Resume

About

8+ years of industry experience working on multiple titles including iconic franchises like Forza Motorsport and Battlefield!

I specialize in vegetation and photogrammetry, interested in working alongside other creative and passionate individuals to create high quality biomes and immersive game play experiences. I am an organized & detail oriented individual focused on deep collaboration and clear communication with plenty of experience working with global teams to create effective long-term plans, execute on objectives and improve workflows.

Key Skills

3D asset and PBR texture creation for next generation platforms, specializing in vegetation and biomes
Photogrammetry for organic and hard surface assets to create photorealistic asset libraries and digital doubles of existing real world locations
Set decoration and world building to drive storytelling and narrative
Strong communication and organizational skills. Extensive collaboration with tech art and procedural teams to test and implement tools for artists. Experience with providing artistic feedback to external art teams and creating documentation to guide artistic vision, visual and performance targets.
Proprietary and third party engine and tool experience
Avid gamer with a passion for creating deep and immersive experiences

Software Knowledge

Autodesk 3Ds Max & Autodesk Maya
Adobe Photoshop
SpeedTree
Reality Capture & Agisoft Metashape
Substance Painter & Substance Designer
Houdini
Frostbite Engine / Unreal Engine 4
Perforce / Jira / Shotgrid
Confluence / Miro

Lead Vegetation Artist

Mar 2024 - Present | Ripple Effect Studios (Full-time)
Aug 2022 - Mar 2024 | Ridgeline Games (Full-time)
Battlefield

Work Experience

Lead Vegetation Artist on Battlefield's Single-player experience

Built the single-player vegetation team. Managed and mentored other vegetation artists.
Managed the scope and production planning of vegetation asset lists for internal and external artists.
Improved collaboration and coordination across the vegetation teams from multiple Battlefield Studios by implementing weekly meetings, agenda & feature development tracking and regular ‘tools’ training sessions to improve team knowledge and versatility.
Extensive cross-studio, cross-timezone coordination with Battlefield partner studios DICE (Sweden) and Criterion (London)

3D Environment Artist

Mar 2020 - Aug 2022 | Turn10 Studios (Full-time)

Aug 2018 - Feb 2020 | Turn10 Studios (Contract via Randstad)
Forza Motorsport (Xbox Series X/S, PC)

Lookdev R&D

Pre-production development and research for next generation platforms, collaborating with Look development, Lighting and Cinematics teams to establish the visual target for future Motorsport releases, using industry leading workflows and technologies
Established technical specifications and best practices across a variety of track assets for internal artists and vendors.
On-location track sourcing

Asset Production

Creation of 3D assets and PBR textures for next generation platforms, specializing in vegetation assets and pipeline
Photogrammetry for organic and hard surface assets. Creation of digital doubles of existing real world locations and establishment of an internal library of photorealistic assets.
Set decoration and worldbuilding
Polish and optimization of internal and vendor assets for proprietary and third party engine
Management and training of internal artists on vegetation and engine pipelines

Tools and Pipeline Development

Together with our procedural team, developed new tools within Houdini and Substance to improve photogrammetry and biome workflows.
Documenting art pipeline improvements, liaising with Tech Art and Tools teams to implement and test procedural tool integration with our proprietary engine

Outsourcing Support

Production estimates
Reference and resource gathering for vendors to support SoW deliverables
Daily feedback on vendor submissions to ensure expected quality and performance requirements

Associate 3D Environment Artist

April 2016 - Aug 2018 | Wargaming Seattle
Project Excalibur (Unannounced Title)

Responsibilities

Full pipeline development for assets and maps from whitebox to polish phase, including tuning and optimization of vegetation, building and prop assets. Responsible for the creation of key hero buildings and destruction elements.
Close coordination with Level Design teams to ensure art and gameplay remained compatible and readable.
Cross-team collaboration to establish rulesets to accommodate varying gameplay and performance requirements.
Provided daily feedback for OS vendors to ensure the delivery of high quality assets
Documentation of workflows and systems for internal use
Provided support onboarding interns and contract artists to our tools and workflow pipelines

3D Environment / Level Design Artist
Jan 2013 - Aug 2015 | Wander (Freelance)
Wander (PS4/PC)

Responsibilities

Developed and implemented key gameplay assets
Level design and set dressing for all major map regions
Managed porting of all existing art assets from Unity to Cryengine as part of a engine transition initiative.
Testing and optimization of gameplay and assets
Presented in the Indie developer section at PAX Australia in 2013

Shipped Titles

Wander | PS4, PC

2015

Forza Motorsport | Xbox Series X/S, PC

2023

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