Onur Can ÇAYLI
Cayli received his MFA degree in Visual Effects and Animation at the Academy of Art University, located in San Francisco. While at the Academy of Art University, he was the lead 3D Artist for the film “Nieta”, which was nominated for 'Best Short Film' at the Cannes Film Festival, and won 'Best Short Film' at the Toronto Film Festival. He was also the lead 3D Artist for the film, “Pasteurized”, which received numerous nominations and prizes in international film festivals. The Academy also awarded Cayli for his individual style and technical abilities in various art forms. Some of these achievements include: 1st place for 'Character and Concept Design’ (2009), 1st place for '3D Organic Modeling' (2011), 'Maquette Sculpting and Design' (2011). Additionally, Cayli won a 3D Design Honorable Mention award organized by AutoDesk and ZBrush Pixologic (2010), and 1st place in the Piri Reis Illustration Competition, which was dedicated to 'Piri Reis Year' by Unesco.
Cayli started his professional career at Sony Pictures where he’s had the opportunity to work with many artists from around the world in the Visual Effects and Computer Game fields, at studios such as Dreamworks Animation, Marvel, HBO, Sega, Massive Black, Lola Vfx, Gradient Fx. While at these studios, he was responsible for creating characters, creatures, and design elements for successful Hollywood projects, such as: “The Amazing Spider Man, Terminator Genisys, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Antman, Man in Black 3, Marvel vs Capcom, Sonic”. Furthermore, he created Character and Creature 3D art for the worldwide TV show, known as ‘Game of Thrones’. As a result of this, he has become well-known through media channels, magazines, and newspapers.
Cayli is still working as a professional 3D artist in Hollywood and working on his personal art without making concession to his functionality. Currently, he is working as a freelance art director and concept artist for Netflix. He is getting new experiences and improving himself everyday in entertainment industry.