Julia Welch CFX

Character FX

Cloth, hair, and groom simulation for feature animation.

Production CFX for Netflix features at Mikros Animation and ReelFX.

Available to relocate.U.S. citizen. Previously worked in Montreal on employer-specific Canadian work permits.

Demo Reel

Julia Welch 2026 CFX Demo Reel

Credits

Thelma the Unicorn

Mikros Animation — 2024 — Netflix

Cloth and hair simulation in Maya (nCloth, nHair). Cloth and hair rigs for side characters and props.

The Monkey King

ReelFX — 2023 — Netflix

  • Cloth and hair simulation in Maya
  • Ported Houdini grooms into Maya for characters and assets
  • Cloth rigs for crowd characters

SCOOB! Holiday Haunt

ReelFX — unreleased

Cloth and hair simulation in Maya.

Tools

Mikros Animation

Maya Python and MEL helpers for repeatable cloth steps. Other artists on the show used them. Not official show pipeline.

Software

Maya nCloth xGen Python MEL

About

I am a Character FX artist with feature credits at Mikros Animation and ReelFX in Montreal. Shot sim on my shows was Maya nCloth. On The Monkey King I ported Houdini grooms into Maya.

I studied Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communications (Animation) at the University of Texas at Dallas (B.A., May 2022, GPA 3.964). I started at ReelFX part-time while finishing university, then moved to Montreal full-time after graduation.

I returned to Houston after the Mikros contract. Available to relocate. U.S. citizen; previously worked in Montreal on closed employer-specific permits.

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