Visual effects artist Ryan Markley has joined Minneapolis-based creative studio Splice. Known in the VFX community for having created the title character in “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D” and blowing up MacLaren’s Pub in “How I Met Your Mother,” Markley has worked in a variety of capacities throughout his career in film and television. During this time, he’s exhibited a knack for both leading a team and taking direction, and along the way, he’s offered this experience in the form of guidance to junior 3D artists. Markley has had tenures at Worldwide FX in Louisiana (working on all the Millennium Films), Scoundrel VFX, as well as working on theme park media and augmented reality at Falcon’s Digital.
“What’s great about Ryan is that he can work quickly towards a photo-realistic result,” explains Ben Watne, head of Splice’s VFX department. “And he’s got incredible range. He can handle a wide variety of CGI tasks and do them all well–and on a deadline. I know whatever he’s assigned will be done right, and that’s a great feeling to have when taking into account the complexity of the work we put forward to our clients.”
