Resume

Jessica Hurst
jhurst@jeskatdesigns.com

Experience:

Framestore
  London, United Kingdom
  January 2012 - July 2012

Creature Effects Technical Director
Project: Gravity

Tailor patterns using Marvelous Designer to output meshes for modeling of high-resolution costume.
Set up costume for simulation. Setup corrective shape creation by working with rigging. Support artists with costume once created and in shot. Ran shots and post-fixed any intersections post simulation.
Solver used: nCloth.

Lucasfilm Animation
  Singapore
  May 2011 - November 2011

Cloth Technical Director / Sr. Visual Effects Artist
Unannounced Project

Prepare the characters for costume setup and extract sim meshes from high-resolution models.
Worked closely with modeling department to create test-runs of the costume before high-res garment was finished. Both for sizeing and get a pre-sim for proper model draping.
Solver used: PhysBAM

Rising Sun Pictures
  Adelaide, S.A. Australia
  March 2010 - September 2010

Cloth Technical Director
Project: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

Prepped the Dementor character for costume setup for setup artist by creating collision body, hood mesh, and modifying sim mesh for better interaction.
Assisted in setup of costume for character, ran simulations for shots and resimmed or post-fixed any problems according to direction of the shot.
Solver used: nCloth

Sony Pictures Imageworks
  Culver City, CA
  November 2008 - February 2010

Cloth Technical Director
Project: Alice In Wonderland

Set up costumes for CG characters and body doubles based on concept art, cg models, and the costumes used on set. Specific characters setup: Stayne, Alice Growing dress, March Hare, White Queen Horse, Frog Footmen, and Monkeys, co-setup Tweedles.
Run "one-off" shots that could not run smoothly "out of the box." Support artists using the costumes the setup artists created.
Solver used: In-house solver, Tango

ImageMovers Digital
  San Rafael, CA
  December 2007 - November 2008

Cloth Technical Director
Project: A Christmas Carol

Setup on costumes based on concept art, physical costumes, and art direction. Work with modeling department on creation of sim garments and beauty garments.
Solver used: nCloth

Sony Pictures Imageworks
  Culver City, CA
  April 2007 - September 2007

Cloth & Hair Technical Director
Project: Beowulf

Ran cloth and hair simulation for shots on Beowulf. Tweak hair simulations and garments as needed for the camera view, action of characters, and the direction of the shot.
Solver used: Maya Cloth

Bardel Entertainment
  Vancouver, B.C. Canada
  January 2007 - April 2007

CG Modeler
Project "Chaotic"

CG Modeler for Flash Animated TV Show entitled "Chaotic." Modeled, textured, rendered and rigged various props and machines in Maya according to art direction and given designs.

Shorts:

"Death Dance"
January 2004 - December 2006
Director, Animator - San Francisco, CA
Short film currently on hiatus, Directed a team of people on modeling, texturing, rigging, and music. Animated characters and ran cloth simulations.

"Captain Contemplation"
September 2004 - May 2005
Technical Animator - San Francisco, CA
Created and worked on the Cloth Simulation for the main character's cape in short produced by students.

Education:

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA
Master Of Fine Arts, Computer Animation
Graduation Date: December 2005

California State University Northridge
Northridge, CA
Bachelor of Art, Traditional Animation
Graduation Date: Spring 2002
Graduated Cum Laude, 3.5 GPA

References upon request.