Experience

• Lead Character Artist at Wildlight Entertainment

  Los Angeles, US

  January 2024 - March 2026

  Transition from preproduction to full production.
  
  Produced main characters [Redmane, Condor, Mara, Scarlet]
  
  Work as Character Lead working closely with character team on production of main characters by art reviews, paint overs, sculpt-overs and assist on polish. [Atticus, Kai, Koldo, Slade, Ekon, Una ]
  
  Documentations on the entire character development pipeline for both in-house and vendor teams.
  
  Working closely with MTX managers on reviews, documentations and in-taking of assets.
  
  Working with different departments from animations, technical art to game design on every aspect of the character kit.
  
  Review and feedback with Blur studios on cinematic character assets for trailers productions.
  
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  Technical responsibilities:
  
  -Create and establish base character specs [base meshes, uvs, vertex ID, UV channels]
  
  -Create and establish hair/fur card process and workflow, along with tools and UE materials.
  
  -Using Substance designer to create Painter materials, utility materials for ease of use when adhering to character standards.
  
  -Unreal Engine materials setup [Character base master materials, hair materials and cosmetic materials]
  
  -Procedural substance material setup + UE material for fast recolors and retheme of character skins.
  

• Principle Character Artist at Wildlight Entertainment

  Los Angeles, US

  January 2023 - January 2024

  Works closely with Art Director Robert Taube on exploration, iteration and proofing character art direction.
  
  Create character assets for playtesting, create mock ups and development preliminary character standards for productions.
  
  Working closely with Animation Director Shawn Wilson and Technical Director Michael Cook on establishing baseline character standardizations for smooth transition between different disciplines for character assets.
  

• Senior Character Artist at EA Games/ Respawn Entertainment

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  November 2021 - Present

  Senior Character Artist for an unannounced project we are currently developing.
  
  I help with style and look-development with Art Director and my leads.
  
  Exploring different methods and techniques to improve character asset workflow.
  

• Instructor at Gnomon School of Visual Effects

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  January 2022 - April 2022

  Instructor for the course Character Sculpting and Modeling.

• Instructor - Contract at Dekogon

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  January 2022 - October 2022

  Instructor and creator for the Artstation Learn Series - Character Armor and Accessories Creation.
  
  I developed the course and created the demo project shown in the tutorial series.
  

• Character Creation for Games at CGMA

  Sherman Oaks, United States of America

  April 2019 - Present

  Instructor & Content Creator for Character Creation for Games course

• Character Artist at Respawn Entertainment

  United States

  October 2018 - Present

• Lab artist at Lightstorm Entertainment

  Manhattan Beach, United States of America

  May 2017 - Present

  I am a lab artist leading the character team in creating realtime characters for use in virtual production. We work closely with renowned designers Dylan Cole, Ben Proctor, Joseph Pepe and Debra Scott to help realize their designs in the form of assets and character puppets for James to see in virtual capture.

• Web Deveoper / In-House Marketing Graphic Designer at Fast Origin

  City of Industry, CA, United States of America

  February 2013 - January 2015

  •Design marketing materials and create design ideas
  
  •Prepare dye-cuts for packagings
  
  •Styling for websites, products and back-end support
  
  •Create beauty shots for products

• Packaging | Web | Marketing Graphic Designer at NewsHugger(TZTUSA)

  Irvine, CA, United States of America

  August 2012 - February 2013

  •Design marketing materials and create design ideas
  
  •Create unique packaging design true to the company’s image and goal.
  
  •Prepare dye-cuts for packagings
  
  •Front-end styling for websites, backend content and product updates

• 3D modeler and Rendering Artist at Muirsis

  Brea, CA, United States of America

  September 2011 - September 2012

  •Produce Realistic CGI kitchen, bathroom, and feature product images.
  
  •Design marketing materials such as brochures, and catalogs
  
  •Frontend website design with html, javascript and css.