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First Name: Sean
Last Name: Palmer
Gender: Male
About Me: I work in feature animation as a research associate with the R&D group. My goal is to design new tools and work-flows that enhance productivity and allow for the creation and rendering of effects and environments that would not have been possible with existing solutions. For "Horton Hears a Who," I wrote plugins for our proprietary renderer to create the clover field and other massive particle-based procedural fur solutions. I co-presented this work at Siggraph 2008 as part of a talk on fur technology at Blue Sky. I also have ongoing production experience as a part-time technical director for fx and fur. It continues to be a privilege to work with so many talented people in a collaborative production environment.
Nationality: American
Professional Awards: Contributor - Siggraph 2008 and 2011 Talks progam
Skills
Specialty Keywords: effects, fur, software development, particle and fur rendering technology, programming, scripting, tools, particles, volumetric effects, dynamic simulation, fluids, shaders
Software Skills Tags: Maya, Houdini, Realflow, Shake, Renderman, Mental Ray, SLIM, HDRI, Photoshop, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Premiere
C++, Python, Perl, MEL, CGI Studio (proprietary), bash, sh/csh
VEX, Tcl, HTML, C, Php, MySQL, Bourne, Slim, Hscript
Linux/UNIX, OSX, Windows
Professional Exp
Years of Professional Experience: 3-6
Professional Associations: ACM Siggraph
Past & Present Employers: Blue Sky Studios (Research Associate, FX TD, Fur TD) (2005 - Present)

Digital Domain (STORM training program) (2005)

Savannah College of Art and Design (web programmer) (2004-2005)

Notable Projects: Rio (2011) - Research Associate
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Research Associate
Horton Hears a Who! - FX Seq. Lead, Fur TD, Clover Field Development
No Time For Nuts (short) - FX TD
Ice Age: The Meltdown - FX TD


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Education
Colleges & Universities: 2005 - Savannah College of Art and Design, BFA - Visual Effects, Minor - Animation

2009 - New York University, Professional Certificate - C++ Programming

SUNY Purchase College, coursework in Sociocultural Anthropology, 2006
Student Awards: Summa Cum Laude, First Place in undergrad Art History paper competition 2005
Contact
City/Town: Stamford
State/Region: CT
Country: United States
Website URL: http://www.palmerfx.com
Profile Type: Individual
Company Name: Blue Sky Studios
No. of Employees: 200+
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Stamford, CT, United States
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