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Irena Šmitáková
Irena Šmitáková
Matte Painting Supervisor & Env Generalist @ Goodbye Kansas
London, United Kingdom
irena.smitakova@gmail.com

Summary

I am a Matte Painting Supervisor, Environment Artist and freelance Concept Artist working for Goodbye Kansas Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. I joined VFX industry in 2017 and had the opportunity to work on amazing projects like Shogun, The Lion King, Star Wars: Andor, Call of the Wild, Good Omens, and many more film, TV and cinematic projects

Feel free to check out some of my photography too: https://www.instagram.com/framed_pixels_47/

Publications
VFXCZ: http://vizualniefekty.cz/interview-irena-smitakova-matte-painter/
ART OF VFX (mention): https://www.artofvfx.com/rebecca-murray-barber-vfx-supervisor-co-founder-milk-visual-effects/
LEARNSQUARED: https://blog.learnsquared.com/student-stories/ep8-you-need-to-learn-to-fail/
KITBASH3D interview tutorial: https://kitbash3d.com/blogs/news/3d-models-in-matte-paintings
KITBASH3D contest: https://kitbash3d.com/blogs/news/utopia-contest-winners?_pos=1&_sid=6dd2e9b54&_ss=r
ARTSTATION FEATURED https://magazine.artstation.com/2021/08/featured-pro-portfolio-irena-smitakova/

KITBASH3D - Cover art for Neo San Francisco kit https://kitbash3d.com/products/neo-san-francisco

Skills

CompositingConcept ArtEnvironment DesignIllustrationLook DevelopmentMatte PaintingDigital SculptingEnvironment ModelingHard Surface ModelingTexturingVisual EffectsPhotographyLayoutVisual DevelopmentGraphic DesignWorld BuildingSet DressingmentoringScattering

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
Maya
Maya
Arnold
Arnold
Nuke
Nuke
Houdini
Houdini
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Clarisse iFX
Clarisse iFX
ZBrush
ZBrush
Photoscan
Photoscan
SpeedTree
SpeedTree
InDesign
InDesign
After Effects
After Effects
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Affinity Designer
Affinity Designer
DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve
Gaea
Gaea

Reel

Productions

    • Video Game
      Forspoken Cinematics
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      DMP TD and DMP Support
    • Company
      Goodbye Kansas
    • Movie
      The Flash
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      Scanline VFX
    • Movie
      The Little Mermaid
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Environment TD
    • Company
      Framestore
    • Movie
      Downton Abbey: A New Era
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      Framestore
    • TV Production
      Star Wars: Andor
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Environment Artist and Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      Scanline VFX
    • Movie
      The Last Letter from Your Lover
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter and Environment Generalist
    • Company
      Milk VFX
    • TV Production
      Intergalactic
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      Milk VFX
    • Movie
      Rebecca
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter and Environment Generalist
    • Company
      Milk VFX
    • TV Production
      Cursed
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      Milk VFX
    • Movie
      Call of the Wild
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      MPC
    • Movie
      Noelle
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      MPC
    • Movie
      Artemis Fowl
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      MPC
    • Movie
      The Lion King
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      3D Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      MPC London
    • TV Production
      Good Omens
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      Milk VFX
    • TV Production
      Origin
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      Milk VFX
    • TV Production
      Thunderbirds are go
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      Milk VFX
    • Movie
      Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Junior Compositor / Junior Matte Painter
    • Company
      Animortal Studio

Experience

  • Matte Painting Supervisor at Goodbye Kansas Studios
    Stockholm / London, GB
    August 2024 - Present

  • Lead DMP & Environment Artist at Goodbye Kansas Studios
    Stockholm / London, United Kingdom
    June 2022 - Present

  • Senior Digital Matte Painter at Scanline VFX
    London, United Kingdom
    November 2021 - June 2022

  • Environment TD & Digital Matte Painter at Framestore
    London, United Kingdom
    March 2021 - November 2021

  • Background Artist / Matte Painter at RedKnuckles
    London, United Kingdom
    January 2021 - February 2021

  • Digital Matte Painter & Environment Generalist at Milk VFX
    London, United Kingdom
    October 2019 - October 2020

  • Artist Environment / Matte Painter at Moving Picture Company
    Montreal, Canada
    April 2019 - September 2019

  • 3D Digital Matte Painter at Moving Picture Company
    London, United Kingdom
    October 2018 - March 2019

  • Digital Matte Painter at Milk VFX
    London, United Kingdom
    June 2018 - October 2018

  • Matte Painter / Concept Artist at Animortal Studio Ltd.
    Bridgend, United Kingdom
    May 2018 - May 2018

  • Junior Compositor / Junior Matte Painter at Animortal Studio Ltd.
    Bridgend
    July 2017 - October 2017

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