Burnout Dominator - PS2/PSP Released: 2007 - Published by: Electronic Arts

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat - Xbox 360 Released: 2006 - Published by: Electronic Arts

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - PSP Released: 2005 - Published by: Electronic Arts

Tycoon City: New York - PC Released: 2006 - Published by: Atari

Core Skills

A creative person with traditional art training and 3 years experience working for both first party and third party development studios.
Familiar with creating 3D or 2D work to a brief and within the required timescale.
Able to work on my own creative initiative or as a team player having strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
I have produced and maintained internal documents to assist in the creation of in game assets by other team members.
Experienced in the production process of creating in-game, pre-vis or cut scene 3D models (environment, vehicle and character) for various platforms. Able to work to specified poly and texture limits and experienced in creating various levels of LOD’s, collision meshes, shadow volumes etc.
Using my traditional art background I have a keen eye for modeling and can create bespoke textures to requirements whenever needed.
I am able to storyboard and illustrate gameplay elements or level design as well as character and environment design if required. I have experience in creating pre vis animations and renders before creating ‘greybox’ levels for testing and quick iteration.

Game Development Techniques

Experienced in creating High and Low Poly models for PS3, Xbox360, PC, PS2 and PSP – including textures, LOD’s, shadow volumes, vertex lighting and lighting shells etc.
Excellent free hand drawing skills, able to draft and concept ideas quickly and clearly if required.
Familiar with asset management programs and able to maintain and update task schedules as required.
Experienced in reviewing and critiquing outsourcers work before signing off for use in game.
Comprehensive Maya knowledge, familiar with the process of producing a model/character within Maya from concept, modelling, UV layout, texturing, rigging, painting weights, lighting and rendering. Able to build basic MEL scripts.
Able to model creatively and accurately to plans (Nurbs and Poly).
Able to check and resolve issues such as non-manifold geometry, n-sided faces, z-buffer/z-fighting and other such modelling and texturing issues. Experienced in quality checking other artists and Outsourcers work before use in-game.
Can extract UV’s for accurate power of 2 texture painting within Photoshop or similar application using the suitable projections.
Excellent texture painting skills within Photoshop due to knowledge of traditional hand painting and drawing techniques.
Familiar with Maya 3D animation, camera and lighting techniques – able to produce both pre-vis animatics and production quality animation.
Usage of Maya Live for tracking live footage in a 3D environment.
Highly proficient with a number of mediums such as Inks, Watercolour, Oil paints, Airbrush and Clay.

Software

Alias Maya 6.5, 7.01, 8.5 – Modelling, Texturing, Lighting and Rendering for Animation, Character, vehicle or environment creation.
NewTek Lightwave – Modelling and Texturing, Exporting to game.
Adobe Photoshop – Able to produce material textures without the use of stock photos etc to simulate real world objects.
Discreet Combustion 3 and Adobe After Effects to composite rendered images in order to produce a production output.
Pixologic ZBrush - Can model and texture within ZBrush (ZSphere mesh). Able to use low poly Maya models as tools within ZBrush for creation of displacement maps or normal maps.
Polytrans, Deep Ex, AlienBrain, Perforce, HDRshop, Terragen.
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premier, Corel Painter 8-9, Macromedia MX Suite (Inc Dreamweaver and Flash), Deep Paint and the Microsoft Office Suite.

Experience

18th Sep 06 – Current
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. 15 Great Marlbough Street, London.
Maya Modeller, Photoshop texture artist. Currently working on a PS3 project.
Working with environments, vehicles, damage and destruction, and as a pre vis artist (animation and camera work)

12th Sep 05 – Sep 06
Electronic Arts Ltd. 2000 Hillswood Drive, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 0EU.
Maya Modeller, Lightwave modeler, Photoshop texture artist.
Released titles: Burnout Dominator - PSP/PS2, Battlefield 2 Modern Combat - Xbox 360, Harry Potter Goblet Of Fire -PSP. Other unannounced projects.

Jun 05 – Sep 05
Escape Studios. 126 Shepherds West, Rockley Rd, London, W14 0DA.
Resumed role as Studio Assistant. Assisting Students learning 3D application Maya.
Advised solutions to project problems and design issues.

April 05 – Jun 05
Deep Red/Escape Studios. Shepherds West, Rockley Rd, London, W14 0DA.
Maya Modeller/Texture Artist (Outsourcing on 'Tycoon City -New York' Developer: Deep Red. Publisher: Atari). Creating to specification low poly Maya Models. UV Mapping existing textures or creating bespoke textures in Photoshop. Creating various Levels of Detail and Shadow casting volumes from main models. Adding Vertex lighting and creating lighting shells.

Jan 05 – Apr 05
Double Negative Visual Effects. 77 Shaftsbury Avenue, London, W1D 5DU.
Render Wrangler. Managed and checked Pixar Renderman render jobs for film special effects on Harry Potter Goblet of Fire, Batman Begins, Doom and other productions. Prioritised and tracked rendered shots according to Lead Technical Director or Producers requirements.

Sep 04 – Oct 2004
Escape Studios.126 Westbourne Studios, 242 Acklam Road, London W10 5JJ.
Studio Assistant. Assisted Students learning Maya with project work. Advised solutions to project problems and design issues.

Education

2006 – 2007 Escape Studios (Authorised Maya Training Centre).
Zbrush introduction and Human Anatomy for artists

May 04 – Aug 2004    Escape Studios (Authorised Maya Training Centre).
Alias Maya Comprehensive Course.

1994 - 1995                 Royal College of Art, Peckham Road, London SE5 8UF
Diploma in Fine Art Foundation Studies.

1992 - 1994 Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, Walden Road, Chislehurst BR7 5SN.
Diploma in Technical Design and Illustration

References available on request.