As an artist and asset pipeline engineer at Brilliant Skies, I play a pivotal role in managing theinventory of assets, importing and exporting them and potentially working on them to fix any problems so they can be used in our game projects. My artistic and design skills are also used to create artwork for use in marketing or in the game itself.Responsibilities:Asset Optimisation: Ensuring that 3D models, textures, and animations are optimised for performance(reducing file sizes, improving loading times, etc.) without sacrificing quality.Tool Development: Collaborating with programmers to develop or improve tools that automate assetprocessing, such as importing, exporting, or converting assets into game-ready formats.Pipeline Integration: Working on the smooth integration of assets into the game engine, ensuring compatibility across different platforms and minimising issues during development.Workflow Improvement: Identifying bottlenecks in the asset creation process and propose/implement solutions to make the workflow more efficient (e.g., creating scripts or plug-ins for tools like Maya, Blender, or Photoshop).File Management: Maintaining and organising the asset library, making sure assets are correctly named,categorised, and versioned.Performance Monitoring: Collaborating with the team to monitor the performance of assets in-game,ensuring they meet frame rate and memory usage requirements.Artwork: Utilising my skills in graphic and product design to create marketing art if required and artwork for use in the game such as signs, logos, products.3D Art: Developing 3D assets to be used in game, either by modifying existing assets of creating new ones from scratch.

I was taken on by JWS to conduct the initial research stage of a design project that aims to develop and market a new, modern weight indicator that could compete with other high-end indicators currently on offer from the market leaders within the weighing industry.Primarily this involved meeting with customers to discover their specific needs and using this information to develop an outline of the requirements of such a product, as well as further research into current designs and applicable technology.

Working on CAD drawings of an older boat design to produce a larger and updated version for a potential customer.

Working to produce custom fiberglass products and structures, made to customer specifications, plus on site installations.