Bay Raitt
{{short description|American artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Notability|Bio|date=February 2014}}
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Career
Raitt worked for Image Comics, providing computer-image coloring for Steve Oliff to use with "Spawn", "The Pitt", and "The Maxx". He later worked at Protozoa, providing 3D animation computer effects.
In 1999 Raitt emigrated to New Zealand to work for Weta Digital.[https://www.amazon.com/Gollum-Behind-Scenes-Guide-Making/dp/0618391045 Bay Raitt bio] at Spiraloid In that post he was responsible for creating the computer-generated face for Gollum in The Lord of the Rings.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/motion-capture/lord-of-the-rings-animation-supervisor-randall-william-cook-speaks-out-on-andy-serkis-99439.html|title='Lord of the Rings' Animation Supervisor Randall William Cook Speaks Out on Andy Serkis|date=13 May 2014}} Raitt and his colleagues Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Ken McGaugh won the Visual Effects Society Award for Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture for their work on The Lord of the Rings.
In video games, he is a modeler, animator, and level designer for the videogame Squeezils. He worked for Valve for 9 years until he departed on February 13, 2013. He worked on the Source Filmmaker tool, the TF2 Meet the Team animated shorts, TF2 Hats, and the video games Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, and Portal 1 and 2.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLLC7BJapYY&list=PLEEC1E83571BB88AA |title=Nanite Fulcrum Chronicles Teaser |date=2023-01-02 |last=Spiraloid |access-date=2024-09-12 |via=YouTube}}
He founded the Spiraloid Workshop Company and worked with Unity3d.
Personal life
He is the nephew of singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, and the grandson of musical theater actor John Raitt.
References
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External links
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- Bay Raitt Co-Directed, Animated, Shot, Edited and Lit these [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLLC7BJapYY&list=PLEEC1E83571BB88AA Animated Shorts and TV Commercials for Valve]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zri1c_If6Ic Bay Raitt introducing the Source Filmmaker].
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubgvomRTW80 Bay Raitt] using the modeling program Mirai he helped design to create texture, rig and animate a character in one afternoon. He used this same tool to sculpt Gollum and the Team Fortress 2 character face shapes.
- [https://homeoftheunderdogs.net/game.php?id=3745 Squeezils] at Home of the Underdogs
- [https://www.artstation.com/spiraloid Bay Raitt] at Artstation
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Category:New Zealand animators
Category:Valve Corporation people
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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