Yimin Zhang
I am Yimin. I solve complex creative and technical challenges that unblock production, and pioneer workflows that unlock new experiences.
Over the past decade, I have helped shipped Theme Park attractions, Marvel films, Meta’s Avatar system and VR platform.
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Shipped three location-based VR attractions for the Transformers Theme Park in Shanghai. Calibrated an 80-camera OptiTrack volume, authored UE4 in-game animation and Optimus Prime intro cinematics, established park operating procedures, and bridged DMG with vendor game studios on the art pipeline.
Built Unreal Blueprint and Python tooling for shot, lighting, and NPR-rendering pipelines. As Virtual Production TA on Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, oversaw engine renders for 20+ visualization sequences and authored FX materials for procedural ant crowds, shrink/shield effects, and energy creatures — while mentoring Unreal TA/TD trainees.
Technical Artist on Avatars and TL for Skin & Makeup — shipped 230+ hair and 125+ makeup assets. Designed a USD node-graph system simulating subsurface scattering and multi-layer compositing, authored custom HLSL/Spark SL shaders for AR effects across Messenger and Instagram, and built Python/Qt Maya tooling to automate artist workflows.
Yimin is a Technical Artist who specializes in making tools, shaders, and real-time effects. He is currently working at Meta, helping to bring metaverse experience to Meta's social media apps through augmented reality. Previously, he has worked on multiple VR experiences for a Transformer VR center, and on films such as Marvel's Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. Through his diverse work experiences across games, films, and tech, he has developed a robust generalist skill set while leveraging specialized learnings from each industry.
Yimin also loves venturing in an ever-more emerging intersection of art and technology, always staying up to date with the latest breakthroughs in generative AIs and Large Language Models. Outside of work, he enjoys making fun prototypes with new tech and exploring new places with a camera in hand.
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