employed as live visuals, where I applied effects, distortions, and seamlessly integrated them with animations crafted by fellow members of the Glowing Bulb team. Together, we presented this dynamic visual ensemble during a live music event called TechnoKunst.
Drawing teacher | Viborg Ungdomsskole | Aug 2015 – Jun 2018
I conducted weekly sessions for a group of youngsters ranging from 12 to 18 years old every Wednesday evening. The group size varied, ranging between 10 and 25 participants.
Workshops
2023 | Unreal Engine Animation Training, The Animation Workshop, Denmark2022 | Nordic Game Jam, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018 | Games for Change game jam, Games For Change Europe, Denmark.
2017 | Viborg Animation Festival, director's workshop, Denmark.
2017 | TRAVERSE, VR installation workshop with MAKROPOL, Denmark.
2017 | Euranim, Projection Mapping workshop, with Glowing Bulbs, England.
2017 | Euranim, Projection Mapping workshop, with Glowing Bulbs, France.
2016 | Puppeteering and magic trick workshop, Carte Blanche, Denmark.
2014 | Catch 14, Art and Performance workshop, with Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Denmark.
2012 | Actor Instruction, workshop, with Jens Arentzen, Denmark.
Residencies
2023 | Nida art colony, study group exploring the theme of “Rites of a secular age”, Lithuania. 2021 | Writers retreat, Romsø, Denmark.
2019 | Open Workshop, granted to work and develop the VR project “WYRD”, Denmark.
2018 | SPAM workshop, experiments in animated collaboration and flat hierarchy, Denmark.
Exhibitions
2023 | “60%”, 3. års afgangsudstilling,Det Fynske Kunstakademi, Filosoffen Odens.,2023 | Rundgang, Det Fynske Kunstakademi, Odense, Denmark.
2022 | Rundgang, Det Fynske Kunstakademi, Odense, Denmark.
2022 | Hesbjerg Festival, Odense, Denmark.
2021 | Rundgang, Det Fynske Kunstakademi, Odense, Denmark.
2021 | Sharing Stories, Galleri Sandberg, Odense, Denmark.
2015 | Zydhavn Boyz, Vestas Hallen, Viborg, Denmark.
2014 | Catch14, ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark.
Awards
2019 | Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Lotte Reiniger Award for “Animals”, Germany.2019 | OFF(Odense film festival) talent award for “Animals”, Denmark.
2012 | Nordic Youth Film Festival, best film in category under 20, for "In a coconut shell", scriptwriter, Denmark.
GALLERY
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