British
Professional experience
September 2017 - April 2018
Bait Studio; Cardiff, UK - Matte painter & Concepts
Matte painting:
Apostle
Using: Photoshop
July 2018 - August 2018
Absolute Post; London, UK - Matte painter
Matte painting:
Ford commercial
Using: Photoshop
October 2016 - May 2017
The Senate; Twickenham, UK - Senior matte painter
Matte painting:
Kingsman 2 - The Golden Circle
Mute
Using: Photoshop
June 2016 - August 2016
Framestore; London, UK - Senior matte painter
Matte painting:
Mars - a series for National Geographic
Using: Photoshop
February 2016 - June 2016
ArabTeleMedia, Amman, Jordan - Matte painter
Matte painting:
Malik Bin Al Rayb
Using: Photoshop
July 2015 - December 2015
Milk VFX, London, UK - Matte painter
Matte painting:
Dr. Who (series 9, episode 11)
Beowulf (series 1, episodes 1,3,4,5,6,7,11 & 12)
+ concepts for undisclosed project
Using: Photoshop
April 2015 - May 2015
MPC Commercials, London, UK - Concept Artist
Character & Environment concepts for the 2015
John Lewis Christmas TV commercial
September 2014 - February 2015
NVizible, London, UK - Senior matte painter
Matte painting:
Halo
Legend
Absolutely Anything
Using: Photoshop
May 2014 - September 2014
Prime Focus, London, UK - Senior matte painter
Matte painting:
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Using: Photoshop
March - April 2014
October 2013 - Present
swift-art.net - Independent artist
Matte painting:
The Anomaly
Concept pitch for undisclosed project
Framestore, London, UK - Senior matte painter
Matte painting:
Dracula
Using: Photoshop, Nuke
July - September 2013
July - September 2013
October 2012 - February 2013
April - October 2012
September 2009 - April 2012
Double Negative, London, UK - Senior matte painter
Matte painting:
Thor: The Dark World
Using: Photoshop, Nuke
Cinesite; London, UK - Senior matte painter
Concept matte painting:
Black Skies
Matte painting:
Jack Ryan
300: Rise of an Empire
Using: Photoshop, Nuke
Pixomondo; London, UK - Senior matte painter
Matte painting:
Star Trek - Into Darkness
Game of Thrones - Season 3
Using: Photoshop, Nuke
Framestore; London, UK - Senior matte painter
Matte painting:
47 Ronin
Using: Photoshop
Cinesite; London, UK - Senior matte painter
Character/Effects concepts:
Bond -Skyfall
The Chronicles of Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Marmaduke
Paddington Bear
Concept matte painting:
Clash of the Titans
John Carter
Matte painting:
World War Z
X Men - First Class
John Carter
The Chronicles of Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Clash of the Titans
Leap Year
Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time
Pollen
Using: Photoshop, Nuke, Maya
February 2008 - September 2009
Framestore; London, UK - Lead & Senior matte painting roles
Concept artist & Lead Matte Painter:
Australia
Matte painting:
Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time
Sherlock Holmes
Where the Wild Things Are
Bond - Quantum of Solace
Batman - The Dark Knight
Wanted
Textures:
Avatar
Where the Wild Things Are
Using: Photoshop, Maya, Body Paint
May - June 2008
March 2004 - November 2007
Framestore CFC, New York - Senior matte painter
Matte paintings for TimeWarner - "Smallworld" commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryyaEVFmfgk
Using: Photoshop
The Moving Picture Company, London, UK - Matte painter
Matte painting:
The Kingdom of Heaven
Harry Potter - Goblet of Fire
(DMPs of Hogwarts and maze sequences)
Sunshine (all "into the sun" DMPs shown in film)
Poseidon
Elisabeth - The Golden Age
Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Made of Honor
The Other Boleyn Girl
& various commercials
Textures:
Alexander
Poseidon
Sweeney Todd
Using: Photoshop, Maya, Deep Paint
May 2002 - December 2003
Weta Digital, Wellington, New Zealand - Texture Artist
Senior 2D artist:
Lord of the Rings, Two Towers.
