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Darragh Dempsey
Darragh Dempsey
3D Generalist / Lighting Artist at Scanline VFX
Dublin, Ireland
artdempsey1@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Media
BA (HONS) Degree in Fine Art Paint
Level 5 Certificate in Art Foundation

AWARDS

2017 and 2016 Thomas Dammann Junior memorial Trust award.
https://www.thomasdammanntrust.ie/

2015 The Don Nicollo d'ardia Caracciolo award.
http://www.rhagallery.ie/visit/185th-annual-exhibition-prize-winners/

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

Fresh Irish Painters: 10 under 30, RTE.IE/CULTURE.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2016/1221/840580-irish-painters-ten-under-30-to-watch/

What Lies Beneath: The Mind's eye by Darragh Dempsey.
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/what-lies-beneath-the-minds-eye-by-darragh-dempsey-35955412.html

Fine art graduates fuse forces and flex their muscles.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/fine-art-graduates-fuse-forces-and-flex-their-mussels-1.3122322

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Skills

Texturing3D ModelingLightingRenderingDigital PaintingpaintingShading

Software proficiency

Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Maya
Maya
Arnold
Arnold
Photoshop
Photoshop
ZBrush
ZBrush
Metashape
Metashape
Marvelous Designer
Marvelous Designer
V-Ray
V-Ray
Unity
Unity
Tilt Brush
Tilt Brush
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine

Productions

  • 161520 s1 ka
    • TV Production
      Eureka
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Texture Artist
    • Company
      Brown Bag Films
  • Download
    • TV Production
      Get Rolling With Otis
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Texture Artist
    • Company
      Brown Bag Films

Experience

  • Freelance 3D Generalist at Darragh Dempsey Studio
    Dublin, Ireland
    January 2023 - Present

  • 3D Generalist / Lighting Artist - Freelance at Scanline VFX
    London, United Kingdom
    August 2022 - January 2023

  • Texture/ LookDev Artist - Freelance at Scanline VFX
    London
    January 2022 - August 2022

  • Texture / Look Dev Artist at VRAI
    Dublin, Ireland
    January 2021 - Present

    Virtual/Augmented Reality company based in Temple Bar Dublin City

  • Texture Artist at Brown Bag Films
    Dublin, Ireland
    July 2020 - December 2020

    Animation Studio based in Smithfield in Dublin City

  • Environment/Texture Artist at VRAI
    Dublin, Ireland
    September 2019 - July 2020

    Virtual Reality company based in Temple Bar Dublin City