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

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
  

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