
VITALS
- Iwein Reimerink
- born 03-1987
- Netherlands
- Amsterdam
- iwein.reimerink @ gmail.com
Languages
Nederlands
English
Français
Deutsch
Digital
Blender/Maya
3D Animation
TVPaint
2D Animation
Ae/Ps/Ai
Adobe
Resolume
Videomapping/VJ show
Isadora
Interactive
Life
- Drivers Licence
ForkLift XP
Powertools
Stage Design
Fire Spinning
Performance
Rock Climbing
Sports
Drawing
Still do it for fun too..
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Education
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BA Art&Technology, Design for Virtual Theatre and Games
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Utrecht (2007-2011)
learnt skills such as: 3d modelling, animation, rapid prototyping, photoshop, coding, drama, storytelling, interactive technology
theatre history, gamedesign, group work, project planning and excecution, development as an artist
Read More…Show Less… theatre history, gamedesign, group work, project planning and excecution, development as an artist
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International Summerschool in Character Animation
Gobelins l' école de de l' image, Paris (July 2018)
masterclasses and workshop for (character)animation professionals, getting to know aspects of the film industry up close and personal and generally ‘upping my animation game’
Read More…Show Less… PROFESSIONAL
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Freelance artist- technician: iwein visual performance
Self-employed, International (2012 - current)
I create visual stimuli with a personality, across multiple domains and industries.
Read More…Show Less… Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to work with the most amazing creative professionals to bring to life ideas for theatre plays, films, live-events, concert shows, festivals, computer games and many a project that defies categorization.
I use my skills as a VJ, illustrator, stage designer, character animator and flexible generalist to give shape to projects that have been amazing and meaningfull to me.
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3D character animator and MoCap integration
Douwe.works, Amsterdam (2022)
For a series of short films for end client Fabulous, filmmaker and director Douwe van der Werf approached me to help set up a “Motion Capture to cartoon character” pipeline in Blender. I dove into topics such as various Motion Capture hardware options, re-targetting the recording to a professional animators rig and writing my own toon-shader. Apart from these applied technical research topics there was also plenty of hand-animating involved
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3D character animator
Wispfire, Utrecht (jan 2019 - may 2020)
creating cutscene and non-linear, human character animation, for the narrative game ‘Herald’
For this project I spent a lot of time in Blender 3d with an export pipeline to the Unity game engine
Read More…Show Less… For this project I spent a lot of time in Blender 3d with an export pipeline to the Unity game engine
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Head Tech repairs and animator for Tovertafel
Activecues, Utrecht (may 2016- may 2017)
problem solving on-site for malfunctioning units, designing and making animated 2d characters for the Tovertafel games: tovertafel.com
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Workshop facilitator for students and professionals
Media and Performance Lab, Utrecht (jan 2014- june 2015)
guiding students and professionals in ‘pressure-cooker’ style workshops combining interactive technology with performance, digital media with psysical space through motion tracking, motion capture and various other input-output combinations: maplab.hku.nl
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Animator for explainer videos
Inkstrategy, Amsterdam (dec 2014- may 2015)
2d puppet animation from photoshop files with 3d elements for videos visually explaining complex buisness strategies for corporate clients
Read More…Show Less… TRAVELS AND SHOWS
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Australia; VJ for Dragon Dreaming/EarthCore/Wild Horses/Tanglewood, stage build for Rainbow Serpent Festival
oct 2017- jun 2018
I was especially thrilled to meet-up and work with the guys from Flipzurd on the Rainbow Serpent Festival’s ‘Sunset Stage’.
I got to know Flipzurd the year before on the build for Freqs of Nature Festival in Germany. The stage turned out great, you can see some pictures on their site: flipzurd.com
Read More…Show Less… I got to know Flipzurd the year before on the build for Freqs of Nature Festival in Germany. The stage turned out great, you can see some pictures on their site: flipzurd.com
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Woodwork and projection Freqs of Nature, Germany
jul 2017
Great experience doing a festival build for a festival I’ve visited a few years before with various friends.
Pictures of the Bass Floor that we build can be found here
Read More…Show Less… Pictures of the Bass Floor that we build can be found here
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Exploring Central Europe, Balkan culture and Turkey
oct 2015- feb 2016
A solo trip with a little Seat Inca that I converted into a mini camper/caravan.
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South Africa, Darling theatre festival with Matzer show
aug 2015
Around this time I often worked for theatre group Matzer who has Suitcase-sized shows that are just one actor telling a great story supported by some props, light and sound (therefore: me)
These shows where initially developed for playing in little township houses during the Darling theatre Festival and this time I got to join the company as the technician on a miniture tour through South Africa
Read More…Show Less… These shows where initially developed for playing in little township houses during the Darling theatre Festival and this time I got to join the company as the technician on a miniture tour through South Africa