Career

RESUME

Experiences

  1. Advanced Senior Environment Artist | Insomniac Games

    June 2024 - Present

    • Created 3D environments and assets for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (PS5).
    • Collaborated with art direction, design, and tech art to deliver AAA cinematic and gameplay spaces.
  2. Senior Environment Artist | Insomniac Games

    July 2021 - June 2024

    • Built high-quality 3D environments and world assets for AAA production.
    • Worked closely with cross-discipline teams to maintain visual fidelity and performance targets.
  3. Environment Artist - Interactive | Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.

    July 2019 - June 2021

    • Created 3D environments and assets for interactive prototypes and visualization projects including Sphere (msgSphere.com).
    • Worked full-time in New York, NY developing real-time content across Unreal Engine and Unity.
  4. Freelance Art Director | Beach Day Studios

    August 2018 - July 2019

    • Directed a small team of artists for developing 'VCoder' educational VR game.
    • Conceptualized and created 3D environment for a winning VR prototype for Oculus Launchpad program (Aug - Oct 2018).
  5. Freelance Senior 3D Environment Artist | Major League Baseball Advanced Media

    March 2016 - March 2019

    • Created 3D baseball stadiums for broadcasting and 3D environments for VR (Unity).
    • Created/Optimized baseball stadiums for RBI18 Baseball game.
  6. Freelance 3D Environment Artist | Experiment 7

    March 2016 - October 2017

    • Visualized and created 3D environments (Unity) for Magic Table Chess and Dungeon Chess for Oculus Rift and Gear VR.
  7. Freelance 3D Environment Artist | Digital Continue

    January 2017 - April 2017

    • Worked on pre-production 3D environment for Next Up Hero game.
  8. Contract 3D Artist | Insomniac Games

    July 2015 - March 2016

    • Delivered high and low polygon models with textures for cinematic and in-game assets; vehicles and props for Spider-Man (PS4), utilizing PBR technique. Worked offsite with minimal direction.
  9. Senior 3D Artist | Gameloft NYC

    August 2011 - July 2015

    • Conceptualized, created, implemented 3D environment assets for 4 mobile games; Spider-man Unlimited (Marvel), Cars (Disney-Pixar), Zombiewood (Gameloft), and Ice Age Village (Fox Entertainment Group).
    • Directed and delegated tasks for less senior artists ensuring 3D assets quality to highest standard while keeping close communication with an Art Lead.
    • Contributed 3D assets on multiple projects simultaneously.
  10. Senior Environment (Level) Artist | Kaos Studios, THQ

    March 2010 - June 2011

    • Collaborated with game designers on visual development for a multiplayer campaign for AAA title, Homefront.
    • Designed and created 3D environments include terrains, trees, and assets placements in Unreal engine.
    • Worked closely with 3D prop artists on 3D assets suggestion. Balanced frame rate performance without losing visual quality of the project.
  11. Freelance 3D Environment Artist | Spark Plug Games

    October 2009 - March 2010

    • Delivered 3D environments include high polygon models, textures, and scene lighting for 2D PC game, Escape from Frankenstein's Castle (Big Fish Games).
  12. Contract 3D Environment Artist | Seven45 Studios

    September 2009 - December 2009

    • Assisted with 2 environment sets creation include modeling, texturing, and lighting for a console game, Power Gig: Rise of the Six String.
    • Self directed while contributing work remotely with the team from Boston.
  13. Senior 3D Artist | Tilted Mill Entertainment

    February 2007 - September 2009

    • Led a Sim City Societies (PC) team as a lead visual artist. Responsible for visual development and creation of 3D architectures. Managed and conducted final approval of 3D assets.
    • Contributed modeling, texturing, UI designing skills for various PC games include Nile Online (www.playNileOnline.com), Mosby's Confederacy, Hinterland, Children of the Nile: Alexandria, and Sim City Societies: Destinations Expansion Pack.
  14. 3D Artist | Tilted Mill Entertainment

    March 2004 - February 2007

    • Contributed 3D, 2D, and animation in-game art assets; environments, characters, and UI for Caesar IV and Children of the Nile (PC games). Assisted with high polygon modeling for cinematic.
  15. 3D & UI Artist | Cyber Warrior Inc.

    March 2002 - November 2003

    • Visual developed and created level arts and UI for MMORPG game, Rubies of Eventide.
  16. 3D Artist | Black Box Digital

    August 2000 - November 2000

    • Modeled, textured, and animated cel-shaded characters for Zoog Disney TV project.

Skills

3D modeling (high and low), texturing, world/level art creation, managing and planning, visualization

Software

3DS Max, Photoshop, Substance Painter, Quixel, xNormal, Crazybump, Unity, Unreal, Zbrush, Houdini (beginner)

Education

1996 - 2000

BFA Computer Graphics and Interactive Media

Pratt Institute

2013 - 2014

Certified in Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses

University of Virginia

2014 - 2015

Certified in An Introduction to Marketing

U Penn