Since May 03, 1994
Carlos Tacón Fernández
Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
www.carlosjtacon.com
carlosjtacon@gmail.com
I like art, design, culture, storytelling and technology so I thought VFX would be a good idea. Versatile, highly motivated, responsible, and fast-learner. Technical and creative mind.
Lighting · Environments · Lookdev · Scene Assembly · Layout · Scripting · Software Development
Texturing · Photogrammetry · Compositing · Cinematography · Photography
Modeling · UV Mapping · Digital Matte Paiting
Python · C/C++ · Java · Web
Maya · Arnold · VRay · 3DEqualizer · Mari · Substance Painter · Substance Designer · Houdini · Nuke · SpeedTree · MASH · Metashape · RV · Afanasy · Deadline · FTrack · Shotgun · Linux · Windows · macOS
Spanish · Native Speaker
English · Professional C1
French · Basic A2
January 2023 - Current Role
Lighting Lead + Pipeline Tools Developer
Show lighting and team management, helping solving problems and lighting sequences. Pipeline tools and workflows USD and Houdini Solaris.
Ghost VFX · London, United Kingdom
Star Trek: Discovery (S05) · Uglies (TBA) · Render Submitter (Standalone tool written in Python and QT to submit shots to the farm)
January 2022 - January 2023
Environments Technical Director
Environments, Procedural workflows, Scattering, Lookdev, Lighting
Framestore · London, United Kingdom
Moon Knight (S01) · Civil War (2024) · His Dark Materials (S03) · Mickey 17 (TBA)
May 2019 - December 2021
Visual Effects Artist
Lighting, Lookdev, Generalist, Environments, Procedural workflows
GhostVFX · Copenhagen, Denmark
Star Wars: The Mandalorian (S01) · Locke and Key (S01) · Star Trek: Discovery (S03 / S04) · Star Trek: Picard (S01) · For All Mankind (S02) · Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (S01)
August 2019 - August 2020 (1 week each year)
Visual Effects Teacher: Proffessional Training Course
Introduction to VFX, Introduction to Maya, Color Management, Pipeline
The Animation Workshop · Viborg, Denmark
January 2019 - May 2019
Visual Effects Artist
VFX Generalist & Pipeline Tools Software Developer (Python)
The Animation Workshop · Viborg, Denmark
Augmented Short Film (TBA)
May 2018 - July 2018
Unreal Engine Plugin Development
Tool for Procedural Generation of 3D Environments
Computer Science Degree - Thesis Project · Madrid, Spain
November 2014 - Octover 2017
Backend & Frontend Web Developer
Morfilms App | University R&D Group | CGI Spain · Madrid, Spain
September 2018 - December 2018
Visual Effects Proffessional Training
The Animation Workshop · Viborg, Denmark
September 2012 - July 2018
Computer Science University Degree
Alcalá University · Madrid, Spain
September 2016 - June 2017
Cinematography and New Media Course
Transforming Arts Institute · Madrid, Spain
Arnold Fastrack · Elephant VFX
Introduction to Digital Colour Theory · FXPHD
VFX Foundations I & II · FXPHD