{"id":627,"date":"2012-07-07T18:22:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T23:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/?p=627"},"modified":"2013-02-16T13:36:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T18:36:23","slug":"caius-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/caius-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Caius Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who is Caius Wong?<\/h3>\n

A Brief History of Caius Wong<\/h5>\n

Snoopy. \u00a0Garfield. \u00a0Bloom County. \u00a0Who knew emulating my favorite childhood art, as a youngin’, would ultimately direct my path to where I am now? \u00a0Some form of art has always been part of my life be it vocal\/instrumental\/oil\/pen&pencil, but<\/p>\n

\"cw_gettysburg_sm\"<\/a>it was the Disney film “Beauty and the Beast” (specifically the ballroom scene) that solidified my route to 3D. \u00a0Seeing how they integrated the 3D ballroom scene with 2D fascinated me.<\/p>\n

Twists and turns come with life, but the key is learning how to roll with them. Brief synopsis: Coming from a large family, attending one of the high-standing art schools wasn’t in the cards for me financially so a state school it was. \u00a0My parents thought I’d literally become a starving artist! \u00a0It was time well spent, though, honing personal and traditional skills, but after graduating it took a while to find a job to get my career going. \u00a0I eventually hooked up with a startup company (character modeling), in Chicago, that led to a job at a game studio (character\u00a0animation)\u00a0before finding my way to a staff 3D web job, in NY. \u00a0This ultimately led to becoming a 3D freelancer where I live student loan free (thank you cheaper state school), with my wife and our chubby dog.\"cw_burgerking_sm\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What I do:<\/h5>\n

Generalist”\u00a0<\/em>is the term tossed around. \u00a0I never wanted to be pigeon-holed with a single skill and work hard to keep developing my skill SETS. \u00a0Base application –\u00a0I may do some lighting work in Maya once in a while to pay the bills, but 3D Studio Max has always been my choice app. \u00a0Besides the number of great modeling tools in Max, I enjoy using ZBrush<\/p>\n

\"cw_timberland_sm\"<\/a>and Mudbox which take me back to the days of sculpting back in school. \u00a03D modeling is what first received my attention, but my curiosity of other aspects is what challenged me to develop the rest.<\/p>\n

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Texture and Shader development\/creation seemed to come naturally with modeling. \u00a0It’s pretty satisfying to create a great shader to help sell a well-built model. \u00a0But the sale isn’t complete without good lighting. \u00a0I’ve done a number of jobs where I either have to match the lighting of the backplate footage, or just to create the overall mood of a creative design. \u00a0Optimization is key for the quick turnarounds agencies\/studios \"cw_parmalat_sm\"<\/a>demand so it’s good to know the tricks.<\/div>\n
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The fun side of being a generalist is having a hand on many phases whether it be animating characters\/objects, rigging characters to animate, blowing up objects to render management setting up shots for compositors. \u00a0I typically am asked to lead a 3D team\/project, or to focus on one particular aspect. \u00a0At one moment I’m helping create a commercial, the next elements for a broadcast show to developing videos\/elements for the web – it’s all part of the fun.\u00a0 With the boutique studios you have to be a chameleon adapting very quickly.<\/div>\n
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Despite all my hard work, I do feel I’ve been lucky to be in the position I am. \u00a0I’ve been able to work and learn simultaneously, with good people, who share ideas and know their craft well. \u00a0This industry is a constant education. \u00a0Keeping up with the latest advances while trying to maintain a family isn’t the easiest, but is very rewarding. \u00a0Stepping back and spending time each year to travel is my solution and recommendation to others for relaxation. \u00a0Next up –\u00a0further\u00a0developing my FX knowledge and Mari.<\/div>\n
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Caius's Website<\/h3>

Go there Now!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Linkedin<\/h3>

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Who is Caius Wong? A Brief History of Caius Wong Snoopy. \u00a0Garfield. \u00a0Bloom County. \u00a0Who knew emulating my favorite childhood art, as a youngin’, would ultimately direct my path to where I am now? \u00a0Some form of art has always been part of my life be it vocal\/instrumental\/oil\/pen&pencil, but it was the Disney film “Beauty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aspg"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CW_AS04-940x390.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2126,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions\/2126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}