Giannis Kapasakalis

3D Generalist • Loutraki, Greece

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Summary

Working in the CGI industry since 2012. Specializing in 3D Asset Production and Animation for Real-Time Graphics and VFX.

Skills

Experience

Museum of Ancient Technology of K.Kotsanas — Lead 3D Artist 2023 – Present · Hybrid , Athens, Greece
  • Recreated a full 3D Asset of the ancient Temple of Alikarnassus, according to academic research, including around 300 statues decorating the temple, for 3D Printing and Visualization (Real-time + Pre-Rendered)
  • To meet the project's requirements and deadlines, a strong optimization of the asset production pipeline was implemented, which involved rigging the characters' main bodies, simulating many variations of clothes to align with the final poses of the statues, with the rig and simulations producing both low-poly and high-poly models with the correct topologies as a result
  • Software used for production: Maya, Z-Brush, Marvelous Designer, RizomUV, Blender(for GLTF exports)
Mimesis — Founder / Creative Director 2017 – Present · Loutraki , Greece
  • Concise, outcome-oriented bullets.

Education

BA in Computer Animation, Teesside University, UK — 2010-2013

FdA in Arts & Media, Network College, Athens, Greece — 2009-2010

Projects

Esto Association — Interactive Immersive VR-Application Development Project Link