Teams at Stellar Creative Lab

Develop and maintain Python-based tools, APIs, and user interfaces for digital matte painting, lighting, rendering, and compositing pipelines. Integrate assets and caches from Maya and Houdini into lighting and Nuke compositing workflows, optimize scenes and render performance, troubleshoot technical issues, and support artists. The role also requires documentation, pipeline best practices, and expertise with production renderers, color science, camera projections, and data packaging.

Leads a 3D FX team creating high-quality particle, rigid body, fluid, destruction, smoke, fire, lightning, storm, and explosion simulations for a Marvel Studios series. Responsibilities include mentoring artists, creating complex hero effects, running dailies, bidding shots, assigning work, troubleshooting technical issues, collaborating with pipeline and production teams, and maintaining creative and delivery standards.

Create and animate hand-drawn 2D natural and supernatural effects for a Marvel streaming series, including smoke, fire, water, storms, explosions, and shadows. Collaborate with supervisors, production, CG, and pipeline teams; incorporate feedback; troubleshoot technical issues; improve workflows and toolsets; and share 2D FX animation best practices. Senior artists also conceptualize complex sequences and help establish the department’s visual standards.