I am an experienced Roto-Paint Artist with over 8 years of service in the film industry, including more than 3 years as Rotopaint Lead. I am passionate about delivering exceptional quality and creativity in every project. Additionally, I’ve contributed to automotive advertising projects as a Matte Painter and Retouching Artist, focused on high-end photoreal finishing.…

Gabriel-Daniel C HIFOR

I am an experienced Roto-Paint Artist with over 8 years of service in the film industry, including more than 3 years as Rotopaint Lead. I am passionate about delivering exceptional quality and creativity in every project. Additionally, I’ve contributed to automotive advertising projects as a Matte Painter and Retouching Artist, focused on high-end photoreal finishing.…

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I am an experienced Roto-Paint Artist with over 8 years of service in the film industry, including more than 3 years as Rotopaint Lead. I am passionate about delivering exceptional quality and creativity in every project.
Additionally, I’ve contributed to automotive advertising projects as a Matte Painter and Retouching Artist, focused on high-end photoreal finishing.

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Matte Painter and Paint Artist at Skylite Studios
January 1, 2024 - March 1, 2024
Integrated CG cars into real plates, recreated backgrounds, and performed color grading; Retouched backgrounds for commercials; Collaborated with production to streamline workflows for targeted tasks.
Matte Painter and Paint Artist at Skylite Studios
May 1, 2024 - September 1, 2025
Continued to integrate CG elements and refine background work, color grading, and image retouching across multiple projects.
Roto-Paint Lead at Scanline VFX Europe
February 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
Led roto-paint efforts, collaborated with production management to develop schedules and budgets, and supported junior staff while ensuring quality across internal and external shots.
Senior Paint and Rotoscope Artist at Scanline VFX Europe
October 1, 2015 - February 1, 2020
Performed rotoscoping and painting tasks using tracking, camera projections, and smart vectors in Foundry Nuke, Silhouette Studio, and Mocha; provided workflow estimates and QA for external shots.
Freelance 2D Artist at 3DEXCITE with Dassault Systèmes
March 1, 2015 - April 1, 2015
Accomplished layer compositing and retouching for print and web images using Photoshop and Nuke.
VFX Assistant, Rotoscope and Precomp Artist at Scanline VFX Europe
November 1, 2014 - March 1, 2015
Worked as a roto-paint artist (Nuke); conducted quality checks (Nuke, Autodesk Flow/Shotgrid).
Intern Nuke Compositor at Scanline VFX Europe
October 1, 2014 - November 1, 2014
Contributed to behind-the-scenes production using Foundry Nuke.
Freelance 2D Artist at Munich
June 1, 2013 - October 1, 2014
Created matte paintings for theatre projects and integrated CG-rendered cars into live-action plates (Photoshop).
2D Background Artist at Mirarifilms
April 1, 2007 - June 1, 2013
Created backgrounds and matte paintings for Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and Comedy Central.
Freelance 2D Artist at Munich (Freelance)
June 1, 2013 - October 1, 2014
Created matte paintings for 'Phantom of the opera' for Theatre of the World; Integrated CG-rendered cars into live-action plates (Photoshop).

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering at Transilvania University Brasov, Romania
January 11, 2030 - January 16, 2026
Bachelor’s degree in engineering at Transilvania University Brasov, Romania
January 11, 2030 - January 16, 2026

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