INSTRUCTOR BIO

Jay Machado
Senior Hard Surface Modeler and Texture Painter
instructor profiles Jay Machado
"Don't ever do what you think people want from you, do what you love to do."
Jay is a Senior Hard Surface Modeler and Texture Painter at Industrial Light and Magic; he has been at ILM for 4 years, and has 6 years of experience as a modeler. His credits include Rogue One, Star Wars: the Force Awakens, and Transformers: Age of Extinction. In addition to his work on feature films, Jay has worked on music videos, commercials, an AAA game, and amusement park rides. He is also exploring physically based rendering, VR, game development, and 3D printing outside of work.
Classes
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Andreas Kjær-Jensen
Jay was a very pleasant and informative instructor. I would recommend his class to anyone interested in Hard Surface modeling.
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Olaf Przybyszewski
Very good, strong learning skill, very helpful all the time.
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Jordi Cortés
Great teacher and awesome professional. Could end up learning a lot more than on my 2 year degree.
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Nikolay Steng
His extended effort to show additional examples and methods both in the forums and in the Q&As deserves a round of applause! Describes and explains everything very well, and is easily understandable.