Dr. Daniel Guerra

Complex dynamic soft body creature simulations for feature film.

Cloth and hair/fur dynamic simulations using Houdini Vellum under USD Solaris for the animated feature 'David'.

Dynamic simulation shot work and CFX character/creature template creation for Cloth and Hair in Houdini Vellum under Solaris USD environment. Dynamic simulation of underwater creatures and props. Latest projects: - "The Twits" (Netflix); - "Nautilus" (Amazon Prime Video - series) coming on 25th of October 2024

Running shots comprising Hair (including underwater), Cloth via Maya's nHair and nCloth and Ziva dynamic muscle simulations on digi-doubles for feature film. Creation of hair a cloth simulation rigs.

Creation of Cloth/Hair sim rigs, dynamic simulation shot work in Houdini Vellum. Latest projects: - "Scrooge: A Christmas Carol" feature animation film. - "Diablo II: resurrected" videogame cinematics for Blizzard Entertainment; - "Gigi & Nate" film; - "Dead Island 2" videogame trailer; - "Destiny 2 - The Witch Queen" (Bungie) videogame cut scenes.

3D Sculpting in ZBrush of environments and props, as part of a Kickstarter project, bringing together a group of VFX industry veterans with the objective of providing movie-quality miniatures and terrains for tabletop games such as DnD, Cyberpunk, Warhammer as well as custom models.

Creation of sim rigs and dynamic cloth/hair simulations in Houdini, shot finalling and sculpting for digi-doubles in blockbuster movies. Latest projects: “Tenet” – directed by Christopher Nolan, “Fast & Furious 9”.

Dynamic muscle, fat, skin, fur, hair simulations, shot finalling and sculpting for CG creatures and characters in feature films. Latest projects: - "Wonder Woman 1984" (DC Comics, Warner Brothers) - “Lady and the Tramp” (Disney)

Latest project: “His dark materials” (HBO, BBC). Responsibilities: - Creation of motion files, including camera and/or the object, to match the original background plate photography for high end feature film projects; - Geometric reconstruction of important static objects in the scene enabling the live action to seamlessly interact with CG elements; - Reconstructing the placement of motion files (camera or object track) in the 3D set in order to quality control the accuracy of each track.

Dynamic muscle, fat, skin, fur simulations, shot finalling and sculpting for CG creatures in feature films. Latest projects: - “Detective Pikachu”

Dynamic skin/cloth (nCloth) simulations and shot finalling on photorealistic creatures for feature films. Latest project: Dumbo – directed by Tim Burton (Walt Disney)

Cloth, muscle, fur, hair simulations and shot finalling for creatures/characters in major blockbuster movies. Latest projects: - Marvel’s “Thor - Ragnarok” - “The jungle book” - aka “Mowgli” - “Christopher Robin”

• Retouching and image clean-up on advertising campaigns for Honda, Ford, FedEx, Nissan, Eprinex, Oilatum among others. • In charge of Taylor James’ extensive image library.

Lighting, shading and rendering of product photo-real 3D imagery in vRay for Maya for worldwide advertising campaigns with leading brands such as Microsoft

Portfolio including clients such as: Krug, Fontanafredda, Winetrade, NeoNevis, Stefano Chioccioli, MareDiVino, JRP.

• 3D asset creation such as: animations, 3D modelling and texturing of characters, props and environments to be implemented via Unity into applications and games for Pc/Mac, online and mobile social apps, iPad, iPhone, Android tablets and interactive whiteboards. • Managing several projects in partnership with Samsung, Intel and numerous public institutions and ministries of education throughout the world. • Graphic design of books, flyers, corporate literature and photo retouching.

Book design, exhibition catalogues, posters and fliers, corporate identity and advertising for all the major italian museums and institutions (Vatican Museums, Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Pitti in Florence: Gallery of Modern Art, Palatine Gallery, Stibbert Museum and C.N.R - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche among many others). Project management from conception to completion and liaising directly with clients, managers and the Art Director.

Supervised the magazine’s visual identity and design team, ensuring cohesive monthly issues through layout, illustration, and photo retouching. Created TV ads (CG/live-action), exhibition stands, and corporate videos. Established a digital asset library, maintained brand consistency, and consulted for Mediamix Milan on national events and billboard campaigns for IGP Decaux–OPEL.

Dipartimento: Altro, Realizzazione della grafica per vari programmi televisivi su reti a diffusione nazionale: Le Iene (ITALIA 1), Vivere (CANALE 5), la sigla per Scherzi dAmore (RAI 2), Tema (LA 7). Cura della videografica del programma Armadillo (ODEON). Direttamente coinvolto nella creazione spot televisivi per conto di Sony Music, Epic e Universal per promuovere album di artisti come: SHAKIRA, MICHAEL JACKSON, BIAGIO ANTONACCI, RENATO ZERO e ALEXIA. Spot per le riviste Newton, Il Mondo, Luna.

Animation principles, staging and pose design, locomotion, acting for animation, scene planning, blocking and high level polishing techniques. The role of the story artist, preliminary storyboards, three act story structure, gags, storyboarding from scripts, composing storyboards and line and value.