Wesley P Eldridge Email & Phone Number

• Shipped Palia on PC, Steam, and Switch
• Create a robust, artist-friendly, performant shader stack for Cosmetics and characters in a stylized PBR live service game.
• Work directly with Team Leadership, Concept artists, Character Artists, FX Artists, and Technical Animators to establish and push the quality bar for FX and shader fidelity. Also helped establish the “What If” idea.
• Proposed an alternative method of leveraging our shader stack and tools to significantly de-scope and de-risk a new product vertical significantly improving the overall ROI for the feature.
• Help establish performance budgets and asset authoring standards with Character Lead and Technical Animation teams.
• Improved Environment and VFX shader performance and fidelity.

• Shipped Palia on PC, Steam, and Switch
• Create a robust, artist-friendly, performant shader stack for Cosmetics and characters in a stylized PBR live service game.
• Work directly with Team Leadership, Concept artists, Character Artists, FX Artists, and Technical Animators to establish and push the quality bar for FX and shader fidelity. Also helped establish the “What If” idea.
• Proposed an alternative method of leveraging our shader stack and tools to significantly de-scope and de-risk a new product vertical significantly improving the overall ROI for the feature.
• Help establish performance budgets and asset authoring standards with Character Lead and Technical Animation teams.
• Improved Environment and VFX shader performance and fidelity.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Fortnite | Co-Development with Epic Games
• Create reactive / dynamic material functions for Fortnite skins to closely match stylistic and IP considerations. Chivalry 2 | Co-Development with Torn Banner and Tripwire Interactive
• Evaluate established shaders, content library, and levels for Raytracing viability
• Create drop in material functions, content examples, and work estimates for implementing Raytracing across the project.Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2Additional responsibilities after moving to Lead role
• Took leadership role with the Technical Art and VFX Departments. Also managed VFX outsource.
• Managed 3 direct reports with a focus on mentorship and technical skill development.

Seattle, WA

• Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2
• Find interesting solutions to technical and visual problems.
• Bridge the gap between art, design, and engineering departments.
• Developed VFX and post-process effects with a focus on performance and maintaining framerates under challenging hardware conditions.
• Create and maintain the Environment, Character, and VFX shader libraries.
• Establish memory and frame-time budgets with Environment, Character, and VFX Departments.

Seattle, WA

• Created production art, animation, materials, and tools for a variety of small studios and independent clients.Team roles I've filled include Art Director, Lead Artist, Technical Artist, VFX Artist, Animator, UI/UX.
• Tomorrow Today Labs
• Strong Suit Games
• Stumbling Cat
• OssOVR
• BendVR

Phoenix, AZ

Performed Quality Assurance for THQ. Tested pre-release software for defects and 1st party standards violations across XBOX 360, PS3, WII, and DS platforms. Credited on Eight shipped titles.