Dan Platt | 3D Art

Link to professional 2008 resume

The back story…

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EXT. OVERGROWN FOREST – DUSK

Secretly hidden in the Santa Monica Mountain range lies the creative epicenter of 3D artist Dan Platt.

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INT. SCULPTING STUDIO – MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

Classically trained as an anatomical sculptor and illustrator at the Philadelphia University of the Arts, this artist, weaned on a steady diet of monster movies, had a penchant for all things lurking in the shadows. In 1988, Dan focused his sculptural passions into creating iconic characters for sci-fi and horror films, video games and the toy industry. He still sleeps with the lights on.

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INT. SOLID IMAGE ARTS DESIGN LAB – DAY

In 1996, Dan formed Solid Image Arts, LLC, a 3D design agency committed to uncompromising attention to detail and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Leveraging the strengths of traditional sculpting with state of the art digital methods, Dan consistently delivered awe inspiring toy prototypes and patterns to industry giants such as Mattel, Hasbro, Blizzard and to an array of colorful upstarts. By the end of the century, the scales tipped toward full time digital modeling and design work for consumer products, medical education models, video game animatics and special effects for film.

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EXT. EUROPEAN CITY SETTINGS – AFTERNOON

Refusing to sleep, Mr. Platt has lectured and conducted digital modeling seminars in Malmo Sweden, Coppenhagen, Paris, London and the U.S. Beginning in 2004, Kevin Geiger passed the coveted instructor baton, a position that he held for ten years to Dan, to teach the Advanced Character Modeling in Maya class at CalArts.

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INT. DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS – DAY

Also in 2004, Dan Platt entered the exciting world of animation at Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, CA, as a digital modeler and visual development sculptor for Meet the Robinsons, American Dog, Bolt and other projects currently in various stages of confidential development.

Currently Dan is a “Lead Character Modeler” at Digital Domain in Los Angeles, CA on the film “Tron Legacy“

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Career highlights include the visual development and modeling of “Sonny” from I, Robot; the creation and sculpture of The Star Wars Trilogy Movie Poster; Merck’s “Medicus” corporate logo; the design and creation of the 3D awards Digital Hero trophy and visual development for the future Disney production, King of the Elves.  His current work on Tron will mark the best of his career.

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Tron Legacy, Bolt, Meet the Robinsons, The Cave, Curandero, I, Robot, Deep Space 9, Epcot – Hall of Energy Astronaut, Area 51, Primal Rage, The Beast, Escape from LA, Andersonville, Cliffhanger, Nemesis, Attack of the 50′ Woman, Infested, Innocent Blood, Danger Island, Freakz, Pet Sematary II, Honey I blew up the kid, Army of Darkness, And the sea will tell, Batman Returns, Highlander 2, Kickboxer 2, Hook, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro man, Ernest Scared Stupid, Land of the Lost, Terminator 2, The Addams Family, Exorcist III, Coast Soap – the Thinker, Gremlins 2, It, Monsters – Manikins of Horror, Warlock, Black Roses