Ilia Kole
Ilia Kole
Freelance 2D & 3D Generalist
Utrecht, Netherlands

Summary

Freelance 2D & 3D Generalist / Background Artist

Clients I've worked with in the past:
Paladin Studios, Lighthouse Studios, Disney, Riot Games, Google, Facebook, Nissan, Toyota, GMC, Old Spice, Adidas, KLM, Nickelodeon, Jack Daniels, Intel, and more

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Skills

Illustration2D Animation3D AnimationShading3D ModelingRigging

Software proficiency

Blender
Blender
Photoshop
Photoshop
After Effects
After Effects
Illustrator
Illustrator
DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve
Gaea
Gaea
EmberGen
EmberGen

Reel

Experience

  • Freelance 2D / 3D Generalist at Self Employed
    Utrecht
    November 2020 - Present

    - Character modelling, rigging and animation for Truus.

    - Look Dev, Lighting and Tool Development for Ink and Light

    - Game Cinematic Animator for Paladin Studios

    - Background Illustrator for Lofi Studio

    - Consulting CG Pipeline Technical Director at Lighthouse Studios

    - illustration and animation for various companies

  • Senior Animator at MediaMonks
    hilversum, Netherlands
    August 2011 - October 2020

    - Oversaw the entire animation pipeline from pitch and storyboard to final delivery as Animation Director / Lead Animator on large advertisement campaigns.

    - Go-to guy for technical challenges on projects, from writing After Effects expressions and rigging to translating between developers and animators.

    - R&D for 360/VR animation production workflow.

    - Strengthened internal communication and sharing of work-in-progress within the global animation team of 37 animators by creating new Slack channels.