Mikkel Frandsen is a professional Creature Designer/Modeller currently living in Montreal. He is an industry proven professional with 10+ years of experience and his resume includes work for world-class, award-winning VFX companies such as Blur Studio, DNEG, MPC, Framestore, Cinesite and many more.
He has worked on well known creatures such as "Valentine" the zombie tiger - for Zack Snyder's "Army of the Dead" (2021), "The Predator Assassin" for the film "The Predator" (2018) and "Kikimora" for the Netflix show "The Witcher" (2019).
Most recently he finished work on David's Fincher's "Love, Death Robots VOL 3: Bad Travelling" (2022), being responsible for sculpting and modelling the "Thanapod" crab monster.
He is available for short/long-term contracts or freelance projects.
Feel free to get in touch.
Behaviour Interactive
Senior Creature/Character Artist
Aug 2023 - present
Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies
Senior Creature Artist
GooseBumps
3D production modelling (topology and UV),
Final high-res displacement sculpting.
Jan 2023 - June 2023
Blacksmith VFX
Senior Creature Modeller
Freelance September 2022
Hydra Studios VFX
Senior Creature Modeller
Freelance August 2022
DNEG
Senior Creature Modeller
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Borderlands (late 2022)
Fury of the Gods (late 2022)
No One Will Save You (2023)
FABLEfx
Senior Creature Modeller
Freelance May 2022
Monochromatic Pictures
Creature Concept Artist
Freelance Mar 2022
Nineteentwenty
Senior Creature Modeller
Freelance Feb 2022
JA Wildlife Kingdom HK
Senior Creature Modeller
Freelance Jan 2022
Freefolk VFX
Senior Creature Modeller
Freelance Jun/August 2021
Great Ape Games
Senior Creature Modeller
The Lost Wild
Freelance Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
Blur Studio
Senior Creature Modeller
Freelance Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
Love, Death + Robots VOL 3 : Bad Travelling (2022)
Love, Death + Robots VOL 3 : The Swarm (2022)
Concept sculpting, 3D production modelling
(topology and UV), Final high-res
displacement sculpting.
Framestore
Senior Creature Modeller
Aug 2019 - Jun 2020
Montreal, Canada
Army of the Dead (2021) - Valentine
Concept design, concept sculpting,
3D production modelling (topology and UV),
Final high-res displacement sculpting.
Untold Studios
Senior Creature Modeller
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
London, United Kingdom
Cinesite
Senior Creature Modeller
Nov 2018 - May 2019
London, United Kingdom
The Witcher (S1E1) - Kikimora
Concept design, concept sculpting,
3D production modelling (topology and UV),
Final high-res displacement sculpting.
Milk Visual Effects
Senior Creature Modeller
Apr 2018 - Oct 2018
London, United Kingdom
Creature hero-asset. Concept design,
Concept Sculpting, 3D production modelling
(topology and UV), FACS facial blend-shapes,
Final high-res displacement sculpting.
Freelance Creature Modeller
Mikkel Frandsen Design
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
London, United Kingdom
MPC
Senior Creature Modeller
Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
London, United Kingdom
The Predator (2019) - The Assassin Predator
The Mummy
Concept design, concept sculpting,
3D production modelling (topology and UV),
Final high-res displacement sculpting.
Mikkel Frandsen Design
Freelance
Jan 2013 - Jan 2017
Creature Modeller for VFX and Collectibles
Software:
Pixologic Zbrush
Substance Painter
Autodesk Maya
Adobe Photoshop
Skills:
Digital Sculpting
3D Modelling (organic)
Preparation for 3D Print
Shot-sculpting
UV Mapping
Texturing
Languages:
Danish (Native)
English (Fluent)