{"id":4,"date":"2016-01-14T15:42:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T15:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dereckpilonfleurent.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T20:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:41:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dereckpilonfleurent.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi, I&#8217;m <strong>Dereck Pilon Fleurent<\/strong>, a <strong>Senior Technical Artist<\/strong> with a bachelor&#8217;s degree in <strong>3D &amp; VFX<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I specialize in bridging <strong>art and technology<\/strong>, building tools, pipelines, and workflows that help artists and teams work more efficiently. My experience spans <strong>game development, VFX, and animation<\/strong>, with a strong focus on <strong>Python, automation, pipeline development, and technical problem-solving<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Senior Technical Artist \u2014 HB Studios<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently working as a <strong>Senior Technical Artist at HB Studios<\/strong>, supporting the <strong>Character Team<\/strong> and developing <strong>pipeline tools for asset management and production workflows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the confidential nature of my work, I cannot share internal tools, code, or pipeline details. However, you can see the team&#8217;s work in <strong>PGA TOUR 2K25<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PGA TOUR 2K25 Official Gameplay Trailer I 2K\" width=\"821\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9okRdqlh3_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dereckpilonfleurent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dereckpilonfleurent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dereckpilonfleurent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dereckpilonfleurent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dereckpilonfleurent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/dereckpilonfleurent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/dereckpilonfleurent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dereckpilonfleurent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}