Frontier PRO-4X Build and Price
Configurable build-and-price package for the Frontier PRO-4X, with a 36-frame exterior turntable, color-linked feature renders, and an interactive interior pano.
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Detroit, Michigan / Portfolio 2026
Michael Richards
2D Visualization ArtistCompositor
Automotive 2D visualization artist and compositor focused on photoreal imagery for configurators, launch assets, and customer-facing digital experiences.
Recent work includes configurable renders, 360 turntables, panoramic interiors, launch imagery, and final compositing for production-ready delivery.
Experience 10+ years
Industry Automotive visualization
Primary Tools Nuke + Maya + Unreal
Selected Work
Case studies in customer-facing automotive visualization and final compositing.
Sentra SR Premium Build and Price
Build-and-price image set for the Sentra SR Premium, featuring a configurable exterior turntable, paint-linked feature renders, interior detail imagery, and an interactive pano.
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Infiniti QX60 Launch Images
Launch imagery for the Infiniti QX60 across exterior, interior, and cargo views, including final website-ready assets shown in live page use.
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Subaru Outback Launch Asset
Panoramic interior launch asset showing the finished delivery, an interactive viewer, and a pre-comp to final-comp comparison.
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Pathfinder Rock Creek Build and Price
Build-and-price package for the Pathfinder Rock Creek, combining a configurable exterior turntable, trim-specific feature renders, and an interior pano for customer-facing review.
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Subaru Crosstrek Retouching
Photoshop retouching and replacement across the Subaru Crosstrek launch image set, focused on seat and trim updates across multiple final views.
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Kicks SR Build and Price
Build-and-price asset set for the Kicks SR, centered on configurable exterior color coverage, paint-linked feature renders, and an interactive interior pano.
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Infiniti QX60 Buck Shots
Focused interior buck-shot set for the Infiniti QX60, showing cabin presentation, seating layouts, and finishing consistency across related views.
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Michele Watch
Personal product-visualization study included as a secondary example of hard-surface modeling, materials, and controlled lighting.
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About
Photoreal automotive imagery backed by strong production follow-through.
Experience
Over the last decade, I have produced automotive imagery for Nissan, Infiniti, and Subaru digital platforms, with work spanning build-and-price assets, launch stills, panoramic interiors, and retouching.
Finishing
My focus is final fit-and-finish: taking Maya and Unreal outputs through Nuke-based compositing, maintaining material and lighting fidelity, and helping assets move cleanly through review, quality assurance, packaging, and delivery.
Asset Types
Recent work includes configurable renders, 360 turntables, panoramic interiors, launch imagery, and final compositing for production-ready delivery.
Capabilities
Core strengths across configurable assets, final finishing, and delivery workflows.
Configurable Automotive Assets
Create customer-facing 2D assets for build-and-price and launch experiences, including configurable renders, 360 turntables, feature images, and panoramic interiors.
Final Compositing + Finishing
Bring rendered assets to final through compositing, retouching, cleanup, color and material refinement, and production-ready fit-and-finish.
Production Workflow Support
Support reliable delivery through cross-functional collaboration, quality assurance improvements, packaging, and workflow problem-solving across larger automotive workloads.
NukeMayaPhotoshopUnreal EngineAfter Effects
Experience
Automotive production experience across visualization, compositing, and delivery.
May 2021 - Present
Omnicom Production
2D Compositor
Create and deliver automotive visualization assets for Nissan, Infiniti, and Subaru digital experiences, from compositing feedback through final packaging and client-ready delivery.
August 2016 - May 2021
Mackevision
2D Compositor
Delivered final imagery for automotive configurators and digital experiences, ensuring web-ready quality and working with 3D teams to improve asset readiness and finishing efficiency.
May 2016 - August 2016
CCS Mobility Team
Visualization Artist
Created 3D models, animation, and compositing for a mobility concept presented to the Seoul Design Foundation.