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  • CV
  • "Happyfication" :: Coke
    Director: Todd Mueller + Kylie Matulick
    CG Supervisor: Kyle Cassidy
    Role: Lighting, Texturing, Shading Networks, Precomp, Rendering, Look Development

    Short film [6min.30sec] produced at Psyop to which I contributed as a cg artist. Produced for Wieden + Kennedy on behalf of Coca Cola.
    Animation, Advertising, Computer Animation
    2011
  • "Little Helpers" :: Target
    Editor: Kirk Baxter
    VFX Supervisor: Andy McKenna, A52
    Role: Lead Hair & Cloth Artist :: Lighter/Look Dev :: CG Generalist

    30-second spot produced for Target via a52, a visual effects production company. Created for the 2012 holiday season. Ryan McDougal served as lead hair and cloth artist, while also lighting and rendering various shots and performing other cg generalist tasks as necessary on a per asset and per shot basis.
    Advertising, Animation, Visual Effects
    2012
  • "Raid" :: Arrowhead Water
    Director: Andy Hall
    CG Supervisor: Max Ulichney
    Role: Sr. Look Development Artist :: Lighter :: CG Generalist

    Commercial spot created at A52 for campaign promoting Arrowhead Sparkling Water. Ryan McDougal served as a senior look dev artist, while also lighting, shading and rendering various shots and performing other cg generalist tasks as necessary on a per asset and per shot basis.
    Animation, Look Development, Advertising
    2011
  • "The Shipment" :: Arrowhead Water
    Director: Andy Hall, Elastic
    CG Supervisor: Max Ulichney
    Role: Sr. Look Development Artist :: Lighter :: CG Generalist

    Commercial spot created at A52 for campaign promoting Arrowhead Sparkling Water.
    Animation, Advertising, Character Design
    2011
  • Alice in Wonderland
    A selection of shots from the HD sequence that I oversaw as the sequence supervisor on behalf of CafeFx and Sony Pictures Imageworks. In addition to leading a team of artists both aesthetically and technically, I also served as the lead lighter on the sequence.

    abbreviated credits:
    (Full Credits available at IMDB)

    Director: Tim Burton
    VFx Supervisor, SPI : Ken Ralston
    Digital Effects Supervisor, SPI : Seth Maury
    CG Supervisor, SPI : Terrance Tornberg
    Comp Supervisor: Orin Green
    Sequence Supervisor: Ryan McDougal
    FX Lead: Sam Khorshid
    Comp Lead: Rich Grande
    Computer Animation, Digital Art, Film
    2013
  • "End of the world" :: ShockTop
    VFX Supervisor: Andy McKenna
    Role: CG Supervisor :: Look Development, Lighting & Texturing

    One in a series of commercials for shocktop beer. Various look development and cg work that was contributed to this project is showcased.
    Advertising, Visual Effects, Animation
    2012
  • "Tech World" :: Lexus
    Director: Patrick Murphy
    CG Supervior: Max Ulichney
    Role: Interim CG Supervisor :: Shading Development, Lighting & Modeling

    30 second spot for Lexus. Produced at A52. Primarily Ryan McDougal served as a technical director and interim CG supervisor for this spot.
    Advertising, Branding, Visual Effects
    2012
  • Olympic Spots :: Visa
    VFX Supervisor: Andy McKenna
    CG Supervisor: Kirk Shintani
    Role: Sr. Look Development Artist :: Lighter :: Texture Artist :: Compositor :: Some Fluid Work (additional splashes)

    A pair of commercial spots for Visa in celebration/promotion of their Olympic sponsorships. Ryan McDougal served as the lead lighter and look dev artist for this spot, while primarily focusing on the shots involving Michael Phelps.
    Advertising, Computer Animation, Digital Art
    2012
  • "Float" :: Zune
    Director: Ryan Dunn, Vitamin
    Lead Designer: Elliot Lim
    Role: Sole Character Animator :: Sole Character Rigger

    60-second spot for the Microsoft Zune produced on behalf of 72andSunny. Served as sole, character animator and rigger on the spot.
    Animation, Advertising
    2011
  • "The Lab" :: Arrowhead Water
    Director: Andy Hall, Elastic
    CG Supervisor: Max Ulichney
    Role: Sr. Look Development Artist :: Lighter :: CG Generalist

    Commercial spot created at A52 for campaign promoting Arrowhead Sparkling Water.
    Animation, Advertising, Character Design
    2011
  • "The Drop" :: Arrowhead Water
    Director: Andy Hall, Elastic
    CG Supervisor: Max Ulichney
    Role: Sr. Look Development Artist :: Lighter :: CG Generalist

    Commercial spot created at A52 for campaign promoting Arrowhead Sparkling Water.
    Advertising, Animation, Character Design
    2011
  • "Follow the Bird" :: Aerie
    Director: Ryan Dunn
    Lead Designer: Elliot Lim
    Role: CG Supervisor :: Animator, Modeler, Rigger & Layout Artist

    60-second spot complete while at Vitamin.
    Ryan McDougal served as CG Supervisor and also filled the roles of Sole Animator, Layout Artist, Rigger and Modeler for the project.
    Produced for Aerie, an American Eagle brand.
    Animation, Advertising, Art Direction
    2011
  • Cool Whip
    Director & Lead Flame: David Parker
    Role: Sole CG Artist :: Animation, Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Lighting, Rigging, Compositing

    :: 15-second motion test for a pitch.
    :: all visual elements created by Ryan McDougal
    :: owned by Psyop, all rights reserved.
    Animation, Advertising, Art Direction
    2011
  • French Olympics
     
    Animation, Illustration, Concept Developme
    2009
  • "Sonata" :: Short Film
    Short film
    Role: Director, Writer, artist

    :: produced as a final thesis while at Vancouver Film School.
    :: responsible for all elements from script to screen.
    Animation, Character Design, Directing
    2012
  • "Bottoms Up" :: Short Film
    Short film.

    Director : Elliot Lim.
    Music : Andrew Duncan.
    3D : Ryan McDougal

    :: Description : a poor fellow is led to his unexpected demise by some shifty characters.
    :: only worked on the two final hero shots of the victim pill
    :: matched 2D aesthetic with 3D model
    :: character modeling, animation, texturing & rendering
    Animation, Computer Animation, Design
    2011
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