Experience

• Senior Environment Artist at Sucker Punch Productions

  Bellevue

  February 2018 - Present

  - Created various foliage assets and worked on several biomes for Ghost of Tsushima and Iki Island expansion
  
  - Created various types of prop assets
  
  - Helped our outsourcing teams by providing feedback and critiques on assets and integrating them into the game
  
  - Took ownership of foliage performance across the game to help get the game running at a satisfactory frame rate

• Environment Artist at BALANCED Media | Technology

  McKinney, United States of America

  June 2016 - January 2018

  - Created 3D game art assets and materials using 3ds Max and Substance Tools
  
  - Worked with designers and other artists to build out levels using the Unreal 4 Engine
  
  - Established the mood of levels by lighting entire environments within Unreal 4

• Freelance Artist at PurePolygons Inc.

  United States of America

  June 2016 - August 2016

  - Created 3D foliage assets as a temporary contract assignment, using 3ds Max, Mudbox, and Photoshop

• Project Lead / Lead Artist at University of New Mexico

  Albuquerque, United States of America

  February 2013 - May 2014

  I Worked with professors and students on a National Science Foundation grant at UNM. My job involved:
  
  - Coordinated a small team of students working on a 3D game in Unity teaching children about alternative energy
  
  - Modeled and textured 3D houses and appliances using Maya and Photoshop
  
  - Created photorealistic renders of a virtual house for the Solar Decathlon competition using Maya and Mental Ray

• Lighting Artist Intern at Sony Pictures Imageworks

  Albuquerque, United States of America

  January 2012 - May 2012

  - Undertook training for 3D lighting as a student intern learning professional VFX pipelines and tools
  
  - Added lighting for a virtual background in a shot for The Amazing Spiderman using Katana and Arnold

• 3D Artist Intern at PowderKeg Inc.

  Albuquerque, United States of America

  June 2011 - December 2011

  - Textured 3D buildings and structures in Maya for a virtual fly-through of a futuristic city
  
  - Built out environments with buildings and added exterior architectural lighting

• Animator at Erudite Digital

  Albuquerque, United States of America

  August 2010 - January 2011

  - Animated 3D anthropomorphic characters using Maya for a film teaching children how to play golf
  
  - Animated facial rigs to match recorded dialog of speaking characters

• Graphic Designer at Saggios Restaurant

  Albuquerque, United States of America

  May 2010 - August 2010

  - Designed and created animated lunch and breakfast menus for a local restaurant using Photoshop and Flash