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Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

September 2020 - August 2023: Level and Prop Art for Dragon Age: DreadwolfMarch 2020 - September 2020: Level Art and Optimization for Star Wars: SquadronsMarch 2017 - March 2020: Environment Art for Anthem at BioWare AustinJune 2013 - March 2017: Environment art and World Building for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Austin, Texas Area

March 2020 - September 2020: Level Art and Optimization for Star Wars: SquadronsMarch 2017 - March 2020: Creating environment art for Anthem at BioWare AustinJune 2013 - March 2017: Environment art and world building for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Created 3D models and textures for use in virtual product demonstrations.

One year contract as an Environment Artist for Star Wars: The Old Republic. • Worked as the primary artist tasked with creating 34 small areas for post-release content: - - Worked with designers to schedule, scope, and block-out needed areas - - Tracked the progress of art tasks by myself and others - - Implemented final art and lighting for 17 of the planned areas - - Defined the look of new areas - - Created new takes on existing settings - - Modified and re-purposed existing assets - - Created additions to existing asset sets when necessary• Contributed modeling, texture creation, and world building work to patches 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, and other areas of unreleased content • Optimized areas and updated older assets in preparation for shipping the project

Faxion Online:• Worked with another artist as a two person team responsible for producing the environment art for an MMO in approximately 15 months. • Responsible for defining the look of seven game zones. - - Created a set of 6 - 8 tiling terrain materials for each zone. - - Painted and implemented any necessary dynamic detail plants - - Setup world lighting and atmospheric conditions for key times of day - - Created or grey-boxed any props necessary to begin world building • Responsible for the design, layout, world-building and majority of the art for one zone (Heaven Player Hub).• Created numerous model sets including modular interiors, architecture sets, plants,weapons, and miscellaneous props.• Provided initial direction and feedback to outsourcers for creating additional props • Participated in optimization efforts including rooming of environments and working with engineers to implement a level of detail system.

Star Wars: The Old Republic:• One year contract position as an environment artist for Star Wars: The Old Republic. • Creation of terrain placement of props using the Hero Engine• Layout, propping, lighting, and optimization of interior areas. • Participated in optimization passes on finished areas.• Occasionally modified props for optimization or re-purposing.

As part of my education at The Guildhall I participated in several large team game development projects. Working in multi-discipline teams and on aggressive schedules, I experienced firsthand the rigors of game development. For my senior team game project I was selected to serve as Art Lead. This game, The Color of Doom, was named an IGF Student Showcase Winner in January of 2009.

Masters, Interactive Technology: Art Creation

Ba, English Literature