Christopher Macwana

Devised and executed a thorough workflow pipeline, alongside detailed documentation, for advanced tools like ZivaRT and ZivaVFx, strategically tailored for integration into gaming, visual effects (VFx), and specialized product environments. Created assets for demonstrations featuring the capabilities of ZivaVfx and ZivaRT tools at Siggraph 2023, highlighting the stylized character Nova the cat and providing supplementary support for the Samir Ziva Real-Time project

• Formulated and implemented comprehensive workflow pipeline, documentation for cutting-edge tools such as Zoa, ZivaRT, and ZivaVFx, tailored for deployment in gaming, visual effects (VFx), and specialized products. Notable collaborations include projects with industry leaders such as Nike, Insomniac Games, Edios, and Kojima Productions. Additionally, orchestrated demonstrations showcasing these tools at prestigious events such as Siggraph 2022-2023

• Creating Character/Creature Rigs of in House feature film 'Mirlo'
• Developing Auto Rig Tool using Python and Maya Api
• Supervising and Quality check the Character Rig provided by Vendors
• Implementation and RND of using new Software in Pipeline like Qualoth, Houdini Vellum, Ziva Dynamics etc
• Assisting in creating pipeline for Character/Creature Workflow.

• Helped in completing the character rig.

• Several Birds Hero Rigs
• Crowd Characters.

• Elephant Muscles Setup Creation and Skin Simulation Rnd using Ziva Dynamics.

• Rig Setup of digi Double Hellboy, Baba Yaga Facial setup
• Rig setup of Baba Yaga
• Chicken Leg and its House Rig setup
• Tech Anim Setup for BabaYaga
• Tree Rig and Dynamic setup.

• Prop rig, misc Props rig.

• Digi double Rigging of main Hero (Rajnikant)
• Crowd Character rig creation
• Bird and Claw Rig
• Vehicle rig creation.

• Complex Wings Set up, which should be able to flap and fold
• Sprouting of Wings
• Rig base Ice approach
• All the ice formation shot was done by me.

• Creating character and props Rigs for the show
• Mechanical Robots Rig
• Golaem Rig for FX Department.

• Worked as rigging support and Did several Tech anim shot, which involved muscle firing, Jiggle, skin Simulation and Fur sim.

• Responsible for creating rig for characters both human and animals (mainly horse and elephants) in Voodoo
• Creating Golaem Rigs for FX department for crowd
• Creating Tech Rig for cloth simulation for main characters.

• Character and Prop Rigs
• Golaem Rig for FX Department
• Tech Rig for simulation
• Worked on number of shot for tech anim.

• Developing and helping Creature Muscle System and Skin Sim setup for Team
• Involved in making Fur Simulation rig and setup
• RnD and Creating interactive Foliage System
• Interacting with the oversea VFX Supervisor and passing info to Team.

• Rigging Artist
• The Marvel Experience (Ride Film): Special Venue Project
• This was first project where we had to create rigs in Voodoo and having more number of character.

• First project to rig a character in Voodoo after getting training from Matt Derksen
• My responsibility was Facial setup and Simulation.

• Involved in creating lizard rig
• Character Match Move rig.

• Created the rigs for Main Character
• Overlooking rigging team involved in this project.

• Many Character were reused
• Was overlooking into this project as a lead rigger.

• Responsible for creating Bull Rig
• Muscle firing, Jiggle and Skin Sim for the shots.

• Supervising the team of riggers for this show.

• Creating Workflow for reusable rig for all characters.

• Worked Under VFX supervisor Samir Hoon
• Created setup for transforming Digi double Character into Creature
• RnD vein propagation
• Animated a shot of vein propagation.

• Rigged digi doubles and Car
• Car transformation rig.

• Lead Rigger responsible for body setup
• RnD on new facial setup at that time comprising of joints and Blendshape
• Lead team of rigger to complete this project.

• Involved in creating body rig and facial setup.

• Involved in creating rig for the characters
• Part of the team in developing the rig setup.

• Created the rig for the main Chub chub characters
• Challenging part was the teeth roll at that time.

• Was involved in test shot through which we got Tinkerbell movie series.