Detroit, Michigan / Portfolio 2026

Michael Richards

2D Visualization Artist | Compositor

Automotive visualization artist and compositor creating high-quality 2D imagery for customer-facing configurators and digital platforms.

Focused on photoreal finish, visual consistency, and dependable production delivery for customer-facing work.

Experience 10+ years
Industry Automotive visualization
Primary Tools Nuke + Unreal

Selected Work

Selected case studies across product and automotive visualization.

Selected samples across product and automotive visualization, with room to grow into fuller case studies as more project material is added.

About

Automotive imagery with strong production follow-through.

Experience creating, refining, and delivering customer-facing 2D vehicle assets with a focus on quality, consistency, and dependable workflow.

My background is in automotive imagery, compositing, and production workflows built for customer-facing digital experiences under real deadlines.

I focus on visual quality, technical accuracy, and efficient delivery, especially when refining Unreal Engine outputs inside Nuke-based finishing pipelines and collaborating across teams.

Focused on photoreal finish, visual consistency, and dependable production delivery for customer-facing work.

Capabilities

Core strengths across visualization, finishing, and delivery.

Built around production-ready imagery, cross-functional collaboration, and repeatable delivery.

Configurator Imagery

Create polished 2D automotive assets for customer-facing digital experiences with close attention to material, lighting, and finish quality.

Compositing + Retouching

Refine rendered outputs into final delivery-ready imagery with compositing, cleanup, fit-and-finish, and photorealistic adjustments.

Workflow Support

Improve QA, packaging, and delivery workflows so larger automotive workloads move more reliably across cross-functional teams.

NukeMayaPhotoshopAfter EffectsUnreal Engine

Experience

Automotive production work across visualization and compositing.

From configurator imagery to workflow support, the focus has consistently been quality, speed, and reliable delivery.

Omnicom Production

May 2021 - Present

2D Compositor

Create high-quality automotive visualization assets, manage end-to-end production, and support larger workloads through QA and delivery tooling while maintaining consistency across deliverables.

Mackevision

August 2016 - May 2021

Compositor

Delivered final imagery for automotive configurators and digital experiences while collaborating with 3D teams to improve readiness and efficiency.

CCS Mobility Team

May 2016 - August 2016

Visualization Artist

Created 3D models, animation, and compositing for a mobility concept presented to the Seoul Design Foundation.