Gunjan Kathale
Surfacing Supervisor
London United Kingdom
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
Surfacing Supervisor and Look Development Technical Supervisor with 18+ years of experience across feature animation and VFX. Equally artistic and technical, with a strong ability to translate complex art direction into production-ready 3D assets. Proven track record designing scalable surfacing and asset workflows, leading multi-disciplinary build teams, and supporting studios through pipeline evolution. Proficiency in Supervising Surfacing teams and capable of spearheading Build departments across characters and environments.
Skills
LEADERSHIP & MENTORSHIP
- Mentored artists from junior to supervisor levels
- Actively develops future leads and supervisors
- Built long-term team resilience through training and documentation
- Successfully transitioned a TD into the Lookdev Technical Supervisor role
- Trusted point of support across productions over multiple years
ARTISTIC & TECHNICAL STRENGTHS
- Strong artistic eye with deep expertise in texturing, materials, and shading
- Skilled at converting art direction into practical, scalable 3D builds
- Comfortable leading and reviewing work across Build : Surfacing, Grooming, Modeling, Rigging
- Experience across painterly, stylized, and PBR pipelines
Software
- Katana
- Mari
- USD
- Houdini
- Maya
- Figma
- Blender
- Renderman
- Arnold
- Shotgrid
