Overview


Name

 

Jens Kafitz

Nationality

 

German

Languages

 

 

German (native), English (fluent)

 

Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary: Texture Painting, Lookdevelopment,Python Development, Shader Writing

Secondary: Modelling, Digital Sculpting, Lighting

 

Good knowledge in writing OpenGL based shaders & nodes

Intermediate knowledge in Python based tool development

Basic knowledge in perl based tool development

 

Software 

 

 

Expert: Mari, Photoshop, Substance Painter

Intermediate:  Substance Designer, Zbrush, Maya, UVLayout, Mudbox, Illustrator, Bodypaint, 

Novice:  Nuke,, Houdini, Modo, Gaea

Renderer

 

 

Expert: Arnold, Redshift

Intermediate:  Vray, Renderman

Previous work & education


WORK

 

 

FEATURE FILMS

 

Dawn of the Planet

of the Apes

(VFX, 2014)

 

 

Senior Environment Artist, Weta Digtal

 

 

 

The Hobbit:

The Battle of Five Armies

(VFX, 2014)

 

 

Senior Environment Artist, Weta Digtal

 

 

 

The Hobbit:

The Desolation of Smaug

(VFX, 2013)

 

 

Senior Texture & Lookdev Artist, Weta Digtal

 

 

 

The Hobbit:

An unexpected Journey

(VFX, 2012)

 

 

Senior Texture & Lookdev Artist, Weta Digtal

 

 

 

Iron Man 3

(VFX, 2013)

 

 

Environment Artist, Weta Digtal

 

 

Man of Steel

(VFX, 2012)

 

 

Senior Texture & Lookdev Artist, Weta Digital

 

 

The Avengers

(VFX, 2012)

 

 

Senior Texture Artist, Weta Digital

 

 

Happy Feet 2

(Animated, 2011)

 

 

Senior Surfacing Artist at Animal Logic

 

(Sydney/Australia)

 

Legend of the Guardians

(Animated, 2010)

 

 

Senior Surfacing Artist at Animal Logic

(Sydney/Australia)

 

Impy in Wonderland

(Animated, 2008)

 

 

Texture & Shading Supervisor at Ambient Entertainment (Hannover/Germany)

 

Impy's Island

(Animated, 2006)

 

 

Texture & Shading Supervisor at Ambient Entertainment (Hannover/Germany)

 

Thief Lord

(VFX, 2006)

 

 

Texture Painter at Ambient Entertainment (Hannover/Germany)

 

Boo, Zino & the Snurks

(Animated, 2004)

 

 

Lead Texture Artist at Ambient Entertainment (Hannover/Germany)

 


WORK

 

 

TV

 

LEGO Star Wars

 

 

Senior Surfacing Artist at Animal Logic

(Sydney/Australia)


WORK

 

 

SHORTS

 

Coke Polar Bears

(2011)

 

Senior Surfacing Artist at Animal Logic

(Sydney/Australia)


WORK

 

 

OTHER

 

Freelance

 

 

 

Texture Artist/Lighter, Volkswagen Commercials

Texture Artist/Lighter, Cockpit Visualization Daimler

Texture Artist, game MOD based on Cryengine2

RTL/PRO7 TV

 

 

Trainee, News Graphics

 

EAB Graphics

 

 

Trainee, Architectural Visualization

 

Acting for Animators, Germany

 

 

Organizer, "Ed Hooks Acting for Animators" Workshops

 

PCCS

 

 

Shop owner, Hard- and Software, Network Solutions

 


EDUCATION

 

   

2001

 

 

Graduated from upper secondary school at Elisabethschule Marburg. Final in Biology, English, Art