Experience

• Senior Character Artist at Ape Squared Creative

  CA

  August 2023 - Present

• Senior Modeler at Wildbrain

  Vancouver, Canada

  May 2020 - Present

• 3D Character Artist at IGG Canada

  Vancouver, Canada

  June 2019 - February 2020

  - Creation of 3D Characters for CG trailers
  
  - Creation and set up of skin shaders for Vray inside Maya
  
  - Working directly with Riggers and Sim artists, providing them with clean topology and geo for cloth
  
  - Creation of 3D Characters for mobile games
  
  - Quick iterations, open Sub-D workflow, baking HP to LP, Texturing in Substance Painter

• Character Artist at Electronic Arts (EA)

  Vancouver, Canada

  January 2019 - Present

  - Created High and Low Poly models following the technical topology requirements and tri-count budgets
  
  - Collaborated with the rigging team, making sure the assets met animation requirements
  
  - Baked maps, created UVs and Textures
  
  - Set up shaders and imported the assets into the Frostbite engine

• CG Modeler at DHX Media

  Vancouver, Canada

  June 2018 - January 2019

  - Created geometry, UVs, Textures and Shaders for assets (characters, props, sets)
  
  - Worked with the rigging team to ensure assets are built to achieve the intended animation performance requirements
  
  - Ensured assets were delivered to the expected quality and technical requirements of the show

• Lead Artist at Multiball Studios

  Vancouver, Canada

  October 2017 - Present

  - Modeling, Rigging, Texturing and Animating Characters and Environment pieces
  
  - Designed 10 Characters and over 170 props in 3 month Dev Cycle
  
  - Color and Shader work, Establishing the Look and Feel for all levels
  
  - Developing a Character Rig to use with Mo-Cap Animations in Unity

• Lead 3D Artist at Exit Earth Entertainment

  Vancouver, Canada

  December 2014 - June 2017

  - Worked directly with the Art Director; Interpreted and brought 2D concepts into 3D
  
  - Modeled, Textured, Rigged, Animated over 30 Characters and 100 Props
  
  - R&D on Texture workflow; Created over 30 Tiliable Textures
  
  - Created a categorical system of looking up Models/Props which increased productivity by 60%

• Tech/Environment Artist at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

  Toronto, Canada

  February 2014 - April 2014

  - Performed the role of an Environmental Artist and Technical Artist
  
  - Applied understanding of game Physx, Particles, Shaders and Materials
  
  - Learned how to work within a given artistic style and adapt my work to fit the scene
  
  - R&D on animatable particle FX simulations within UDK