Etienne Prost

Senior 3D Architectural Visualiser

Auckland, New Zealand
Hi I'm Etienne Prost, a French 3d architectural visualiser specialised in photorealistic CGI's and Visual communication for Architects, Real Estate companies and Designers unbuilt projects.

• Highly-motivated 3D visualiser specialising in architecture and interior design .
• Solid experience working with 3D Studio Max & Corona VRay workflow (3D modelling, texturing, lighting, rendering).
• Clear knowledge of Photoshop & Color grading for post-production work.
• Ability to manage a project from conception through to completion according to technical specifications.
• Enjoy working in a collaborative team environment, light-hearted and open minded character.
• A keen eye for design, a passion for travels, modern architecture, street and landscape photography, food & Hip Hop music.

Work Experience

Buildmedia

Senior 3D Visualiser

December 2022 - Present Auckland, New Zealand

Studio Artere

Freelance Senior Architectural Visualiser

Architectural Visualisation Boutique Studio specialised in photorealistic CGI's and Visual communication for Architects, Real Estate companies and Designers unbuilt projects. (3D modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering & Post-production)

3dsmax / Vray / Corona / Photoshop / Substance
April 2020 - Present

Grimshaw

Senior Architectural Visualiser

I worked among the CGI team on a number of exterior and interior projects for the Grimshaw design team.
This included the modelling, texturing, lighting and post-production work of the renders.

Interiors and Exteriors CGI'S for Residential projects, Interior design project of the company, architectural competitions and marketing projects.
Learning of Unreal Engine basics and camera animations

3dsmax / Vray / Photoshop / Unreal / Substance
September 2019 - March 2020 Australia

Studio Artere

Freelance Senior Architectural Visualiser

Architectural Visualisation Boutique Studio specialised in photorealistic CGI's and Visual communication for Architects, Real Estate companies and Designers unbuilt projects. (3D modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering & Post-production)

3dsmax / Vray / Corona / Photoshop
May 2019 - August 2019

Koichi Takada Architects

3d architectural visualiser

Working in close collaboration with the Interior Design team of the office I created all the Interior required CGI's for Design process and Client presentation documents. I also did some exteriors renders according the office CGI'S need .
As the only in-house visualiser of the staff I had to optimize the Quality/RenderTime ratio to face with Client deadlines. I worked hands in hands with the IT person of the company to set up an efficient render farm process combining Backburner / Vray Distributed Rendering nodes workflow.

Interiors and Exteriors CGI'S for Residential projects, High-end individual houses, Interior design process of the company, architectural competitions and marketing projects.

3dsmax / Vray / Photoshop
June 2017 - January 2019 Australia

Tony Owen Partners

3d architectural visualiser

Working with the designers and Architects teams of the company I created some interior & exterior CGI'S.
This included the modelling, texturing, lighting and post-production work of the renders.

3dsmax / Vray / Photoshop
May 2017 - June 2017 Australia

SJB Architects

3d architectural visualiser

I worked among the CGI team on a number of exterior and interior projects for SJB Architecture, Urban Design & Interior design teams.
This included the modelling, texturing, lighting and post-production work of the renders.

Interiors and Exteriors CGI'S for Residential projects, Interior design project of the company, architectural competitions and marketing projects.

3dsmax / Vray / Photoshop

September 2016 - January 2017 Australia

Floodslicer

3d architectural visualiser

After crossing the Globe I Integrated Floodslicer Sydney studio to work on Marketing Exterior and Interior CGI's in a commercial and deadline driven environment.
I did the modelling, lighting, rendering and post production required for a 3D Visualiser role to achieve any images.

3dsmax / Vray / Photoshop

Interiors and Exteriors CGI'S for marketing projects.
November 2015 - June 2016 Australia

Studio Artere

Freelance 3d architectural visualiser - Webdesigner - Graphic Designer

I started my Freelance activity as webdesigner and graphic designer doing logos, websites, real estate marketing brochures for a various number of clients. During this time I kept on working on my craft , learning 3d rendering techniques, postproduction and many complementary skills to level up the quality of my CGI's.

Dreamweaver / Illustrator / Indesign / Photoshop / 3dsmax / Vray / Mentalray

Then I progressively reduce my Freelance services to focus on Architectural visualisation only because I found it more interesting compared to the other services I was providing before. I worked with Architects, Real Estate companies and Agencies on Still images.
(3D modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering & Post-production)

3dsmax / Vray / Photoshop
March 2010 - October 2015 France

Pixel Project

3d architectural visualiser

Learning of the basis of Maya software, modeling and texturing
January 2010 - January 2010 Saint-Égrève, France

Education

Ecole ARIES

3D Multimedia & Graphism Training

- Learning of 3DS Max, Mental Ray & Vray softwares (modeling - texturing - lighting - rendering )

- Learning of Adobe creative suite softwares ( Photoshop - Illustrator - Indesign )

- Learning of Web creation (Dreamweaver - Flash)
January 2008 - August 2008 Grenoble, France

Aristide Berges

Baccalaureat (A-level) Economics & Social

September 1995 - June 1996 Seyssinet-Pariset, France

Languages

English (Advanced),
Spanish (Conversational),
French (Native),

Skills

3ds Max, Adobe Creative Suite, Architectural Photography, Architectural Visualisation, CGI'S, Color Grading, Corona, Forest Pack, Lighting, Modeling, Photoshop, Post-Production, Rendering, Retouching, Substance Alchemist, Texturing, VRay,