MARY AGONCILLO
Experience
The Coalition (Microsoft Studios) - Lighting Artist
January 2024–Present
Gears of War: E-Day
- Level lighting for video games on Unreal Engine 5
Double Negative (DNEG) - Lighting TD
January 2022–August 2023
Dune: Part 2
- Lighting complicated FX sequences in Clarisse for live action film
The Last of Us
- Processing camera data from set and creating hdri and light rigs for shot and sequence levels
Stranger Things (Season 4)
- Lighting creature-heavy FX for integration into live action plates
Slumberland
- Lighting complicated FX sequences in Clarisse for live action film
Sony Pictures Imageworks - Lighting and Comp Artist
June 2021–December 2021
Jacob and The Sea Beast
- Katana, Arnold, Nuke and Linux
Animal Logic - Lighting and Comp Artist
January 2021–Present
Superpets
- Lighting in proprietary software and Rendering in Glimpse, Maya
- Compositing in Nuke
- Shotgun/Linux for Production
Atomic Cartoons - Lighting and Comp Artist
November 2018–January 2021
LEGO Spiderman, LEGO Jurassic and The Mighty Express
- Lighting in Katana, Maya and Renderman
- Compositing in Nuke
- Shotgun and Windows/Linux for Production
Atomic Cartoons - Surfacing Artist
August 2019–November 2019
Hello Ninja
- Texturing in Mari and Substance Painter
- UVs in Maya
- Shotgun and Linux for Production
Freelance 2D Art and Design
2014-Present
- Graphic Design work for large scale billboards at the SEEDs Sustainability Lexicon
- Graphic Design work for UBC Harvest Feastival Promotional Material
- Tattoo design published by Dottinghill Online Design Company
- Hatch Gallery Solo Exhibition and Artist Talk "Chasing Giants"
- Photography Featured in Elective Magazine Issue 03. Pages 9, 19 and Back Cover
- Coastal Motion x Dive UBC Artist Talk "The Visual Art of Storytelling"
- Moments in Transit" Photos Featured in Hatch Gallery "VENN" Exhibition Curated by Visual Arts Student's Association
White Horse Art and Design - 3D Instructor
August 2018-January 2019
- Teach 3D modeling, animation, sculpting and rendering in Maya, Arnold and ZBrush
- Mentor students in the development of their portfolios for post-secondary education applications
Deserres Art Store - Sales Associate
February 2017-September 2017
Skills
- Unreal Engine 5
- Katana
- Arnold
- V-Ray
- Renderman
- Nuke
- Maya
- Substance Painter
- Mari
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Linux
Education
Think Tank Training Centre
October 2017-October 2018
- 12-Month Diploma Program - Specialization in Lighting
- Developed a 3D environment to simulate a production pipeline with a focus on showcasing lighting and look development skills
- Experience troubleshooting issues in 3D scenes, render resource optimization and allocation, problem solving in compositing
University of British Columbia
September 2013-May 2017
- Bachelor of Fine Arts - Major in Visual Arts and Minor in Creative Writing
- Gamma Sigma Alpha Honors Society for Outstanding Scholarship
Languages
- English
*Canadian Citizen
Leadership
Alpha Omicron Pi - Chapter President
January 2016-January 2017
- Chief executive of a chapter of over 90 women, delegated tasks to an Executive Council of 25 women
- Primary liaison between the Chapter, The Alumnae Advisory Committee, and International Headquarters
UBC Art History and Visual Arts - Graduating Exhibition Public Relations Head
September 2016-May 2017
- Promoted Fundraiser and Art Auction, disseminated press releases
Interests
- Photography
- Hiking
- Drawing
- Painting
- Ukulele