Jake Schatzman
DNEG
Warrimoo,NSW
2
years of professional experience
Surfacing and Lighting Artist with strong skills in Substance Painter, Photoshop, and Maya. Creates polished production assets, matches concept art to studio standards, and supports characters, props, and environments with clean texture painting and lighting.
Work History
Surfacing Artist
6 Months- Painted material maps using Photoshop and Substance Painter for production assets.
- Matched texture style to concept art and employer visual standards.
- Created surface textures for characters, props, and environments in creative studio pipelines.
- Cocomelon Movie (Environment Surfacing Artist)
Surfacing /Lighting Artist
1 Year 10 Months- Created surface textures for characters, props, and environments in creative studio pipelines.
- Painted material maps using Photoshop and Substance Painter for production assets.
- Lit CG shots for animated features using studio lighting and shading guidelines.
- Tales from Outer Suburbia (Surfacing and Lighting)
- Stranger Things | Tales from '85 ( Environment Surfacing)
- Zac Power Movie (Environment and Character Surfacing)
Education
Master of Arts - Animation And Visualization
Associate of Arts - Game And Interactive Media Design
Bachelor of Arts - Music Technology And Sound Design
Skills
Substance Painter
Mari
Photoshop
Maya
Houdini
Katana
Nuke
Krita
Speed Tree
Unreal Engine 4/5
Unity
Blender
Renderman
Arnold Shader
Texture painting
Look development
UV unwrapping
modeling
lighting
compositing
Timeline
Surfacing Artist
DNEG
02.2026 - 08.2026Read More
Surfacing /Lighting Artist
Flying Bark
03.2024 - 01.2026Read More
UTS
Master of Arts from Animation And Visualization
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JMC
Associate of Arts from Game And Interactive Media Design
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WSU
Bachelor of Arts from Music Technology And Sound Design
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