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I'm Ryan Elliot, a Senior Look Development Artist with 13 years of experience, specializing in lighting and surfacing. I’m deeply passionate about character-driven stories, design, and their impact on people, and I’m fortunate to work in an industry where I can do this every day. I’m seeking a challenging role where I can learn, grow, and leverage my skills to create compelling and visually stunning imagery. I enjoy collaborating with art directors and teams to translate creative briefs into cohesive, efficient look development workflows across live-action, CG, and motion design projects.…I'm Ryan Elliot, a Senior Look Development Artist with 13 years of experience, specializing in lighting and surfacing. I’m deeply passionate about character-driven stories, design, and their impact on people, and I’m fortunate to work in an industry where I can do this every day. I’m seeking a challenging role where I can learn, grow, and leverage my skills to create compelling and visually stunning imagery. I enjoy collaborating with art directors and teams to translate creative briefs into cohesive, efficient look development workflows across live-action, CG, and motion design projects.

Ryan Elliot

Lighting, Visual Effects Artist, 3D Designer, +2

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I'm Ryan Elliot, a Senior Look Development Artist with 13 years of experience, specializing in lighting and surfacing. I’m deeply passionate about character-driven stories, design, and their impact on people, and I’m fortunate to work in an industry where I can do this every day. I’m seeking a challenging role where I can learn, grow, and leverage my skills to create compelling and visually stunning imagery. I enjoy collaborating with art directors and teams to translate creative briefs into cohesive, efficient look development workflows across live-action, CG, and motion design projects.…I'm Ryan Elliot, a Senior Look Development Artist with 13 years of experience, specializing in lighting and surfacing. I’m deeply passionate about character-driven stories, design, and their impact on people, and I’m fortunate to work in an industry where I can do this every day. I’m seeking a challenging role where I can learn, grow, and leverage my skills to create compelling and visually stunning imagery. I enjoy collaborating with art directors and teams to translate creative briefs into cohesive, efficient look development workflows across live-action, CG, and motion design projects.

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I’m Ryan Elliot, a Senior Look Development Artist with 13 years of experience, specializing in lighting and surfacing. I’m deeply passionate about character-driven stories, design, and their impact on people, and I’m fortunate to work in an industry where I can do this every day.

I’m seeking a challenging role where I can learn, grow, and leverage my skills to create compelling and visually stunning imagery. I enjoy collaborating with art directors and teams to translate creative briefs into cohesive, efficient look development workflows across live-action, CG, and motion design projects.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

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Expert

Expert

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Senior LookDev Artist at Cadre Pictures, Melbourne

March 1, 2022 - Present

LookDev and lighting for Schweppes “A sip for your senses” campaign; layout and asset production for the global launch of the 2025 Nissan Leaf; lighting rigs for Sportsbet TVCs; producing realistic and stylized shaders, textures, and materials across a wide range of projects; collaborating with Art Directors to translate creative briefs and ensuring consistency throughout projects; applying lighting techniques from live-action matching to stylized CG shots and abstract motion design; helping implement efficient look development workflows with the Art Directors.

Senior Artist (Concurrent Freelancer) at Art.By.Ed, Melbourne

October 1, 2013 - Present

Lighting and surfacing across multiple shots; produced cover art for 3D World Magazine Issue #269; broader work across art direction, design, modeling, surfacing, lighting, compositing, and editing; projects spanning architectural visualization, motion design, and character creation for TVC and real-time productions.

Senior Artist at MR.P, Melbourne

March 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022

Managed a team of four artists, providing clear direction, mentoring, and fostering a collaborative environment; produced realistic textures and shaders using 3ds Max, Substance Painter and various renderers; delivered photorealistic results meeting or exceeding client expectations; led projects from large-scale residential developments to boutique motion design pieces; developed a shader and asset library structure with clear conventions, increasing artist efficiency and reducing initial layout time by 60%.

3D Artist at Blank Canvas, Perth

September 1, 2019 - June 1, 2020

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to establish and refine the project look; created and refined textures and shaders to achieve the desired aesthetic while meeting technical specs; experimented with rendering techniques to optimize visual quality and render times; mentored junior artists and shared best practices.