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Bluffton, US

• Owner, Art Direction of independent artist collective Dekogon Studios
• Developed best practices and established pipelines & processes across multiple client productsPlanned production and provided Art Direction
• Managed a team of 200+ international remote artists
• Handled marketing, social media, and brand promotion
• Project-managed creative team’s workload and ensured timely asset delivery within budget
• Inspired and aligned the team around creative goals

Sherman Oaks, CA, US

• Instructor for Art for Unreal Engine and Modularity Game Development
• Planned and instructed digital tutorials/lessons on art, asset construction, and shader/material workflows for game development
• Provided student feedback and critique based on current industry standards of production
• Instructed on the use of game development tools (Zbrush, Maya, Quixel, Substance, UE4, Photoshop, Illustrator)

Cary, NC, US

• Educational Content Creator for Unreal Game Development
• Planned and instructed digital tutorials/lessons on art, asset construction, and shader/material workflows for game development

Richmond, Victoria, AU

• Digital Instructor for 3D Modeling
• Instructed digital tutorials/lessons on art, asset construction, and modeling workflows for game development

Kirkland, Washington, US

• Principal Artist for Scavengers
• Establish visual look development and establish art guides for other artists for creative processes
• Organic creature and environmental visual development, creation, setup, and implementation
• High | Low poly modeling, shader creation, and PBR texturing of environment buildings, landscapes, and props
• Process development, art direction, and visual standard establishment
• Work with external developers on art implementation and help to maintain creative consistency

Redmond, Washington, US

• Senior Look Development Artist for the Gears of War 5
• Works with ADs, Department Leads and Concept Artists to prototype visual unknown aspects of the game and helps define the final “look.”
• Partners with Tech Art and Production to ensure proposed “looks” fall within production and performance guidelines.
• Facilitates Art Direction by contributing to reference gathering, style guide creation for the particular “look” they are working on.
• Ensures materials conform to a PBR workflow.
• Creates shipping in-game materials for content departments (ex: Hair, Fabric, Snow, Ice).

Redmond, Washington, US

• Environment Artist for Gears of War 4 and Gears of War 4 DLC
• Creature and environmental organic visual development, creation and implementation into environment.
• In game and cinematic modeling and PBR texturing of environment assets, textures, foliage, and props.
• Advanced shader/material and look development for environment assets, creatures, and weapons.
• Outsource direction and management establish art quality bar.

North Vancouver, BC, CA

Industry mentor for students enrolled at the Think Tank Learning Centre.

Rockville, Maryland, US

• Environment Artist for Battlecry
• Stylized PBR Texture development, optimization, and implementation
• High | Low poly modeling and texturing of environment buildings, landscapes, and props
• Process development, art direction, and visual standard establishment.

Draper, UT, US

• Instructor for tutorials for game art
• Planned and instructed digital tutorials/lessons on art and asset construction and shader/material workflows for game development
• Instructed on the use of game development tools (Zbrush, Maya, Quixel, UDK, UE4, Photoshop, Illustrator)

Victoria, British Columbia, CA

• Environment Artist for Unannounced Project in UE4
• Pipeline development, optimization, and implementation for real-time destruction for structures and assets.
• Art direction establishment and outsource management to establish art quality bar.
• Design and creation of highway system consisting of path planning, texturing, materials, and models for roads, signs, structures, etc.
• High | Low poly modeling, shader creation, and PBR texturing of environment buildings, landscapes, and props allowing for a variety of controls for multiple instances.

Reston, VA, US

• America's Army / SAIC Artist for PC title Americas' s Army: Proving Ground, Go Army: Edge Sports, and various government and defense projects
• High/Low poly modeling, shader creation,and texturing of environment buildings, landscapes, and props
• UI design, development, and processing through storyboard, mock-ups, wire-frames, design documentation and final graphic element construction used for mobile and web platforms
• Development of studio brand and visual style and multiple forms of marketing elements (Print / Web)
• Collaboration and coordination with art directors, artists, website developers, level designs, and other development teams on multiple simultaneous projects

Savannah, GA, US

• Served as the liaison between professional staff to student staff of thirteen
• Aided and assisted all staff in social, academic, diversity, and self improvement programming.
• Responsible for apartment lifestyle management and student scheduling.- Responsible for the recreational and educational development of the student community.

Savannah, GA, US

• Instructor for Savannah College of Art and Design
• Instructed the use of procedural effects and advanced material development for games to undergraduate SCAD students
• Created and applied tutorials, class lessons, and testing materials

Savannah, GA, US

• Responsible for a forty to fifty person floor.
• Aided and assisted all staff in social, academic, diversity, and self improvement programming.
• Policy enforcement, conflict resolution, and diversity issues with in the residence halls.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Collaboration design and research project for the Kinect sponsored by Microsoft Studios through the Savannah College of Art and Design in UE3
• High / low poly modeling, shader creation, and texturing of environment buildings, landscapes, and props
• Assisted and collaborated in design of gameplay mechanics, storybeats, and 3D construction workflows

Farmville, VA, US

• Responsible for a forty to fifty person floor.
• Aided and assisted all staff in social, academic, diversity, and self improvement programming.
• Policy enforcement, conflict resolution, and diversity issues with in the residence halls.

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Game And Interactive Media Design

Bfa, Animation

Bfa, Graphic Design