Art Director with BFA in Computer Animation and more than ten years’ experience creating highly detailed, believable, and immersive 3D environments and props for video games. Proficiencies include compelling world building, extraordinarily levels of polish, junior artist mentoring, cross-divisional collaborations, and creative problem solving. Deep exposure to start-up, entrepreneur-run studios, and the ensuing self-sufficiency required to thrive within them. Intelligent, AAA focused, budget conscious, cooperative, and fair.
► The Anacrusis
Executed iconic groovy indie aesthetic for startup, ground-up cutting-edge pipeline focused on AAA quality art, drive external vendors/budget, fostered team through ownership, professional growth, respect.
► Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Architected unique holistic approach for workflow in modern cutting edge environment pipeline; working deeply entrenched with design and highly tech driven. Define artistic vision of Art Director and contribute own, mentor teammates, build prototypes, manage offsite contractors.
Workflow and PBR pipeline architect for artists; drive budget/resources, interpret art director’s vision and contribute own, define game style, build prototypes, prep exec pitches, develop build automation and visual language that is easily adopted, and mentor teammates
► Recore
► Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
► Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate
► Injustice: Gods Among Us
► Multiple Unshipped Projects
Specialized in high-end point of interest assets, texturing and lighting, and assembled levels in proprietary editor
► Defiance
Team lead; start-to-finish level creation, incl. modeling, texturing, and lighting
► Splatterhouse
Built, textured, and lit level geometry; worked in extremely close knit, positive team that embodied creativity on acclaimed AAA franchise
► Metroid Prime III: Corruption
Created lighting and rendering of CG characters for feature film requiring extremely high level of polish and nuance management of every detail
► The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe