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ARTIST DESCRIPTION...

starno computer Frederic St-Arnaud (starno.net) is a visual effect artist with 15 years of experience, focusing on high-end photo-realistic digital Matte Painting (also known as Matte Art or Digimatte), set extension and concept art in the film industry. Art direction, team supervision and teaching became recently new fields of interest. Mixing technical and artistic skills, St-Arnaud has contributed to many feature films, commercials television and a TV series. His film credits include Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Race, Babel, Silent Hill, Sin City, Sky captain and the world of tomorrow, Once upon a time in Mexico, Spy kids 2 & 3, The Golden Compass which won the best visual effects Academy Awards in 2008 and more.

St-Arnaud originally intended to pursue his life as a movie make-up effects artist while in his teens, until the first important computer generated visual effects appeared on screens such as Terminator 2 and Toy Story. After studying Fine Arts and Communication Arts at Laval University, he moved to Montreal (Canada) in 1997 to study 3D animation and traditional cartoon. He began his career as a storyboard artist and character animator. In 2001, he decided to become a texture artist to finally end-up in digital matte painting and concept art field.

STATUS...

Not available for freelance work at the moment. Freelancing is possible when the day to day regular work become less intense and less time consuming. Otherwise, evenings and week-ends are important moments to get rest and doing something else.

CONTACT / EMAIL...

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FILMOGRAPHY

2011:	Red Tails Matte Painting Supervisor (22 shots)	3 Musketeers Matte Painting Supervisor (35 shots)	Jack the giant killer Matte Painting Supervisor (7 shots)	Mirror Mirror Lead Matte Painter (7 shot)
2010:	Immortals Matte Painting Supervisor (27 shots)	Rango Digital Matte Artist (2 shots)	Resident Evil 4 Matte Painting Supervisor (44 shots)	Twilight: Eclipse Concept Artist (3 shots)
2009:	Terminator Salvation Digital Matte Artist (11 shots)	Amelia Digital Matte Artist (3 shots)	Jonah Hex Lead Matte Painter (7 shots)	10 1/2 Matte Painter (1 shot)
2008:	Indiana Jones and the Kgd of the Crystal Skull Digital Matte Artist (5 shots)	The Day the Earth Stood Still Digital Matte Artist (2 shots)	Mr. Nobody Matte Painter (23 shots)	Death Race Matte Painter (2 shots)	The Greatest Journey - Journey to Mecca Matte Painter (4 shots)	Changing Times - Les Temps Changent Matte Painter (17 shots)
2007:	The Golden Compass Matte Painter (10 shots)	Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D Matte Painter (8 shots)	Mr Magorium Wonder Emporium Matte Painter (3 shots)	The legend of Secret Pass Matte Painter Supervisor (128 shots)	Race to Mars Matte Painter Supervisor (63 shots)	Mars Rising Matte Painter (1 shot)
2006-2005:	Babel Matte Painter (1 shot)	Silent Hill Matte Painter (2 shots)	Sin City Concept Artist / Matte Painter (32 shots)	Sharkboy and Lavagirl Concept Artist (61 shots)	The Covenant Matte Painter (21 shots)	Wind in the Willows Matte Painting Supervisor (33 shots)
2004-2003:	Sky captain and the world of tomorrow Matte Painter (1 shot)	Racing Stripes Concept Artist (23 shots)	Spy Kids 3 Game over Concept Artist / Matte Painter (36 shots)	The Last Sign Matte Painter (2 shots)	Nouvelle France Matte Painter (2 shots)	A different Loyalty Generic Artist (1 shot)
2002-99-98:	Once upon a time in Mexico 3D Artist (22 shots)	Spy Kids 2 - the island of lost dreams Concept Artist / Character Animator (27 shots)	Napoleon An Epic Life 3D Artist (5 shots)	The adventures of the young Jules Verne Storyboard Artist (144 shots)	Legend of Sleepy Hollow Matte Painter (1 shot)

WORK EXPERIENCE

> Matte Painting Supervisor

Rodeo FX (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2010 to Present (1 year 11 months) Montreal, Canada Area

> Concept Art Teacher - Environment Design Teacher

Centre NAD - UQAC (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
January 2011 - Present (11 months) Montreal, Canada Area

> Digital Matte Painter

Rodeo FX (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 2007 to December 2009 (2 years 6 months) Montreal, Canada Area

> Matte Painting Teacher

UQAT University (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)
November 2009 to December 2009 (2 months)

> Concept Artist

War of God Production - Los Angeles
March 2009 to March 2009 (1 month)

> Digital Matte Painter

Mokko Studio (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2007 to December 2007 (10 months)

> Digital Matte Painter

Meteor Studios (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 2007 to August 2007 (2 months)

> Matte Painting Supervisor

Digital Dimension (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
November 2005 to July 2007 (1 year 9 months)

> Artistic Director / Teacher / Matte Painter Consultant

Alpha-Vision (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)
June 2005 to October 2006 (1 year 5 months)

