Davoud Ashrafi

Accomplished and dedicated professional with over 18 years of experience in the 3D production industry, specializing in animation, VFX, and game development as a character rigger, technical animator, and pipeline developer. I have had the privilege of working in some of the industry's leading companies alongside exceptionally talented individuals. I excel in dynamic environments, adept at adapting to change and devising creative solutions to unforeseen challenges.

My experience includes working in large teams with hundreds of people, where I focus on specific tasks, as well as in small teams with few members, requiring me to wear different hats. I have a strong interest in researching and developing new technologies, leading to the creation of a 2D facial rigging system and industry-level rigging pipelines, such as data-driven and node-based systems. Currently, I am conducting research utilizing computer vision, LLM, and transformers for animation data and financial data.

• Expert in using DCC software like Maya, 3ds Max for character/creature rigging and enveloping
• Expert in developing tools and pipeline with Python and it’s library
• Experience in developing Rig for game engines like Unity and Unreal
• Intermediate in developing AI model with deep learning, LLM, transformers and computer vision models like U-net
• Code: Python, C++ SVN, git,

, Mel , Maya API, PySide, Serverless SQL like Json, Yaml, XML, ML packages like, Numpy, Panda, Torch,

-Software: Maya, Unreal, Unity, 3ds max

• Character Animator (Mid level).
• Knowledge of human and animal body and face anatomy
• Through knowledge of FACS

BS in Electrical Ehgineering