ATA Creative

Ashley Aucoin

Senior Technical Artist

Based in Atlantic Beach, FL

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01 / SHALLOW REEF

Technical Art

Character rigging, scripting and animation workflows for real-time production.

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02 / CORAL LAGOON

Benoit Product Series

Complex engineering, translated into clear visual stories.

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03 / REEF PASSAGE

Websites

Playful websites, built around the people who use them.

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04 / THE BLUE

Design & Fabrication

Interactive installations, furniture and crafted pieces.

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05 / DEEP WATER

Tools

A space for curiosity, creative coding and unexpected connections.

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06 / THE LIGHT GARDEN

Photography

A closer look, on film and in digital.

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THE SEABED / YOU’VE REACHED THE BOTTOM

Every deep dive
starts an idea.

Thanks for exploring.
Let’s make something worth discovering.

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  1. ↟IntroductionATA Creative
  2. ○SurfaceIntroduction
  3. 01Technical ArtSHALLOW REEF · 005 M↗
  4. 02Benoit Product SeriesCORAL LAGOON · 008 M↗
  5. 03WebsitesREEF PASSAGE · 018 M↗
  6. 04Design & FabricationTHE BLUE · 140 M↗
  7. 05ToolsDEEP WATER · 220 M↗
  8. 06PhotographyTHE LIGHT GARDEN · 300 M↗
  9. ⚑About AshleyDISCOVERY 07 · SEABED · 360 M
DISCOVERY 01 / SHALLOW REEF

Technical Art

Character rigging, scripting and animation workflows for real-time production.

Meta — selected work

Senior Technical Artist · ATA Creative

Meta

Real-time assets, animation workflows, tools and solo-built experiences for Meta Horizon and Avatars.

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 Health Scholars — selected work

Senior Technical Animator

Health Scholars

Character rigs, facial animation and pipeline tools for immersive VR training.

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 Something Wicked Games — selected work

Technical Animator

Something Wicked Games

Character systems, retargeting workflows and animation tools.

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SWG process work and reel are password protected.

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DISCOVERY 02 / CORAL LAGOON

Benoit Product Series

Complex engineering, translated into clear visual stories.

BEN-HSF

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Heat Treat

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Houma Technology Headquarters

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Benoit — threaded connection

Product animation.

Benoit — animation preview

Machining detail

Machining detail

Machine shop visualization

Machine shop visualization

Industrial equipment visualization

Industrial equipment visualization

Headquarters interior visualization

Headquarters interior visualization

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DISCOVERY 03 / REEF PASSAGE

Websites

Playful websites, built around the people who use them.

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DISCOVERY 04 / THE BLUE

Design & Fabrication

Interactive installations, furniture and crafted pieces.

Giant Lite-Brite

Giant Lite-Brite

Installation for the Knock Knock Children’s Museum.

Digital Rube Goldberg

Digital Rube Goldberg

Rhino, Arduino and C++.

Cherry & Ash Table

Cherry & Ash Table

A round cherry table with contrasting ash at the bottom of its legs.

Contour Lamp

Contour Lamp

A lathe-turned lamp made from ash wood.

Mountain Inlay Cutting Board

Mountain Inlay Cutting Board

Woodworking.

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DISCOVERY 05 / DEEP WATER

Tools

A space for curiosity, creative coding and unexpected connections.

AR assets — RDC Lab

AR assets — RDC Lab

Modeling, texturing, UVs, lighting and rendering for an AR application.

RDC Lab — training title

RDC Lab — training title

Loading animation

Loading animation made in Photoshop.

ATA Creative — logo animation

Translucent deformation study

Translucent deformation study

Water scene study

Water scene study

Explosion study — 01

Explosion study — 01

Explosion study — 02

Explosion study — 02

Explosion study — 03

Explosion study — 03

Cinema 4D — jiggle study

Animated deformation experiment.

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DISCOVERY 06 / THE LIGHT GARDEN

Photography

A closer look, on film and in digital.

A face blowing bubbles at the water’s surface

Film photography

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Digital photography

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DISCOVERY 07 / ABOUT ASHLEY
Ashley Aucoin, Technical Artist

TECHNICAL ARTIST / ATA CREATIVE

Ashley Aucoin

Hello! I’m a Senior Technical Artist based in Atlantic Beach, Florida. I love figuring out how things work and finding creative ways to solve problems. I build tools, character pipelines and real-time systems that make artists’ day-to-day work easier.

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