Peter Toufidis is a Matte Painter, CG Artist & CG Generalist, Concept Artist, Illustrator & Art Director. With over 20 years of experience creating images for major VFX & entertainment studios such as Industrial Light and Magic, Disney, Marvel Studios, DC Entertainment, Double Negative, Method Studios, Iloura, MPC, Digital Domain and more. He has worked around the world as well as collaborating remotely as an independent consultant and artist with client facing experience working directly with directors & stake holders. Creating images using a combination of 2d and complex 3d cg techniques for: feature films, tv commercials, episodic tv series & animation based productions. From visual development to post production finishing using seamless photo-real results to animation styles and everything in between.
Educated traditionally in the Fine Arts as well as Photography prior to his CG experience giving him a good foundation in the fundamentals of creating images and visual solutions with an understanding & keen eye for design, function, colour, value, silhouette, lighting & mood, as well as composition & staging, in relation to cameras, lensing and narrative/story.
Applying his wide skill set / abilities as a Visual Artist (artistically & technically) in a production/project (at both ends of a production spectrum - visual development to post production from 2d to complex 3d approaches). To translate, interpret, & solve problems into visuals. Using advanced CG as well as traditional art techniques with sensitivity to the fundamentals in art and the image creation process. With the experience & ability to provide direction creatively and technically in a lead - supervisory role.
2021 - current: Matte Painting Supervisor / Art Director / Concept Artist @ MPC VFX Studios (merged with Mr.X.)
2020 - 2021 : Senior Matte Painter & Concept Artist @ MELS STUDIO
2020 : Senior Matte Painter & Concept Artist @ TheMill
2020 : Lead Matte Painter / Environment Artist / Concept Artist @ TIPPETT STUDIOS
2020 : Senior Matte Painter & Concept Artist @ AXIS STUDIOS
2019 - 2020 : Matte Painting & Environments Supervisor / Concept Artist & VFX Art Director @ MPC FILM
2017 - 2018 Unreleased / Upcoming feature films (Visual Development Artist / Concept Artist) @ FRAMESTORE
2018 Lost in Space (Senior Matte Painter / Concept Artist)
2017 Thor: Ragnarok (Senior Matte Painter / Environment Artist / Concept Artist)
2017 Annihilation (Senior Matte Painter & Environment Artist)
2017 Blade Runner 2049 (Senior Matte Painter & Environment Artist)
2017 Hostiles (Senior Matte Painter / Environment Artist / Concept Artist)
2017 Wonder Woman (Senior Matte Painter & Environment Artist)
2016 The Great Wall (Senior Generalist / Environment Artist / Senior Matte Painter)
2016 Gods of Egypt (Lead Matte Painter / Environment Artist / Concept Artist / VFX Art Director)
2013 Walking with Dinosaurs 3D (Lead Matte Painter / Environment Artist / Concept Artist / Art Director)
2012 Upside Down (Senior Matte Painter / Environment Artist / Concept Artist)
2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Senior Matte Painter / Environment Artist)
2011 J. Edgar (Senior Matte Painter & Concept Artist)
2011 The Big Year (Senior Matte Painter & Environment Artist)
2011 Thor (Senior Matte Painter / Environment Artist / Concept Artist)
2011 Sucker Punch (Senior Matte Painter / Environment Artist / Concept Artist)
2011 Source Code (Senior Matte Painter / Environment Artist / Concept Artist)
2011 Beastly (Senior Matte Painter)
2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife (Matte Painter / Concept Artist)
2010 Charlie St. Cloud (Matte Painter)
2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Matte Painter / Concept Artist)
2010 Letters to Juliet (Matte Painter / Concept Artist)
2009 Whiteout (Matte Painter / Concept Artist)
2009 The Final Destination (Matte Painter)
2009 Shorts (Matte Painter / Concept Artist)
2009 Dragonball: Evolution (Matte Painter / Concept Artist)
2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth (Matte Painter / Concept Artist)
2007 Days of Darkness (Matte Painter)
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INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC
DOUBLE NEGATIVE
METHOD STUDIOS
DIGITAL DOMAIN
ANIMAL LOGIC
IMAGE ENGINE
ILOURA
MPC
MR.X
FUSEFX
THE MILL
WALT DISNEY
WARNER BROS
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
MARVEL STUDIOS
PARAMOUNT STUDIOS
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
BBC