Rick Ruiz Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

SMITE 2• Contributed to the creation of immersive environments in SMITE 2 using Unreal Engine 5's PBR pipeline• Supported the team to port over the Arena game mode from SMITE to SMITE 2. This included porting over assets, textures and materials and rebuilding the map in Unreal 5SMITE• Designed environment models and textures for SMITE’s seasonal updates• Assisted with setdressing and polish for various gameplay modes• Modeled and textured several key locations in many of the game's mapsPaladins• Collaborated with another team member in spearheading the overhaul of environment art for Paladins, creating new assets and refreshing existing maps• Oversaw the design of the look and style of several maps, including creating concept art to convey new ideas• Participated in the creation and iteration of the game's early maps within a large environment team.Realm Royale• Developed architectural assets and seasonal updates• Handled the ownership of the Battleground map and designed and built key points of interests throughout the map

Tribes: Ascend• Developed various sci-fi architectural and modular assets for the gameplay environmentsGlobal Agenda• Built a variety of sci-fi architectural assets seen throughout the game

Santa Monica, California, United States

True Crime: New York City• Recreating the entirety of Manhattan Island with a three-person team• Provided 3D models of various landmark and general buildings for use in the gameTrue Crime: Streets of LA• Assisted in the recreation 240 square miles of Los Angeles with the City Design team• Partnered with QA to debug and polish the city map

Santa Monica, California, United States

• Supported the development team in creating 3D models and textures for gameplay environments in an unreleased title

Santa Monica, California, United States

Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly• Handled the creation of environments and assets for most of the game's maps• Modeled and textured several vehicles and characters seen throughout the game• Contributed work as a level designer to create gameplay spaces as well as creating the art for these levelsAliens: Colonial Marines (unreleased)• Authored modular art kits for several maps• Assisted with character modeling and texturing

Computer Graphics

One year certification course in 3D graphics. Covered 3D modeling, animation, and texturing using Maya and Photoshop

Architecture

Completed three semesters as an Architecture major.