Matte Painting Lead
Concept Artist
VFX Trainer

Feature Film Credits

Demo Reel
Garrett was instrumental in setting up the matte painting pipeline. Garrett is a highly motivated artist, who is always exploring new techniques to improve his craft.
Andy Brown
VFX Supervisor - Animal Logic
Garrett was a key member of the matte painting department, and was frequently tasked with heading up a group of shots, establishing the "look" by both technical and artistic means. Garrett was very dependable in this role, as he proved repeatedly.
Brian Flora
Art Director
Garrett has always displayed a high degree of integrity, responsibility, and talent. He was completely committed to the quality of his work on every project.
Glenn Cotter
Matte Painting Supervisor

Concept
Art & Previs

Preproduction Concept Art

Experience in large and small Art Departments for both live action and animated feature film projects. Worked directly Directors and Art Directors such as Doug Chiang, Mike Pangrazio, Simon Wells and Robert Zemeckis.
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Preproduction Visualization

Matte painted environments for on-set visualization with Lightcraft technology.
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Aesthetically and logistically, Garrett always delivered. If I ever received pressure regarding a shot or concept that Garrett was working on, I could confidently assure the team that he/we would not disappoint.
Erin Collins Butler
Art Department Production Manager - Image Movers Digital
Garrett always showed a high degree of skill, integrity and camaraderie in the workplace. His passion for matte painting and how much could be achieved with it was inspirational. He is a born teacher, conveying complex technical ideas in a simple way that really helped others in the team learn quickly. His good aesthetic and technical judgment combined with a professional outlook ensured a logical, practical and innovative approach to his work.
Kim Taylor
Art Director - Animal Logic
Garrett was a key member of the matte painting department, and was frequently tasked with heading up a group of shots, establishing the "look" by both technical and artistic means. Garrett was very dependable in this role, as he proved repeatedly.
Brian Flora
Art Director - Image Movers Digital

Visual
Effects Training

Technicolor
Training Lead

Created the Technicolor 3DDMP and Environments Academy curriculum and headed up a rigorous 14 week training program for new junior hires.

Lecturer & Recruitment

School guest lecturer and University recruiter.

The VFX Horde

Founder and trainer of an online simulated VFX studio training experience for Compositors, Lighters, FX Artists and Matte Painters.
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Matte Painting for Filmmakers Project

Founder and trainer of online indepth matte painting training for professionals and aspiring artists.
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The Gnomon Workshop

Published trainer of "Advanced Matte Painting Techniques", a 3D matte painted and projected environment training.
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Garrett was key to the success of a challenging four-month, intensive Matte Painting and Environments training program at MPC.
Matthew Hanger
Training Manager MPC, Montreal
Garrettt is very detail oriented, organized and works collaboratively​ with the team. He is definitely a leader rather than a follower. In addition he has a wide range of technical and artistic skills he utilizes naturally and he has proven his leadership ability day by day by keeping together a fresh team of new starters and tutoring them into the company's pipeline.
Marcell Nagy
Environment Supervisor MPC, Montreal
Garrett was the tutor and the leader of our new Academy Project. With his great leadership, the project was a big success. He works hard and is dedicated--​a great artist and a perfect team leader.
Attila Szalma
Head of 3D Digital Matte Painting MPC, Montreal

Featured
VFX Articles

The Demo Reel Gap

The VFX Horde
Many people having a hard time breaking into VFX get frustrated because they feel like nothing they do makes a difference. Most of the time the problem is not a lack of work or talent but, rather, a lack of understanding of the real issue...

7 Deadly Sins of Color

The VFX Horde
Unfortunately, color workflow is not taught in most Universities and many new artists find themselves unprepared to work within the rigors of a VFX color workflow. One junior compositor recently wrote to tell me her experience...

How to land a Job in VFX

The VFX Horde
This summer I had an amazing opportunity to spend four months with a group of extremely motivated artists—artists right at the beginning of their careers in visual effects...

Garrett Fry

Garrett Fry is a Matte Paiting Lead and Concept Artist for feature films. Garrett is the founder of the VFX Horde and The Matte Painting for Filmmakers Project.

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