Valentin Nadolu Email & Phone Number

Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest, Romania

I have created 3d cars for one the world's most well known rally games.

Bucharest, Romania

Teaching the course "3D Modeling Techniques" for the Graphics, Multimedia and Virtual Reality Masters Degrees at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers.

Bucharest, Romania

I have created maps, props and Blueprints in UE4 for the TBS game Urban Strife

Bucharest, Romania

I created 3d props for Arkane's Deathloop

Bucharest, Romania

Teaching the course "Introduction to Autodesk Maya".

Bucharest, Romania

Teaching courses on 1. 3D modeling in Maya.2. Procedural texturing in Substance Designer/Painter.3. Unreal Engine 4.

Bucharest, Romania

Stepping down from the Lead Artist position allows me to focus more on the things I enjoy: 3d production and technical research into pipelines.Duties:Creating high quality 3d motorcycles to be used for the Yamaha’s My Garage and the Honda Africa Twin AR apps:Low poly (~200.000 triangles) optimized models with Uvs for use in Unity.Texture baking and creation using Maya, xNormal, Photoshop, Substance Designer and Painter.Developing the pipeline necessary to transform a high resolution model usually used to render studio shots into a model usable in Unity.Creating the asset-side project structure from geometry budgets to material and texture setup taking into consideration mobile platform limitations: restrictive memory limits. Translating the client requirements regarding bike configurations and swappable parts into the most efficient setup possible in Unity using prefabs, shared and unique shader and textures.Providing training for low poly asset pipelines, UV creation and advanced texture baking techniques using Substance Designer.Writing scripts and researching new pipeline ideas that help optimize workflow.Creating a pipeline that use both 3ds Max and Maya and 3d programs used to create the 3d models while insuring full interoperability between the two programs and Unity when it comes to geometry, UVs and baked textures.

Bucharest, Romania

As one of the Lead Artists at INDG I was in charge of the low poly asset creation for the Yamaha My Garage apps which INDG is building from Yamaha Europe as well as the Honda Africa Twin augmented reality app.Duties:Creating high quality 3d motorcycles to be used for the Yamaha’s My Garage and the Honda Africa Twin AR apps:Low poly (~200.000 triangles) optimized models with Uvs for use in Unity.Texture baking and creation using Maya, xNormal, Photoshop, Substance Designer and Painter.Developing the pipeline necessary to transform a high resolution model usually used to render studio shots into a model usable in Unity.Creating the asset-side project structure from geometry budgets to material and texture setup taking into consideration mobile platform limitations: restrictive memory limits. Translating the client requirements regarding bike configurations and swappable parts into the most efficient setup possible in Unity using prefabs, shared and unique shader and textures.Coordinating the team by ensuring each artist understands the provided documentation, deciding asset assignments based on difficulty and artist experience.Providing QA for the team, making sure everything follows the technical guidelines.Evaluating each artist and providing training for low poly asset pipelines, UV creation and advanced texture baking techniques using Substance Designer.Writing scripts and researching new pipeline ideas that help optimize workflow.Creating a pipeline that use both 3ds Max and Maya and 3d programs used to create the 3d models while insuring full interoperability between the two programs and Unity when it comes to geometry, UVs and baked textures.

Bucharest, Romania

While working at AMC I was charge of the Vehicle team working for one of the biggest multi-platform AAA titles to come out this year.Also doing research on substances and developing Mel scripts to help the Graphics team.

Bucharest, Romania

My main job was planning the tasks for the entire art team and making sure everything goes according to the schedule as well as acting as the main link between AMC and the client.In my spare time I still act as a consultant to the team on technical aspects of 3d modeling in Maya, scripts, plugins and pipeline ideas.

Bucharest, Romania

In charge of the Vehicle Department, my task was to make sure the team follows the technical and artistic guidelines received from the client.As the QA of the team, I had the task of signing off any 3d vehicles before they were sent to the client making sure they fit their specifications.Another of my responsibilities was to evaluate each artist and make sure everyone in the vehicle team was able to meet the same quality level when it comes to 3d modeling and textures.As a car aficionado, I acted as the on-site encyclopedia of everything car related.I developed scripts and came up with novel modeling techniques that would help the team improve their performance.For the first three years in this position, I was also in charge of the Vehicle Department's schedule, working with Microsoft Project and our internal scheduler to both track and plan the work of the team.

Physics Engineering, Physics Engineering, Lasers

Studied Lasers at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology.

High School Diploma, Mathematics And Computer Science

High School, Mathematics And Computer Science

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