Dean Ashley Email & Phone Number

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Unannounced project

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

I worked on a number of titles in Firesprite in varying roles over the years, Weapons Artist, Props/ Hard Surface, however, I had the honor and pleasure of leading the amazing Environment team throughout development of Horizon Call of the Mountain, while also being an active member of the team building the levels.Not only was I was responsible for driving the visual quality for the entire team across all environments, I was also providing leadership, guidance, feedback and mentoring while closely working with the Code, Narrative, Design, and Animation departments.I was responsible for the team management, scheduling, creating the environment pipelines and working practices, asset library management, building assets, geometric budgets, texture budgets, taking levels from blockout to final art, and the final optimisation.Horizon Call of the Mountain has won so far:-• The 2023 Develop Star Awards for Best Visual Art and Best Technical Innovation.• The 2023 Golden Joystick award for Best VR Game. • The 2023 TIGA Award for Best Visual Design.• The 2024 DICE Award for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

During this project, I had the pleasure of modelling and texturing all 16 vehicles while leading a small team which mainly worked on alternate liveries. I was also responsible for the technical aspects of the art team, setting up the pipeline, the art processes, tools needed, geometric budgets, texture budgets and schedules.

As Senior Vehicle Artist at Microsoft, my main responsibilities were wide and varied. During the pre-production / R+D phase, I helped develop various in-house tools, shaders. I also assisted with overhauling and improving the pipeline ready for production and fully documenting it for other artists to learn from.During production, I worked primarily on the vehicle team, however I also modeled and fully lit Environmental scenes and built all the general props / assets within them.I worked closely alongside the lead and assisted all aspects of efficient asset production and covered his role in his absence. As a Senior member of the team I was also responsible for mentoring other artists, teaching them in 3DsMax / Maya / Photoshop.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

After Sony Liverpool unfortunately closed, I worked as a Freelance Artist over the Christmas and New Year period, before finding full time employment again. I worked mainly for Wayforward Games in California, modelling a volcanic environment scene for a boss battle in Smurfs 2 (Multi-format). When complete, I then modeled a few Vehicles (tanks) and assets for one of their currently unannounced upcoming projects. Other Freelance work included doing work for 2 print magazines (RETURN in Germany and EGM in USA), providing assets for their front covers and editorial pages.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Designed, modelled, textured 6 of the team ships, LODs and damaged ship models.• Created various ship effects (ship shield, leech beam, engine flares, ghost ships)• Rendered the unlock sequences for ships \ trophies.• Assisted with shader creation, • Assisted with various design ideas throughout the games development cycle.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Modelled sections of the 'Mainline' track environment (driveable surface and all surrounds).• Modelled props and general assets for various track environments.• Modelled destructible buildings for various tracks environments.• Designed, modelled, textured and rigged vehicles for most classes.• Created LOD models and collision models.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Designed, modelled, textured 3 of the team ships, LODs and damaged ship models.• Created various ship effects (ship shield, leech beam, engine flares, ghost ships). • Assisted with shader creation.• Assisted with various design ideas throughout the games development cycle.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Modelled the 'Garage' environment scene, used for vehicle select and vehicle customisation.• Various assets and props.• Assisted with shader creation.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Designed, modelled, textured 5 of the team ships, LODs and damaged ship models.• Created various ship effects (ship shield, leech beam, engine flares, ghost ships).• Assisted with shader creation.• Assisted with various design ideas throughout the games development cycle.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Early R+D for the cars (Pre PS3 Dev kit) (poly counts, texture sizes, shaders, car damage)• Modelled half of the main team cars, LODs and damage pieces.• Re-modelled and lit the 'Pit lane Garages' environment used for the car select screen and career mode.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Modelled team cars, extra bonus classic cars, LODs and damage.• Re-worked the 'Trophy Room' environment.• Re-themed the 'Pit lane Garages' environment, used for the car select screen, and career mode.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Modelled every team car, extra bonus cars, all LODs and damage.• Modelled the 'Trophy Room' environment.• Modelled and lit the 'Pit lane Garages' environment, used for the car select screen and career mode.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Modeled all team cars and all LODs.I won an award for my work from Phil Harrison on F12003 and 2002, for 'Outstanding Artistic Achievement'

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Modeled all team cars and all LODs.