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Europahttp://europathegame.com

Irvine, California

Principal Art Lead- Overwatch 2 - PvPLead and help art directing the world building side of PvP maps. Designing and creating architecture geometry from level design blockout, materials, lighting, props and set dressing.Work closely with design and engineering to improve inhouse engine and overcome tech and art challenges, so the game stays performant at 60FPS across all platforms.- OverwatchPart of the core team that kick-started the project. Worked on all aspects of environment art and map building, always iterating with the design department so to never compromise gameplay.Level design blockout to final art, materials, lighting, props, performance, composition and storytelling.- Diablo - Reaper of SoulsMade a series of tillable scenes for the randomized and open design of exterior areas. Lighting, post process, final polish and helped with final push to shipping.- Project TitanHelped setup and build modular architectural kits for large environment creation, developed art style guides and built a highly reusable prop and material creation pipeline.

Frankfurt Area, Germany

Level and Environment Artist- Crysis 3Helped with Level, Environment Art and Art Direction preproduction.Working closely with Art Direction to explore and find a new visual look and feel for the new sequel.- Crysis 2Worked as a Level Artist, serving as the bridge between Level Design, Art Direction and Engineering to bring a new Crysis game to consoles.Worked on materials, lighting, prop creation, set dressing and composition, from preproduction to finished product.- CryEngine SDKMade educational DVD’s with over 40 hours of tutorials on Introduction to the engine, level editor, material editor and its lighting system.

Level Designer / 3D ArtistUnder SiegeWorked on Art Direction, Level Design and Environment Art for a Playstation 3 Action RTS game.Established art content pipeline and workflow, lighting, level modeling and texturing, mentored junior artists.Aquatic TalesIn charge of all the level design creation, environment art and performance for a Nintendo DS game.

3D Architectural visualization

First Professional Degree, Computing

Activities and Societies: Programming, Web Programming, Web Design. Escola Profissional Bento Jesus Caraça - Porto, Portugal

Game Art