Justin Antonio
Justin Antonio
Senior 3D Generalist & CG Lead | Modeling, Look Development,
Los Angeles, United States

About

Senior 3D Generalist and CG Lead with nearly a decade of experience creating high-quality photorealistic and stylized CGI for commercial advertising, cinematic trailers, virtual reality, and live-action integration. Experienced across the full CG pipeline, including 3D modeling, texturing, shading, look development, lighting, rendering, FX, and compositing. Proven ability to lead CG projects and artist teams, collaborate with VFX Supervisors, Art Directors, clients, and production teams, and translate creative direction into polished final imagery. Strong technical foundation in Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, PBR workflows, on-set data capture, HDRI, LiDAR, and photogrammetry.

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Skills

Environment Design3D ModelingDigital SculptingEnvironment ModelingHard Surface ModelingLightingTexturingMotion Design

Software proficiency

Maya
Maya
Nuke
Nuke
ZBrush
ZBrush
Arnold
Arnold
Quixel Suite
Quixel Suite
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Houdini
Houdini
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine

Reel

Experience

  • CG Lighter at The Mill
    Culver City, US
    December 2022 - August 2024

    3D Artist responsible for delivering both high quality photo realistic and stylized CGI used in live action commercial advertising and full CGI cinematic trailers.

    Responsibilities:

    Proficient in both Autodesk Maya and SideFX Houdini and the Arnold renderer.

    Recording and captured on-set data (photogrammetry, lidar scans, balls and charts, and HDRIs).

    Project setup and building light rigs to hand off to other team members.

    Established mood through strong color palettes, value structures and compositions through lighting consistent with the art direction.

    Composite shots in Nuke and adjusted post effects including exposure,depth of field, color grading, fog, bloom, etc.

    Maintain visual continuity while optimizing and troubleshooting lighting issues related to rendering performance.

    Strong understanding of PBR rendering and the interaction between materials and lighting.

  • CG Supervisor at Rocket Studio
    Hawthorne
    January 2018 - December 2022

    CG Supervisor leading CG projects in studio and on set for digital and out of home advertising.

    Responsibilities:

    Breaking down and quoting on complex CG projects.

    Conducting photo and video shoots and supervising CG requirements on-set.

    Attending client meetings from initial pitches and concepts through to project completion.

    Contributing on-the-box as a generalist or specialist where needed.

    Leading teams of artists creating 3D content for a variety of projects.

  • 3D Generalist at LA Photo Party
    Glendale
    August 2016 - January 2018

    3D Artist in charge of CG asset creation and generating immersive virtual environments for VR (Virtual Reality) using Autodesk Maya and Unity game engine.

    Responsibilities:

    Generalist knowledge in skills such as modeling, texturing, UVs, lighting, animation, physics and particle systems.

    Created high-quality props, buildings, foliage and terrain assets according to art direction, design specs and technical requirements.

    Created textures using Quixel Suite, Substance Painter, and Substance Designer.

    Created consistent, semi stylized artwork from concept to finalized assets. (Maya, ZBrush).

    Implemented assets into Unreal Engine and Unity.

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