Texture painting:
Lord of the Rings, Return of the King.
Using: Photoshop, Studio Paint
July - August 2001
Starlab NV/SA, Brussels, Belgium - Designer/Illustrator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlab
Illustrations for a project proposal made to a consortium
of toy manufacturers.
Using: Photoshop & a pencil.
April 1999 - October 2001
1996 - 1999
1995 - 1996
H5B5 Media, Munich, Germany - Matte Painter
Matte painting:
Ice Planet
Welt der Wunder
Using: Photoshop, After Effects
LEGO A/S, SPU Darwin, Billund, Denmark
Texture Artist for 'Smartscene'
(Realtime virtual LEGO village created for Siggraph '96 - New Orleans).
Concept artist & Interface designer on LEGO 'Mindstorms' software
- for the first programmable plastic brick robot set.
In house illustration.
Shorthand interpretation & visualisation sketches for LEGO
'Mindstorms' software.
Using: Photoshop, Alias¦Wavefront
Revolution Software, York, UK
Background painting for 'Broken Sword' ('Circle of Blood' in US)
on Playstation.
Company 'Revolution' calligraphic logo design.
http://revolution.co.uk/
Tools used: Photoshop
1994 - 1995
Education
1989 - 1992
January - August 1991
1988 - 1989
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication.
BA (hons) Graphic Design
Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle (Ensci)
Erasmus Scheme exchange to the Paris Industrial design school
Loughborough College of Art
Foundation in art with a hard emphasis on drawing.
Rawlins school, Loughborough.
A Levels in Art, French & Psychology
'Foreign Languages at Work Scheme': French
(Sponsored by London Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
Languages
Fluent: English, French
Tourist: Italian
Also:
2006 - Present
Amblimation, London, UK
Ink & Paint artist on animated feature, 'Balto'.
Using: Toonz on SGI
swift-art.net
My own company - Set up to provide matte painting, illustration
and graphic services.
(www.swift-art.net)
Some projects amongst several:
Matte painting for film 'The Anomaly'
(for Virtual Mattes & Lipsinc)
Matte painting for BBC series ‘Dr. Who’
(for Virtual Mattes & Milk)
Matte painting for series ‘Mankind: Story of All of Us’
(for Virtual Mattes)
Matte painting for series ‘Spartacus’
(for Pacific Renaissance Spartacus LTD)
Matte painting for film ‘Ironclad’
(for Virtual Mattes)
Matte paintings for the BBC's ‘Lost Cities of the Ancients -
The Cursed Valley of the Pyramids’ episode.
(for Clarke Associates)
Matte painting for ‘Sometimes the Moon is Velvet’, a short
film by Tom Phillips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YdMnioplYQ
Extensive scientific book illustrations of beetles for
‘Ciasognathinae of the Andes’
http://www.taitapublishers.cz/the-chiasognathinae-of-the
-andes/?id=22
Matte painting for "War Machine", a short film by Lee Sullivan.
http://homepage.mac.com/lees/site/filmography
/warmachine/WM_index_en.html
Background Colourist for on the upcoming
‘Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse Adventure’
New background screens on updated version of
‘Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut’,
for Wii platform, (originally released for Playstation in '96).
http://revolution.co.uk/
Artwork for Dom Lambert Creative
http://domlambertcreative.com
Name
David Swift
Nationality
Referees
Their contact details can be provided upon request
Danny Boyle - film director
(Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire etc.)
Tom Wood - vfx supervisor
(Sunshine, Kingdom of Heaven, Prince of Persia etc.)
Lee Sulliuvan - CG Supervisor, Baseblack
John F Schlag - vfx supervisor on Ice Planet pilot.
Software development at ILM on
Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, Forest Gump
