M a r t i n -
S a b r a n
Concept Artist /
Matte Painter

Montréal, Québec (CANADA)

email : martin@sabran.net
web site :
www.sabran.net

Born :
1971, Canadian citizen
Spoken and written languages :
French & English

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WORK EXPERIENCE
2011-Today UbiSoft (Montreal)
  -Concept Artist
  Undisclosed project, not yet announced (Environments Concept Arts)
 
2005-
Nov 2010
Digital Dimension (Canada)
 

-Lead Matte painter | 3D Generalist | Concept

  The Spirit (Feature Film)
Red Cliff (Feature Film)
Warrior's Way (Feature Film)
Pink Panther 2 (Feature Film)
The Wind in the Willow (TV)
Ima : Le temps des fleurs (Music video)
The Legend of Secret Pass (Feature film animation, not yet released)

Mortal Kombat 9 (Warner Brothers Game trailers)

FEAR 3 (Warner Brothers Game trailer)
Aragorn's Quest (Warner Brothers : Game trailer)
Florida Anti Smoking
(TV Commercial)
DeusEx 3, (Eidos Montreal : Game Teaser)
 
2006   (Freelance)

Toxine (Short film) / Saddik Film / - Matte Painter
Nature Morte (Short film)
/ TropBeaucoup Films / Matte Painter
Teaching (My CG Artist career process, portfolio pres & matte painting) / La Cité Collégiale (Canadian College, Ottawa)

 

2005-2001

UbiSoft (Montreal)
  MYST IV Revelation (video game) Lead CG artist : Assisting in Art direction, modeling, texture, lighting, final retouch, compositing.
Assassin Creed, trailer (cinematics) CG artist : Modeling.
Prince of persia The Two Thrones, trailer (cinematics) CG artist : Modeling & some matte painting.
FarCry, teaser (cinematics) CG artist : Modeling.
Rainbow Six Lockdown(cinematics) CG artist : Modeling, lighting, rendering, compositing.
Splinter Cell, Chaos Theory (cinematics & tutorial videos) CG artist : Modeling, texture, lighting, compositing.
Splinter Cell (cinematics) CG artist : Modeling, texture, lighting, compositing.

2001-2000

4 Elements Studios
  CG artist generalist (Game cinematics)
  Shifters of Might & Magic | Army Men | Army Men: Sarge's Heroes | Army Men: Green Rogue | Portal Runner |
Dukes of Hazzard II
|
Apocalypse Mall
| High Heat Baseball 2001
| Pandemic Volleyball

2000

A2M, Artificial Mind & Movement
  CG artist- The Grinch (PS1 video game cinematic) | Ferris the Ferret (prototype)
2000-1998 PTM Public Technologies Multimedia (later called MVM)
  CG Team Lead Artist- My Virtual Model, Astral, Loto-Québec
1998-1997 Téquila communication design Inc. Graphic | Graphic designer (freelance)

1998-1995

Copies Ressources E.L. Inc. (digital print center) | Digital Printing Production Manager | Mac & PC printing service
1997 Patrix Communication & Marketing | Graphic designer (freelance)
1994-93 Confederation Life (insurance company) | Teaching :Graphic design software (freelance)
1994-93 Copies Select Jean-Talon (printing center) | Graphic designer
   
1995-90 Canadian Air Forces Reserve, National Defence - Officer :
  B Class Air force reservist Officier from 1990-'95
('93-
'95) Instruction Officer (93-95) Lieutenant Rank, BFC Bagotville, BFC Montreal Longue-Pointe
(92-93)
Chief Training Officer
- Second Lieutenant Rank,
(90-92)
Supply Officer
- Second Lieutenant Rank.
   
   
TOOLS

3D : XSI - ZBrush - Vue Xstream - Maya - 3DSMax - Body Paint
2D : Photoshop - Painter - Illustrator
Compositing & Other : After Effect - Dreamweaver - QuarkXPress


EDUCATION

1999 : Maya Intensive training | BAGH Tehnologies
1995 - 96 : CG Animation | ICARI Inc.
1993 - 94 : Graphic design | Collège d'Ahuntsic
1990 - 93 : Fine Art | Collège du Vieux Montréal
1988 - 90 : Computer Science | Collège du Vieux Montréal

1983 - 1988 : High School Diploma | Collège Mont-Royal


OTHER QUALIFICATION

-Lieutenant Qualification Training | Canadian Air Forces Reserve (1993)
-Elementary Officer Qualification Training | Canadian Air Forces Reserve (1990)
-Survival training For Aircrew Training (1990)
-First-Aid Urgency certificate (from 1989-95)



PERSONNAL INTEREST

Art : Digital painting, Clay modeling, Wood and Sculpey sculpting, oil & acrylic painting.
Activities : Traveling*, camping, orientering, badminton.
Others : Movies, Graphic novel, Gaming (Flight simulators, Adventure/puzzle games, FPS).

* Cambodia, Thailand, Israel, Jordan, Paris, US.


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