Experience

• Environment Artist at Construct Studio

  Burlingame, CA, United States of America

  May 2019 - October 2019

  Along with producing environment art, I took on the role of organizing and optimizing art content while aligning efforts between the art and engineering departments.

  • Designed, prototyped, and produced the environment for the VR game, Home a Drone, aligning my efforts to meet a series of tight, often unpredictable deadlines.
  
  • Optimized performance across art assets to meet strict VR standards. Researched and prioritized options for each deadline by making use of light probes, light baking, LODs, billboards, occlusion culling, and by reducing mesh and material counts.
  
  • Organized scene and file structures within Unity to stabilize content growth and provide clear, consistent communication between departments.
  
  • Coordinated with our engineers to ensure art assets were implemented as intended.
  
  • Identified and completed crucial tasks that remained unclaimed late in production while working to balance art styles and provide marketing renders.

• 3D Generalist and UI Designer at Construct Studio

  Burlingame, CA, United States of America

  March 2017 - April 2019

  Continued working with Construct, eventually moving out to SF (May, 2018) to join the team in person and full-time.

  • Designed and produced a large number of low-poly, VR-friendly assets for an update to "The Price of Freedom". Assets were created with PBR texturing in a photo-realistic style.
  
  • Programmed modular UI for the Maya plugin of our "Vera" software using Python with Qt bindings. Worked together with our engineers to ensure stable, efficient communication between their data and my interfaces.
  
  • Produced concept art and rapidly prototyped environments in Unity for a number of VR/AR client projects and studio marketing materials.
  
  • Produced an environment kit and several assets for the VR game, "The Price of Freedom".
  
  • Designed and produced a pair of full-scale banners for conference displays.

• 3D Character Artist (Contract) at Construct Studio

  Burlingame, CA, United States of America

  September 2016 - December 2016

  Worked remotely to design and produce a pair of realistic hand and arm models with clean topology representing the main character in the VR game, "The Price of Freedom".

• Portrait Relief Sculptor at Robin Lehman (Employer)

  Rochester, NY, United States of America

  November 2012 - December 2016

  • Produced a series of relief sculptures, many featuring portraits of musical composers,
  
  which were 3D printed, cast in glass, and donated to musical organizations and museums.
  
  • Researched, tested, and documented new workflows for digitally sculpting in relief while
  
  developing a deeper understanding of the medium’s unique challenges.
  
  • Designed meshes for 3D printing, coordinating with my client to provide stable results.

• Character Modeler (Volunteer) at Superman: Origins (Project)

  United States of America

  January 2013 - January 2015

  • Coordinated with a team of animators to model and texture a number of stylized
  
  characters using low-poly, animation-friendly topology.
  
  • Repaired the models and textures of several existing characters to unify styles, clean UVs
  
  and meshes, reduce file size, and correct anatomy and forms.