Gael Kerchenbaum
Gael Kerchenbaum
Character Artist - Get in touch!
London, United Kingdom

Summary

3D Character and Creature Artist with 10 years + of experience in Gaming and VFX industries. Thanks to multiple experiences as Artist, Lead, Supervisor, both as freelancer and employee, I am highly adaptable and excited to support your teams and productions.

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Skills

AnatomyLook DevelopmentCharacter ModelingCreature ModelingDigital SculptingTexturingCreature DesignCreatureAnimal

Software proficiency

Keyshot
Keyshot
Mari
Mari
Maya
Maya
Mudbox
Mudbox
Nuke
Nuke
Photoshop
Photoshop
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
ZBrush
ZBrush
3DCoat
3DCoat
V-Ray
V-Ray
Arnold
Arnold

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Experience

  • Creature consultant at VALVe
    Afghanistan
    March 2022 - March 2023

    Character and Creature Design and RnD. Creating believable models from the inside out. Working under the kind supervision of Paul Thuriot.Character and Creature design and RnD. Creating believable models from the inside out. Working under the kind supervision of Paul Thuriot.

    Skills: Surfacing · 3D Modeling · Creature Design · Anatomy · Digital Sculpting

  • Creature Concept Artist at Netflix
    December 2021 - Present

    Creature Concept Art for a Netflix Series

  • Creature Specialist at Facebook AI
    London, United Kingdom
    August 2020 - Present

    Character Artist specialized in animal anatomy.

  • Creature Sculptor at Ubisoft
    Shanghai (Remote), China
    August 2020 - Present

    Freelance Creature Artist

  • Creature Supervisor at DNeg
    London, United Kingdom
    October 2019 - July 2020

    Responsible of modeling and texturing of Creatures.

  • Animal and Creature's Anatomy teacher at CG Masters Academy
    February 2017 - April 2020

    Teaching Animal and Creature's Anatomy.

    Course available here : https://www.cgmasteracademy.com/courses/94-sculpting-anatomy-from-animal-to-creature

  • Freelance creature artist at 3dtotal
    United Kingdom
    December 2017 - August 2018

    Feline, Equine and Canine Ecorches modeling.

    Available here : https://shop.3dtotal.com/anatomy-figure/animal-anatomy-figures.html

  • Creature TD at One Of Us
    London, United Kingdom
    April 2018 - September 2018

    Creature TD for internal project. Main artist responsible of Modeling, Texturing, Look Dev of hero creatures.

  • Freelance creature artist at Axis animation
    United Kingdom
    October 2017 - March 2018

    Creature modeling and texturing

  • Creature artist at Capsule studio
    Paris, France
    August 2017 - September 2017

    Creature modeling and texturing

  • Freelance creature artist at Bacon picture
    Norway
    August 2017 - Present

    Creature modeling and texturing for an ad

  • Digital sculptor at Pop Culture shock Collectibles, inc.
    June 2017 - August 2017

    Collectible sculpting

  • Freelance creature artist at Cube computer creative company
    Paris, France
    April 2017 - June 2017

    I was responsible for the modeling, texturing and look dev of a realistic creature for a full CGI short film. Not announced yet.

  • Freelance creature artist at Noemotion / Marek Denko
    France
    March 2017 - April 2017

    I worked with Marek Denko for a private commission. I was responsible for modeling, texturing, look dev and rendering of a realistic creature.

  • 3D Instructor at EPAC Comics Animation Game Art school
    Saxon, Switzerland
    September 2016 - Present

    Teaching students the full workflow to create their own models for realtime engines.

  • Modelling and Texturing Instructor at ISART Digital school
    Paris, France
    February 2016 - July 2017

    Teaching students how to create a model and to texture it. Lessons are given with Zbrush, Mudbox, Maya, Mari, Substance Painter and Designer...

  • Zbrush Instructor at 3 Axes Institut ( school )
    Tourcoing, France
    January 2016 - January 2016

    Teaching students Zbrush advanced techniques to ready them for the work in production ( camera line up, blendshapes based on FACS... )

  • Technical Writer at Texturingxyz
    December 2015 - January 2016

    Writing instructions about how to use files provided by Texturingxyz.

    Be sure to have a look at http://texturing.xyz/

  • Zbrush Instructor at 3 Axes Institut ( school )
    Rennes, France
    November 2015 - December 2015

    Workshop Zbrush, teaching students how to use Zbrush to create 3D characters.

  • Mudbox Instructor at 3is school of animation
    Paris, France
    November 2015 - November 2015

    Workshop Mudbox, teaching how to create an asset from scratch in a production environment ( concept sculpt, retopology, UVs, texturing ).

  • Creature modeller at MPC
    LONDON, United Kingdom
    August 2014 - March 2015

    Creature modelling on Jungle Book

  • Essence at Essence Team
    May 2015 - June 2015

    Character Modelling for the short film Essence.