ryan@ryandavies.me

Cell: 954-803-6228

What I make

  • 5 years of industry experience
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation from SCAD - Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Emphasis on problem solving and fast, creative solutions
  • Experience working on films, music videos, live concerts, national TV broadcasts, video games and promotional materials
  • Specialize in compositing and the 3D pipeline
  • On-set experience as a VFX supervisor

How I make it

  • After Effects, Premiere, Nuke
  • Blender, Maya, Cinema4D
  • Mudbox, zbrush, Photoshop, mari
  • Cycles, Vray, Arnold
  • Realflow, Marvelous Designer, Topogun

Where I've made it

Clients include: Spotify, Nintendo, Macklemore, Amazon, Starbucks, Target, Intel, Microsoft, 3M, Brooks

Senior Motion Designer / POP / January 2017 - Present

From working on pitches and schedules, to leading teams of animators and directing projects, I combine technology and design to solve problems for big brands.

Digital Asset Developer / DITTO / December 2015 - January 2017

Creating large batches of high-quality digital eyeglasses for virtual try on software and product photos.  Also manage file distribution and scheduling for other artists on team.   

3D Artist / Motion Graphics Team / Elevation Church / June 2013 - October 2015

Directing and animating shorts, VFX Supervisor, designing branding, building graphics packages.  Lead 3D artist. Creating set extensions, tracking, compositing and asset creation.  Producing content for weekly international TV broadcast.  Regularly meeting with clients, project managers, and other artists.  Involvement in marketing for New York Times Bestselling Author Steven Furtick, and weekly events with an average of 20,000 in live attendance.

Music Videos

  • VFX Artist / "Forked Paths" - Faded Paper Figures
  • VFX Artist / "Brother"- needtobreathe feat. Gavin DeGraw
  • VFX Artist / "Wildberry" - Illitry

  • VFX artist / "Upgrade" - Swimgood

Short Films

  • Lead VFX Artist / Overkill - Alex Montilla, James Deen
  • VFX Artist / The Lone Hunter - Noah Abe  // Vimeo Staff Pick
  • VFX Artist / Small Little Things - Jared Hogan // Vimeo Staff Pick
  • Lead VFX Artist / Cheat Day - Alex Montilla

Book Releases

  • MGFX Artist / The Best Yes - Lysa TerKeurst // New York Times Bestseller
  • MGFX Artist / Crash the Chatterbox - Steven Furtick // New York Times Bestseller

Games

  • 3D Artist Intern, Consultant / Spaceventure by Two Guys From Andromeda LLC
  • Creator, Don't Worry Baby