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San Francisco, California, United States

Working remotely creating models and textures for VR game environments.

Austin, Texas, United States

Worked remotely creating models and textures for VR game environments.

Austin, Texas, United States

Contract Unity lighting artist working remotely from Austin, Tx. I was the sole lighting artist and occasional vfx artist for a series of educational video games titled "The Crystal Core". Worked with Unity's Progressive Lightmapper. Responsible for using Jira and Confluence to plan and document my lighting work in over 150 levels. Coordinated with the environment team to ensure assets were set up properly for the best lighting results. Even as a team spread across the country, our persistent coordination enabled final environment quality to often exceed team expectations.

College Station, Texas

- Created 3D assets and environments using procedural workflows in Houdini and Substance software.- Produced procedural models for one launched title, Variant Limits.- Completed numerous models and textures to match the various styles of other unreleased educational game projects. Also responsible for Unity lighting, set dressing, and scene optimization.- Worked closely with concept, design, and engineer teams to fulfill project vision and spec with 3D styles and solutions.- On-boarded and mentored younger artists in studio practices and softwares.