> Digital Matte Painter

FX Cartel
August 2006 to September 2006 (2 months)

> Digital Matte Painter

Intelligent Creatures (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2006 to April 2006 (2 months)

> Digital Matte Painter / Concept Artist / Texture artist

Hybride Technologies (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
December 2001 to May 2005 (3 years 6 months)

> Character Animator

Fly Studio (Privately Held; 15-40 employees; TV Commercial Industry)
September 1999 to December 2001 (2 years 4 months)

> Character Animator / Concept Artist / 3D Generalist

Enzyme (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
September 1999 to September 1999 (1 month)

> Character Animator / Concept Artist

Klik Animation (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 1998 to August 1999 (1 year 1 month)

> Character Animator / 3D Artist

Tube Image (Privately Held; 20-100 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 1998 to August 1998 (2 months)

> Storyboard Artist

Jules Verne Production
August 1997 to December 1997 (5 months)

> Storyboard Artist / Layout / Posing Artist

Cinar Animation (Privately Held; 250-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 1997 to February 1997 (2 months)

EDUCATION

2006: Matte painting Master Class by Yanick Dusseault (NAD Center - UQAC, Montreal, Canada)
1997: Cartoon Animation and 3D intensive program at ICARI (Montreal, Canada)
1996: One year of Communication Arts at Universite Laval (Quebec City, Canada)
1995: College of Fine Arts at Cegep de Sainte-Foy (Quebec City, Canada)
1992-94: Polyvalente Le Boise (Victoriaville, Canada)

HONORS AND AWARDS

2012: VES Awards 2012 - Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture in the movie Rango staring Johny Depp
2011: Keynote Speaker at NSCC Nova Scotia Animedia Festival April 2011
2009: Silver Honour at Campaign's Big Awards 2009 for the illustration Finantial Times -St-Bernard
2009: Silver Honour at The Creative Circle 2009 for the illustration Finantial Times -St-Bernard
2009: Conference Speaker at School Design of UQAM University for the program Graphic Design and Culture
2008: Academy Award 2008 for Best Visual Effects in the movie The Golden Compass
2008: BAFTA 2008 Award (British Academy Film Awards) for Special Visual Effects in the movie The Golden Compass
2008: Speaker at the ADAPT Montreal Conference 2008
2008: Coverpage artist of the book D'artiste Matte Painting II from Ballistic Publishing
2007: Award Winner at Pixel Theory 3D with the artworks "Decline of Babel myth" and "bear vs. hiker"
2007: Excellence Award at 3Dtotal with the artwork "Decline of Babel myth"
2006: Excellence Nomination Award for the book EXPOSE 4 with the artworks "Tourism on Venus" and "Time Square"
2005: CG Elite on www.CGchannel.com
2005: Award Winner in the book EXPOSE 3
2003: Award Winner at CGsociety with the artwork "Waterfall Castle"
2002: Award Winner of the Graphika Awards Contest 2002 with the Fly Studio team
1997: Canada's Teletoon Animation Scholarship Award Finalist

RESUME

Download the latest resume.doc

PUBLICATIONS

Tout avec Photoshop Matte Painting (France)	Starno Art Booklet (Canada)
AkzoNobel Magazine Issue #8 (Netherlands)	Zupi Magazine Issue 01 (Brazil)	Imagine FX March 2010 (UK)	PSD Magazine April 2009 (France)	Die Worte der Schopfung (Germany)	3D FX Magazine November 2008 (Canada)
D'artiste Matte Painting (Australia)	Journal Voir Montreal August 2008 (Canada)	2D Artist Magazine Issue 32 (UK)	Digital Art Masters Volume 3 (UK)	PSD Matte Painting (Korea)	Journal La Nouvelle Janvier 2009 (Canada)
Digital Painting 2 (Australia)	PSD Magazine Psd01 2008 (France)	X Fun Magazine (Taiwan)	3D World Exhibition August 2007 (UK)	CG Chosen August 2007 (USA)	Expose 5 (Australia)
2D Artist Mag January 2006 (UK)	60 Unite for Children APAG Editions(France)	2D Artist Mag Issue 26 (US)	Expose 3 (Australia)	Mark Brandis Delta VII(Germany)	National Geographic August 2000(USA)

INTERVIEW SELECTION

Khuantru.com Interview Interview August 6 2011	SWL Interview October 15 2010	Art-Spire Interview December 23 2009	CG Arena Interview October 30 2009
CG Tantra Interview Janurary 13 2009	Quiver Interview June 20 2009	Templates.com Interview September 2 2008	FX Mogul Interview July 8 2009
CG Society Interview Janurary 5 2007	3D Total Interview May 10 2005	CG Underground Interview September 23 2006	CG Networks Interview July 24 2006
Reality Distorted featuring work July 6 2011	Slixart featuring Starno Booklet February 20 2011	Sci Fi Short Story Featuring work Issue #8 (Netherlands)

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