Resume | Matheus Freitas

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Painted several backgrounds for Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5.
Referenced key backgrounds painted by the design department to match treatments.
Reutilized assets when applicable to speed up the process.
Effectively organized and optimized files for the compositing department

Worked as a Matte Painter on Seth Rogen’s “Sausage Party: Foodtopia”.
Painted several shot-based matte paintings, cycloramas, and skydomes and did several projections on 3D geometry.
Exploited 3D tools to speed up the matte painting process by creating mock-ups, 3D models, sets, and painting UV maps.
Acquired experience with Nuke to render proxy sets for review and testing.
Contributed to the team with several time-saving, task-eliminating creative solutions and documented them so colleagues could replicate them

Used expertise in After Effects to composite hundreds of shots for AMC's first animated series "Pantheon".
Further developed attention to detail.
Excelled in prioritization and time management, creating automated systems to track and organize hundreds of assigned shots.
Used experience in other disciplines to complete tasks and facilitate the work of peers from other departments.
Quickly learned how to use third-party plugins.
Regularly collaborated with teammates and other departments to ensure high-quality, as well as consistency in treatment.

Worked primarily as a Location Colour Designer
Painted several key backgrounds for the 2D animated series "The Guava Juice Show" with quick turnaround times.
Assisted character and props team with colour designs.
Consistently met or surpassed the expectations of the client and executive producers.

Designed all environments for SPSeal's first 3D mobile game.
Provided and received feedback from peers across all departments.
Proactively improved file organization and created documents to ensure art style consistency and overall production efficiency.
Exploited software features to create highly efficient workflows.