Ivanna Mikhaylova

Compositor/Roto and Paint Artist
[email protected] -- (604) 338-4089
ivanna.ca -- IMDb profile
BC resident, authorized to work in Canada for any employer

Industry work experience

Paint and Roto Lead and Artist, Scanline VFX, Vancouver, BC

May 2020 - September 2023

Roto and Paint Lead (August 2021 - September 2023)

• Performed quality control of paint and roto work on internal and external tasks, provided detailed and comprehensive feedback.
• Participated in planning and spotting of work on the shows, estimated roto and paint work on shows.
• Communicated with Production to ensure paint and roto meets deadlines.
• Provided direction and guidance with paint and roto workflows and approaches.
• Mentored new roto and paint artists.

Lead:

The Gray Man (2022)
Nyad (2023)

Assisted as Lead on:

Joker: Folie a Deux (2024)
Avatar: the Last Airbender (Netflix Series, S1)
3 Body Problem (Netflix Series, S1)
Beverly Hills Cop Axel F (2024)
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
Yu Yu Hakusho (TV series S1)
Meg 2: the Trench (2023)
Shadow and Bone (TV Series, S2)

Paint and Roto Artist (May 2020 - September 2021)

• Created clean plates for shots of varying complexity and frame range.
• Character and animation restoration for large FG objects removal.
• Cleaned up shots for virtual production.
• Did beauty cleanup and retouching.
• Rotoscoped.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
The Flash (2023)
The Adam Project (2022)
Moonfall (2022)
The Batman (2022)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Don’t Look Up (2021)
Cowboy Beebop (Netflix Series 2021)
Shang-Chi & the Legend of the 10 Rings (2021)
Reminiscence (2021)
The Nevers (HBO TV Series)

Compositor, CoSA VFX, Vancouver, BC

February 2020 - April 2020

• Composited shots of varying complexity.
• Created clean plates, mattes, and rotoscoped when necessary.

Julie and the Phantoms (S1 E1-E5)

Paint Artist, ILM, Vancouver, BC

January 2020 - February 2020

• Clean plates and tracker removal.

Space Jam 2
Unannounced title

Paint and Roto Artist, CoSA VFX

March 2018 - June 2018

• Created clean plates for shots of varying complexity and frame range (rig and object removals).
• Performed rotoscoping.
• Occasionally did compositing tasks.

Gotham (TV Series)
Lethal Weapon (TV Series)
Westworld (TV Series)
Lucifer (TV Series)
Rosewell, New Mexico (TV Series)
Life Sentence (TV Series)

Roto/Paint Artist, Digital Domain in Vancouver, BC

October 2016 - January 2017, November 2017

• Restored background images by creating clean plates for shots of varying complexity and frame range (camera and rig removals, head removal).
• Rotoscoped (final quality and temp quality tasks as required).

Ready Player One (2018)
The Fate of the Furious (2017)

Compositor, Gener8 in Vancouver, BC

November 2014 - October 2016

• Composited stereo shots and create clean plates, which includes multiple compositing tasks: colour correction, matching grain and focus, matte extraction/keying, roto, 2d/3d tracking and stabilization, projections, paint, warping and transforming elements, etc.
• Made 2d FX renders and practical elements (particles, smokes, flares, etc.) stereo.
• For Jungle Book did blue screen extractions.

The Great Wall (2016)
Suicide Squad (2016)
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Jungle Book (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay - Part 2 (2015)
Pan (2015)
Pixels (2015)
Insurgent (2015)

Compositing Artist at View-D (QC Elements team), Prime Focus World in Vancouver, BC

August 2013 - November 2014

• Re-composited vendor-supplied Nuke comps for View-D purposes while maintaining the quality and authenticity of the original shots, and extract layers for stereo compositing.
• Recreated layers comp from Nuke to Fusion.
• For 2D comps that had native 3D footage but were not comped as stereo comps, adjusted and comped existing Nuke script for the other eye.
• Occasionally assisted View-D paint department in creating clean plates.
• Wrote and illustrated a comprehensive Nuke to Fusion guide used for training new Elements artists.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Noah (2014)
I, Frankenstein (2014)

Compositing Artist at View-D (View-D team), Prime Focus World in Vancouver, BC

Jun 2013 - August 2013

• Built, animated, and composited disparity maps using proprietary tools in Fusion.
• Edge treatment: fixed wrong edge depth that cause pulling and tearing in stereo.

I, Frankenstein (2014)

VFX education

3D Animation and Visual Effects Program (Diploma with Honours), major in Visual Effects, Vancouver Film School

Apr 2012 - Apr 2013

Nuke: roto and paint, 2D/3D tracking, camera projections and set extensions, integration.
Maya: modeling, texturing, shading, lighting, animation, rigging, camera projections and set extensions; basic knowledge of Maya fluids and dynamics.
Photoshop: texture painting/preparation.