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James Raiz
James Raiz
Illustrator, Matte Painter & YouTuber
Toronto, Canada

Summary

I have been working in Visual Effects since 2007, first starting out as a Modeler and Texture Artist, but lately focusing on Digital Matte Painting, Concept Art and Storyboarding.

I currently run my YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/theboxofficeartist

I am also an instructor at Centennial College teaching 2D & Matte Painting for their Digital VFX Program, and at Max The Mutt Institute of Animation, Comics & Design teaching Digital Matte Painting & Perspective.

I have been a Graphic Novel Illustrator for 15 years and still do the occasional Cover here an there.

Current Projects: Secret (shhhhhh....)

Past Television, Video Game and Movie Projects:
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend (Netflix)
Fantastic 4 (2015) (Feature Film)
Furious 7 (Feature Film)
Marco Polo (Netflix)
Dominion Season 1 (SyFy)
Reign Season 1 (The CW)
Reign Season 2 (The CW)
Beauty and the Beast (The CW)
The Signal (Feature Film)
Splinter Cell: Blacklist (Ubisoft)
Piranha 3D
Battle: Los Angeles
Dreamhouse
The Borgias Season 1
The Borgias Season 2
Titanic (BBC)
Underworld: Awakening
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief
Invictus
Sanctuary (SyFy)
Watchmen
Stargate: Ark of Truth
Stargate: Continuum

Comic Book Titles worked on:
Transformers: Armada
Transformers: Energon
Transformers: Infiltration
Transformers: Sourcebook
Transformers: Dark Cybertron
Transformers: Reign of Starscream
Beast Wars
Wonder Woman
Birds of Prey
City of Heroes
Captain Universe / Invisible Woman
Hulk: Destruction
Amazing Fantasy
Warlands
Banished Knights
Neon Cyber
Darkminds

Skills

Concept ArtMatte PaintingDrawing

Software proficiency

After Effects
After Effects
Maya
Maya
Nuke
Nuke
Photoshop
Photoshop
Premiere
Premiere

Reel