Cole Decker Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Culver City, Ca, Us

Full-time Asset Artist role at Torchlight, Sony Pictures' new advanced visualization department working on realtime production and R&D.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Freelance 3D Artist role working on environment and prop assets for virtual production pipeline.

Burbank, California, Us

3D Generalist working across various Modeling and texturing duties - from Character/Creature art, Game Props and assets, and high res Environment asset modeling/sculpting.

Us

● 3D Modeling and Lookdev for Characters● Production of multiple main, secondary, and tertiary characters for animation project● Sculpting, topologizing, and preparing visual approval for stylized 3D models ● Preparing technical specs for model delivery, such as shaders, base mesh setup for rigging, and organization● Collaborating with teammates and various departments to meet delivery schedule and visual standards

Los Angeles, California, Us

Immersion:● 3D content for AR, VR, and theme park based use.● Modeling 3D characters, environments, and props in Maya for game engine & animated sequences; based off of conceptual reference and IP-based content.● Texturing 3D game assets using Substance Painter, Substance Designer, and Photoshop.● Integrating 3D assets into Unity and Unreal Engine through Perforce.● Retopology, cleanup, and optimization of 3D models, as well as the creation of LODs for use in Unity and Unreal Engine.● Layout of 3D environments for use in real time rendered sequences.● Contributed conceptual designs to fit within IP guidelines.● Used Jira and Shotgun for pipeline organization.Visualization:● Building 3D assets for animation in Maya Viewport 2.0, as well as Unreal Engine.● Modeling 3D characters, environments, vehicles, creatures and props in polycounts optimized for Viewport 2.0 playback.● Texturing using Maya-based Hypershade and node graphs, as well as Substance Painter and Designer for PBR output to Unreal Engine.● Rigging characters, props, creatures, and vehicles, using proprietary rig-building tools as well as from scratch.● Cleanup and optimization of Maya scene files, model polycount, textures, and rigs.● Working within pre-visualization and post-visualization pipeline, utilizing custom tools and techniques.● Problem solving through knowledge of Maya, knowledge of the TTF visualization pipeline as well as the various tools and techniques needed for asset creation.● Extracting Photogrammetry for environments from map data using Blender and other photoscan tools.● Acting as a resource and helper to new hires, to pass on knowledge of TTF tools and workflow.● Conversion of assets built for Viewport 2.0 to Unreal Engine.

● Short term role producing a 3D character model + texture for an in development game project.

Ba (Honors), Computer Animation Arts

Game Art And 3D

Concept Art

High School Diploma