The Expanse

The Expanse is a sci-fi television show set in space. It’s a great feeling to be able to push my skills from cartoons to VFX.

My role on this project was to work with the compositors and other members of the lighting team to create realistic and convincing CG assets and lighting.

My tasks on this project were to:

• create realistic shaders and lighting to blend CG assets with live action footage

• model VFX props and elements

• light and render numerous shots per day to meet tight production schedules

• optimize the lighting pipeline by building lighting rigs that could easily be imported and adjusted based on lighting direction of the scene, minimizing the time to light each scene

• work with compositors to define required render passes to make compositing easier and more efficient.