Simran Matharu

Unreal Engine Technical Artist

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Summary

Unreal Fellow and Technical Artist with a passion for Virtual Production, AR and VR, and LED Volumes.
My experience with Warner Media's cutting-edge Virtual Production LED Stage has given me a deep appreciation for the power of these technologies. Alongside my
skills in Unreal Engine, modelling, texturing, and look development, I am a collaborative team player who enjoys tackling complex challenges with enthusiasm and determination.

Skills

Software proficiency

Unreal Engine

Maya

Substance 3D Painter

Substance 3D Designer

Nuke

Photoshop

V-Ray

Arnold

Reel

Experience

Unreal Engine Technical Artist at Mastered
GB
July 2023 - November 2023
• Participated in a bootcamp focused on the Technical Artist Pathway in Unreal Engine.

• During this program, I have developed my own racing game and built artist tools using Python and Blueprints.
Junior Unreal Engine TA at PIXOMONDO
London, GB
October 2022 - July 2023
Show: House of the Dragon S2

• Creating Editor Utility Widget Plug-Ins and Blueprints, such as: Batch rename tool, Outliner organisation, Array tools.

• Adjusting and creating interior layouts for internal projects, and external including IKEA.

• Working with Niagara FX and Material Blueprints for internal projects.

• Modelling Tech-Vis assets in Maya for House of the Dragon S2.

• Importing heavy assets into Unreal Engine from Maya.
Junior Realtime TA at THE THIRD FLOOR Inc.
London, GB
November 2021 - October 2022
Shows: House Of The Dragon S1, Constellation

• On-set experience assisting the operation of the company AR tool, Cyclops, enabling directors to visualise CG objects composited live on an iPad.

• Demonstrating the usage of company set-build visualisation AR tool, Chimera, which uses the Microsoft HoloLens.

• Working with the Assets department to model and texture previs assets.

• Creating R&D documentation of workflows and tutorials of tools and processes within the company.
Technical Artist at Women In Media
Los Angeles (Remote, UK), US
October 2021 - November 2021
Show: Moon

• Working with camera tracking data and rendering final frames for the virtual set extension in Unreal Engine.

• Building environments in Unreal Engine.
Virtual Production Stage Assistant at Warner Bros. Entertainment
Leavesden, GB
July 2021 - September 2021
Show: House of the Dragon S1

• Assisting Camera Tracking teams at the Virtual Production Stage.

• Assisting Lux Machina with the installation and maintenance of the multiple systems involved with the LED Volume.

• Shadowing Unreal Engine Operators with camera tracking and nDisplay.
3D Artist at Taran3D
Birmingham, GB
November 2020 - January 2020
Modelled, textured and did the lighting for an interior environment, plus assets, for the pre-visualisation of a CG film.
Junior 3D Artist at The CharacterShop
Birmingham, GB
September 2019 - November 2019
I posed the characters from Disney Junior show 'PJ Masks', and composited them in After Effects for the purposes of merchandising and advertising.

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