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Gnomon Graduate Jay Machado on ILM, Teaching, and the Art of Hard Surface Modeling

Posted Fri, Mar 21, 2025

Joe Machado’s work for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Joe Machado’s work for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Introduction to Jay Machado

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Joseph Machado headshot

Jay Machado

Model Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic

  • Graduated from:

    Gnomon’s Certificate in Digital Production program (Class of 2011)

  • Currently working:

    as a Model Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic

  • Previous experience:

    2D illustration, music video 3D modeler, commercial layout artist

  • Industry Credits:

    Skeleton Crew, The Mandalorian, Obi Wan Kenobi

Interview with Jay Machado

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Jay Machado’s work for The Mandalorian
Jay Machado’s work for The Mandalorian
Left: Learning to shoot HDRIs at the Bradbury Building for Digital Sets class with Greg Downing at Gnomon in November 2011; Right: Jay before a 2016 Alumni Success event at Gnomon, standing beside his Best of Term-winning render in the Student Store.
Left: Learning to shoot HDRIs at the Bradbury Building for Digital Sets class with Greg Downing at Gnomon in November 2011; Right: Jay before a 2016 Alumni Success event at Gnomon, standing beside his Best of Term-winning render in the Student Store.
The Onyx Cinder from Skeleton Crew. Model by Rene Garcia and Jay Machado, textures by Jay Machado.
The Onyx Cinder from Skeleton Crew. Model by Rene Garcia and Jay Machado, textures by Jay Machado.
Jay’s personal model of the Millennium Falcon based on research from the Replica Prop Forum
Jay’s personal model of the Millennium Falcon based on research from the Replica Prop Forum
Jay’s personal model of the Millennium Falcon based on research from the Replica Prop Forum
Jay’s personal model of the Millennium Falcon based on research from the Replica Prop Forum
Jay’s personal model of the Millennium Falcon based on research from the Replica Prop Forum
Jay’s personal model of the Millennium Falcon based on research from the Replica Prop Forum
Models of greeble parts for the Millennium Falcon from the Tamiya 1:12 scale Ferrari 312B model kit
Models of greeble parts for the Millennium Falcon from the Tamiya 1:12 scale Ferrari 312B model kit
A sprue of parts from the Tamiya 1:12 scale Ferrari 312B model kit
A sprue of parts from the Tamiya 1:12 scale Ferrari 312B model kit
All greeble parts from Jay’s personal Millennium Falcon model build
All greeble parts from Jay’s personal Millennium Falcon model build
Jay Machado
Jay Machado

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