Lance Winkel
Life is a gift. Celebrate it!
Create, contribute, inspire, be inspired, give back, learn, teach, engage, and thrive!
About the Artist
Who I am...
- I am an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist and craftsperson. My work extends from traditional media to advanced 3D sculptural and design work, model making, animated and traditional filmmaking, and photography.
- I am a writer and educator
- My commercial work extends from previsualization, animation, and effects production to product design and interface design for accessibility and usability.
- I wear many hats and my passion is building collaborative teams across traditionally siloed disciplines.
Formlabs Ambassador
- An educator and designer, committed to inspiring and educating current and future designers while working to promote and support the Formlabs community and 3D SLA printing ecosystem.
- Demonstrating new techniques across the range of Formlabs products, materials, and services to push the boundaries of the platform.
- Identifying and finding intuitive and workable solutions that benefit the Formlabs community.
Product Development and Design
- Advise startups to develop new brands and define brand identities.
- Work with existing brands to hone and adapt existing products into new markets or to better tailor to existing customers.
- UI/UX, CX, and visual communication strategy
- Design for use and accessibility
- CAD, modeling, sculpture, and visual design
- Collaboration and communication with marketing and engineering leadership to define specifications, budget, and deadlines.
- Web, mobile apps, and consumer products
Globally Recognized Professor
- USC Viterbi School of Engineering
- USC Roski School of Art and Design
- USC Iovine and Young Academy
- Otis College of Art and Design
- Irvine Valley College
- Product development
- UI/UX, CX, and visual communication strategy
- Modeling and Computer Aided Design
- Animation and film development
- Story, script treatment, storyboard, and previz
- Prototyping and 3D printing
- Game design, asset development, and scripting
Award Winning Animated Filmmaker
- "Within an Endless Sky"
- Grand Prize in Digital Cinema, Keio Research Institute
- Best Animated Short Film, Newport Beach Film Festival
- Palm Springs International Film Festival
- SICAF (Seoul International Computer Animation Festival)
- SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival
- First animated short film made in Maya from CALARTS
Commercial Production
- 3D Generalist and Previsualization Artist
- Lead Animator and Character Setup Artist
- Technical Director and VFX Supervisor
- Image G / Ikonographics
- Clients include: Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motor Company, Warner Brothers, J. Walter Thomson, and Luminary Films