As Art Director, I am responsible for establishing and maintaining the overall visual style and aesthetic of Open.Relay. I work closely with the rest of the team to ensure consistency across all visual assets from concept to final implementation. I collaborate with the game design and technical functions in the team to create a cohesive and visually appealing game that aligns with our project goals. My role involves making critical decisions on art pipelines, toolsets, and workflows to optimise our development process and achieve the highest quality visuals within project constraints.

At Playcorp I progressed from Principal Artist to Technical Artist, Lead Artist, and eventually Creative Director. My work on Beyond Contact involved developing and maintaining the game design and vision while directing artists, designers, and programmers. I led the art team, ensuring visual quality and consistency across the project. As a Technical Artist, I developed custom shaders, post-processing effects, and innovative systems for foliage animation and terrain deformation, while also creating tools for procedural world generation and artist workflow improvements.On The Cosmos is Mine!, I served as Lead Artist and Technical Artist, responsible for all character and vehicle modelling, rigging, and animation, environment art, level design, as well as creating shaders, visual effects and the world generation tools. I managed external artists, while also contributing to game design and producing marketing artwork. My role involved a balance of artistic direction and technical innovation, supporting both the creative and functional needs of the game.

Contract artist for 'Zombitsu', a mobile/tablet endless runner and combat game built in Unity 3D.Responsibilities included developing all environment art, character models and rigging, as well as various additional animations, textures and shader creation.

As a co-founder of Tome Studios, I served as the Art Director and Lead Game Designer for several iOS games, including Danger Alliance: Battles. As the sole artist, I was responsible for creating all in-game art content, including characters, environments, level design, textures, animations, UI, and effects. I also led the design of gameplay and user engagement, ensuring that the creative vision aligned with the overall player experience.Beyond art and design, I managed contract developers, organised play-testing and QA, and took on marketing responsibilities. This included creating all promotional artwork, handling PR, and building relationships with press and players. My role allowed me to maintain the studio’s creative direction while also contributing to its public presence and player outreach.

During the six years at 2K Australia/Irrational Games Australia, I worked as a Level Architect and 3D Artist, contributing to major titles like Bioshock, Bioshock 2, SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate, Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich, Tribes: Vengeance, and an unreleased XCOM project. My responsibilities spanned designing and prototyping engaging and intuitive level layouts, creating environment assets, optimising scene performance, and managing in-house and outsourced artists. I collaborated closely with programmers to develop tools and workflows for level designers while mentoring new team members and documenting design processes.In addition to environmental design, I scripted cutscenes, animated visuals, and contributed to gameplay design for both single-player and multiplayer experiences. My work involved ensuring seamless integration between artistic elements and gameplay, while also balancing performance optimisation and creative vision across multiple platforms.