Experience

• Senior Character Artist at Industrial Light and Magic

  Burbank, US

  November 2022 - Present

  Modeling, texturing, cleaning scan-data and concepting 3D assets for real-time and VFX shows, adapting between character, real-time groom (gFur), prop, and environment workflows for Unreal Engine or Katana look development.
  
  Establishing shot layouts and cinematic camera Sequencer shots in Unreal Engine for 2 animated short films.
  
  Restoring and validating archived Star Wars assets for look development in Katana.
  
  Instructing educational material to department peers, including updating shared documentation on Unreal, Marvelous Designer, and asset restoration workflows.
  
  Utilizing proprietary and publicly available AI tools, including research, troubleshooting, and authoring intermediate assets for DCC.
  
  Optimizing and converting VFX models into real-time compatible models.
  
  Educating younger artists through public-facing company presentations at educational institutions like Gnomon School of Art.
  

• 3D Artist at Snap

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  August 2020 - Present

  - Creating BITMOJI character assets, including hair and outfits.
  
  - Optimizing character assets for mobile platforms.
  

• Character Artist at Freelance

  Buena Park, California, United States of America

  August 2010 - Present

  - Clients: Giant Sparrow, Camouflaj, Magnopus, The Third Floor, Motion Logic Studios, Open Realms, and other developers.
  
  - Projects: Final Fantasy XV Kingslaive, Republique Remastered, What Remains of Edith Finch, Coco VR, and more.
  
  - Creating character, environment, and prop assets for games and previsualization.
  
  - Rigging character assets for games.
  
  - Concepting visual designs.
  

• Character Artist at InXile Entertainment

  Newport Beach, CA, United States of America

  January 2016 - February 2020

  - Created character and environment art assets, including sculpting, modeling, and texturing.
  
  - Scripted art assets and level scenes in Unreal.
  
  - Rigged and animated environment art assets.
  
  - Built Substance materials for team-wide texturing pipelines.
  
  - Projects: The Mage's Tale, The Bard's Tale IV, Wasteland 3, and Frostpoint VR

• Contract 3D Character Artist at Microsoft

  Redmond, Washington, United States of America

  June 2015 - August 2015

  - Created character and prop assets for XBOX Avatars in the Unity Engine.

• Contract Character Artist at Kabam LA

  Culver City, California, United States of America

  September 2013 - July 2014

  - Created low-poly character assets, including 14 character models, 100 weapon variants, and 9 accessories.
  
  - Implemented optimization techniques in character creation to maximize asset reuse on mobile platforms.
  

• 2D/3D Artist Intern at Reverge Labs

  Marina del Rey, California, United States of America

  May 2012 - August 2011

  - Animated, inked, and cleaned-up 2D character animations and effects
  
  - Illustrated character and environment concept art for unannounced game projects
  
  - Modeled 3D and painted 2D environment assets
  

• Contract 3D Artist at Martin Brinkerhoff Associates

  Irvine, United States of America

  August 2014 - November 2014

  - Modeled high-resolution characters and props for Disney projects

• Game Tester Intern at Blizzard Entertianment

  Irvine, United States of America

  May 2011 - August 2011