Rowan Guarnagia-Gryder

Digital Media Artist; specializing in computer graphics and interactive media.

Reared on many fantasy and science fiction movies like Time Bandits, The Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Crystal, and The Nightmare Before Christmas (just to name a handful) Rowan quickly developed a fascination with the subjects of stopmotion animation, puppet building, and practical effects. At this point he had already been developing a background in traditional media and along with this he had a strong DIY mentality. Rowan explored a vast range of fabrication methods for his puppets, props, and models but his desire to keep reaching for the next level called for more and more sophisticated materials and processes that he was unable to afford. This ultimately pushed him into digital 3D at a young age as the limits were veritably boundless. Since then Computer Graphics have now become Rowan's primary focus and choice medium for much of his work; though he still returns to physical media for various side projects and explorations.

Professional_
2020-20XX 3D Artist II; Dopple XR
2019-2020 Lead Artist; Rendersphere
2017-2019 Video Editor, Compositor, Colorist; The Branching
2017-20XX CG Artist, Motion Designer; Freelance
2017-2018 3D Artist; 51
2014-2015 Photographer, Photo Editor; Freelance
Education_
2017 Kinetic Imaging; VCU School of the Arts
VAV (Audio Visual); Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Other_
2012 Artist Assistant; Wayne White

Contact

Direct questions, work related inquiries, and requests for full CV/Portfolio to:

contact@rowangryder.com