Experience

• Advanced Environment Artist at ArenaNet

  June 2023 - Present

• Lead Environment Artist at BonusXP

  November 2021 - May 2023

  Managed team of Environment Artists
  
  Assigned and prioritized tasks for Environment team
  
  Established 3d art pipeline and created documentation
  
  Sculpted, modeled, and textured 3d assets
  
  Imported and Implemented assets in the game editor
  
  World building
  
  Created materials in Substance Designer
  
  Built shaders for art department in Unreal’s material editor
  
  Collaborated with design department to ensure levels met design needs
  
  Mentored junior artists
  

• Senior Environment Artist at BonusXP

  Allen, Tx, United States of America

  March 2020 - October 2021

  Established 3d art pipeline and created documentation
  
  Sculpted, modeled, and textured 3d assets
  
  Imported and Implemented assets in the game editor
  
  World building
  
  Created materials in Substance Designer
  
  Built shaders for art department in Unreal’s material editor
  
  Collaborated with design department to ensure levels met design needs
  

• Senior Environment Artist at Playful Studios

  McKinney, Tx, United States of America

  December 2019 - January 2020

  Lead level strike team on unannounced project
  
  Established 3d art pipeline and created documentation
  
  Sculpted, modeled, and textured 3d assets
  
  Imported and Implemented assets in the game editor
  
  World building
  
  Created materials in Substance Designer
  
  Collaborated with design department to ensure levels met design needs
  
  Mentored junior artists
  

• Level 3 Environment Artist at Retro Studios

  Austin, Tx, United States of America

  March 2018 - October 2019

  Sculpted, modeled and textured 3d assets in PBR
  
  Imported and implemented assets in proprietary game engine
  
  Implemented performance passes on levels and assets
  
  Collaborated with engineers to improve art pipeline
  
  Created training documentation for internal tools
  
  Mentored junior artists
  

• Contract Senior Character Artist at RNG Studios

  Covington, Wa, United States of America

  November 2017 - February 2018

  Sculpted, modeled and textured 3d character assets in PBR
  
  Imported and implemented assets in the game editor
  
  Helped establish art style for characters
  
  Participated in art and gameplay critiques
  
  Advised on Unreal 4 best practices
  

• Contract Senior Environment Artist at Toys For Bob

  Covington, Wa, United States of America

  November 2017 - February 2018

  Sculpted, modeled and textured 3d assets in PBR
  
  Imported and implemented assets in the game editor
  
  World building and level lighting
  
  Painted foliage using Unreal 4 foliage system
  

• Senior Environment Artist at Motiga

  Bellevue, Wa, United States of America

  March 2017 - November 2017

  Sculpted, modeled and textured environment and character assets
  
  Imported and Implemented assets in the game editor
  
  Created material shaders in Unreal’s material editor
  
  Implemented performance and collision passes on levels
  
  World building
  
  Collaborated with game designers and animators on gameplay assets
  
  Participated in art and gameplay critiques
  

• Content Artist at Gearbox Software

  Frisco, Tx, United States of America

  August 2010 - November 2016

  Sculpted, modeled and textured environment and character assets
  
  Imported and Implemented assets in the game editor
  
  Collaborated with technical artists and level designers to improve performance
  
  Researched new software to improve art pipeline