Ivanna Mikhaylova

Compositor/Roto and Paint Artist
[email protected] -- (604) 338-4089
ivanna.ca -- IMDb profile
BC resident, authorized to work in Canada for any employer

Industry work experience

Maternity leave

September 2018 - present

Paint and Roto Artist, CoSA VFX

March 2018 - June 2018

• Created clean plates for shots of varying complexity and frame range (rig and object removals);
• Performed rotoscoping;
• Occasionally did compositing tasks.

Gotham (TV Series)
Lethal Weapon (TV Series)
Westworld (TV Series)
Lucifer (TV Series)
Rosewell, New Mexico (TV Series)
Life Sentence (TV Series)

Maternity leave

February 2017 - February 2018

Roto/Paint Artist, Digital Domain in Vancouver, BC

October 2016 - January 2017, November 2017

• Restored background images by creating clean plates for shots of varying complexity and frame range (camera and rig removals, head removal);
• Rotoscoped (final quality and temp quality tasks as required).

Ready Player One (2018)
The Fate of the Furious (2017)

Compositor, Gener8 in Vancouver, BC

November 2014 - October 2016

• Composited stereo shots and create clean plates, which includes multiple compositing tasks: colour correction, matching grain and focus, matte extraction/keying, roto, 2d/3d tracking and stabilization, projections, paint, warping and transforming elements, etc.;
• Made 2d FX renders and practical elements (particles, smokes, flares, etc.) stereo;
• For Jungle Book did blue screen extractions.

The Great Wall (2016)
Suicide Squad (2016)
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Jungle Book (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay - Part 2 (2015)
Pan (2015)
Pixels (2015)
Insurgent (2015)

Compositing Artist at View-D (QC Elements team), Prime Focus World in Vancouver, BC

August 2013 - November 2014

• Re-composited vendor-supplied Nuke comps for View-D purposes while maintaining the quality and authenticity of the original shots, and extract layers for stereo compositing;
• Recreated layers comp from Nuke to Fusion;
• For 2D comps that had native 3D footage but were not comped as stereo comps, adjusted and comped existing Nuke script for the other eye;
• Occasionally assisted View-D paint department in creating clean plates;
• Wrote and illustrated a comprehensive Nuke to Fusion guide used for training new Elements artists.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Noah (2014)
I, Frankenstein (2014)

Compositing Artist at View-D (View-D team), Prime Focus World in Vancouver, BC

Jun 2013 - August 2013

• Built, animated, and composited disparity maps using proprietary tools in Fusion;
• Edge treatment: fixed wrong edge depth that cause pulling and tearing in stereo.

I, Frankenstein (2014)

VFX education

3D Animation and Visual Effects Program (Diploma with Honours), major in Visual Effects, Vancouver Film School

Apr 2012 - Apr 2013

Nuke: roto and paint, 2D/3D tracking, camera projections and set extensions, integration;
Maya: modeling, texturing, shading, lighting, animation, rigging, camera projections and set extensions; basic knowledge of Maya fluids and dynamics;
Photoshop: texture painting/preparation.