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Hi, I'm Dana Hickey, a Montreal-based 3D generalist specializing in layout, 3D modeling, video editing and 3D environments. I'm highly motivated by detail and passionate about storytelling. I love collaborating with amazing people on great projects and bringing creative visions to life through thoughtful composition, lighting, and animation.…

Dana Hickey

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Hi, I'm Dana Hickey, a Montreal-based 3D generalist specializing in layout, 3D modeling, video editing and 3D environments. I'm highly motivated by detail and passionate about storytelling. I love collaborating with amazing people on great projects and bringing creative visions to life through thoughtful composition, lighting, and animation.…

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Dana Hickey, a Montreal-based 3D generalist specializing in layout, 3D modeling, video editing and 3D environments. I’m highly motivated by detail and passionate about storytelling.

I love collaborating with amazing people on great projects and bringing creative visions to life through thoughtful composition, lighting, and animation.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Language

English

Advanced

French

Advanced

Work Experience

Freelance Artist at Self-employed

January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015

Modeled 3D assets as per client requests; Textured assets as per client requests.

Final Set Dressing Artist at Mikros Animation

May 1, 2015 - Present

Environment scattering in Houdini and Maya; Prop sequence planning and sequence leading; Prop placement for sequence continuity.

FQA Tester at Keywords Studios

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019

FQA testing on NDA projects; Bug investigations; Regressions.

Senior Layout Artist at MPC

November 1, 2020 - May 1, 2024

Creative camera; Final camera animation; Character blocking animation; Environment blocking; Set dressing; Stand-in layout lead; Sequence supervision; Team briefing; Film camera set up; Sequence setups and breakdowns; Projection cam setup and shot setups; Feature animation layout and previz ingest; Matchmove technical ingest.

Layout / Generalist Artist at Outpost VFX

September 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025

Creative camera work; Final “hard-edged” animation; Animation blocking; Environment layout placement in Houdini; Sequence camera setups; Prop/animation placement in sequences for continuity.