David Mann Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

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I was tasked with establishing the character art style and materials, as well as cleaning up the client's art pipeline and documentation, for easier onboarding of junior level artists.

Carlsbad, California, Us

I assisted the Cavrnus team with asset optimization for their Unity tools and platform. I was also tasked with cleaning up and organizing several environments and props assets, including the VeveVerse/Marvel showroom for San Diego Comic Con 2023.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Rapidly prototype and develop character art and props for various live mocap performances across mobile, PC and VR experiences. Collaborate with Art Director, Designers and Tech Artists to develop character modeling and texturing pipelines with a unique art style and high quality standards. Assist in the implementation of new tools and techniques, to quickly deliver performer likenesses according to internal style guides and performer feedback throughout product development.- Senior Character Artist on The Calvin Harris Experience -Established style guides and quality standards across multiple platforms in Unreal Engine -Worked closely with Art Director and Art Leads to define Wave's art direction for characters -Designed, modeled, and textured Calvin Harris's avatar-Senior Character Artist on Teflon Sega’s Dimensions, a live virtual concert -Refined character art workflow, consolidating material setup and UV layout for engine optimization -Modeled & textured Teflon’s avatar -Developed emissive materials in cooperation with Tech Artists to create real-time "black light" visual effects -Worked closely with the Marketing Team to develop renders for promotional materials

Los Angeles, California, Us

-Character Artist on Justin Bieber’s Interactive Virtual Experience -Modeled & textured Justin Bieber’s clothing and props-Character Artist on Beatport BEYOND, a series of live DJ virtual performances -Modeled & textured many of the character assets and performer avatars throughout the series. -Proactively communicated with Tech Artists to establish a rapid workflow, adhering to technical parameters while maintaining artistic integrity

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Established best practices and an art pipeline to maintain high standards for realism and visual consistency across mobile and VR products. Created characters and assets with medically accurate human anatomy under the scrutiny and supervision of top medical professionals. Facilitated and led education and mentoring sessions for Junior Artists. Selected projects include…- 3D Art Lead on Pulm Ex, an award-winning pulmonology game for iOS and Android- Built organic and hard surface asset development pipeline, from modeling tools to material generation, and visual effects. - Collaborated with Graphics Engineers to design state-of-the-art visual effects and rendering techniques, attaining AAA-quality art within the confines of mobile and AR platforms.

Worked with numerous clients, providing character models and prop assets for everything from video games to board games. Open communication and collaboration with client art directors to deliver highly detailed, industry quality characters and other 3D assets. Selected projects include... - Dad By The Sword, Rocketcat Games- True Messiah, Sinister Design- Labyrinthium, The Men Who Wear Many Hats

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Directed a team of 3D Artists in the development process and best practices of 3D art development across multiple concurrent projects. Guaranteed style and high-quality art at each level of development. Collaborated with customer teams, maintained open lines of communication at all times between Designers and 3D Artists to ensure each milestone of the development cycle was achieved. Selected projects include…- Lead 3D Artist on Wizard of Oz: Munchkinland Slot Machine - Developed art style and design pipeline for character development. - Supervised the design, modeling, and animation of characters throughout the game.- Lead 3D Artist on Warner Brothers’ Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Slot Machine - Created high-level sculpt of the Cave Troll, as well as low-poly game-ready model and PBR textures.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Led the development process of bonus games and 3D art development for multiple slot machines. Conceptualized and pre-visualized slot bonus games. Modeled characters, props, and environments in a variety of art styles, transforming concept art through to complete, game-ready assets for in-house engines and Unity 3D. Selected projects include…- Reel ‘Em In: Supercast Slot Machine - Modeled, textured, and animated four pickable real-time characters, numerous props, and assets.- Wizard of Oz: Ruby Slippers 2 Slot Machine - Remodeled the Flying Monkey character models for modern engines and resolutions. - Rigged and animated Flying Monkey character models. - Pre-visualized, animated, rendered, composited, and choreographed Flying Monkey bonus feature.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Served as an integral team player on numerous projects from initial concept development and game-play pre-visualization throughout the overall creative design, development, and production process. Conceived game-ready assets, characters, and animations for in-house proprietary 3D engine and Unity.Selected projects include…- Hasbro’s Clue Slot Machine - Developed numerous bonus games, by designing, modeling and animating characters, scripting design in coordination with Engineers to develop character behaviors during gameplay. - Warner Brothers’ Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Slot Machine - Developed pre-visualization for major bonus game aspects of the slot machine. - Modeled, textured, and animated various assets throughout the game.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Graduate of the School of Animation and Visual Effects, emphasis on Character Modeling and Game Design.