PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

January 2021 - January 2024 Senior Technical Artist

Unity 3D

Vancouver, Canada

A member of the Tech Art team at the company that develops the world's most popular real-time 3D engine

Working with clients to create entertainment experiences including VR and location based adventures

May 2020 - December 2020 Technical Artist

Archiact VR

Vancouver, Canada

Created materials and effects in Unreal

Prototyped VR mechanics using Unity

July 2018 - April 2020 Senior 3D Artist

heinekampdesign

Böblingen, Germany

Technical Artist, creating AR and VR experiences in Unity

Developed apps using C#, HLSL and other languages

Built assets for Unity using Maya and Photoshop

January 2016 - June 2018 Senior Technical Artist

Innogames

Hamburg, Germany

Senior Technical Artist at Germany's largest game company

Developed asset pipelines and integrated art assets for 2D and 3D games

Worked with C#, Python, javaScript, Unity and GraphicsMagic

Created shaders, lighting and VFX using C# and HLSL

2014-2015 Technical Artist

Flaregames

Karlsruhe, Germany

Technical Artist in mobile game development studio

Created shaders and VFX using C# and HLSL

Integrated 3D assets into Unity using C#

Prototyped game mechanics and created art tools using javaScript

2004-2013 Contract 3D Artist

Rock Farm Animation

Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Operated as an independent 3D artist providing services to clients in the game industry

Excelled at creating models, shaders, animation, and VFX using Maya, 3DS Max and other 3D tools

Integrated data and created 3D assets for custom engines as well as Unity and Unreal

Rendered high fidelity images using Mental Ray and HDRI

Programmed scripts and actions in many languages to create complex effects or optimize production flow

Leveraged 20 years of experience to bring life to computer generated characters, models and environments

Demonstrated intimate control of the Adobe Suite of tools, most notably Photoshop and After Effects

Developed games for multiple platforms, including mobile, PC, web and consoles

1998-03 Senior Artist

Disney Interactive

Victoria, B.C.

Lead 3D artist on internal game projects, guiding art teams to create new properties while maintaining brand quality

Technical artist, developed pipelines and tools for internal game development

Responsible for modeling, surfacing and rigging of characters and environments

Character animator, performing with Pixar characters including Buzz Lightyear, Nemo and others

Participated in development of 3D technologies and methods for real-time 3D games in UDK

Created production tools in Maya using MEL scripts

Responsible for leadership in concept development and game design

1996-98 Co-founder, Creative Director

Intelliscape Interactive Corp.

Vancouver, B.C.

Lead the creation of real-time 3D game character and world designs

Technical lead, contributing to design of game engine technology (DIRTT engine)

Established a new venture to explore interactive entertainment market

Responsible for managing Motions Works creative personnel including artists, animators and programmers

Art Directed projects at Motion Works to insure quality work was delivered on time

Interfaced with clients including Sega (Virtual Makeover) and Fox Interactive (Anastasia) to complete CD-ROM titles

1992-94 Senior Computer Graphic Artist

Electronic Arts Canada

Burnaby, B.C.

Lead artist on game development projects, including the original Need For Speed

Responsible for design and creation of art and animation for games on 3DO, SEGA, SNES, Playstation and PC platforms

Helped establish video facilities and art department at Electronic Arts Canada including training programs for artists

Technical lead, working with tools/library group to develop art and animation tools for product development

Credits include; Need For Speed (original release for 3DO and PC), NBA Showdown(SNES)

1991-92 3D Artist, The GraFiC Lab

Faculty of Computer Science

University of British Columbia

Developed animation techniques using software created at U.B.C. and commercial packages

Supervisors: Dr. A. Fournier, Dr. K.S. Booth

Worked with graduate students to create assets for research

1986-90 Co-founder, Creative Director

ICON Computer Graphics Corp.

Vancouver, B.C.

Founded the first company in Vancouver dedicated to producing 3D computer art and animation

Responsible for design and creation of animation and graphics for video production used by ad agencies and post productions houses in Western Canada

Wrote software for production and graphics applications in Pascal, C and C++

FEATURED CREDITS

Elvenar Mobile (iOS / Android game)

Innogames

Tech art support for conversion from browser game to mobile app

Created a pipeline using Python, C# and Unity to process hi-resolution rendered art down to web browser and mobile formats, including atlas and asset bundle creation

Treasure Hunt (iOS game)

Cara Casa Games

Modeled and textured all underwater scenes, including multiple sunken wrecks in diverse environments from sandy, shallow eel-grass beds to dark canyons

Modeled, textured and placed hundreds of sunken objects

Placed hundreds of coins and gems using Maya particles, physics and mel scripts.

Scripting was also used to assist placement of plants and rocks

Not involved with character art in this game

Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger: 1st/2nd/3rd Grade (PC games)

Disney Interactive

Lead 3D artist on multiple learning games

Interpreted 2D characters into 3D designs

Modeled and rigged characters for animation

Animated cut scenes and create game art

The Need For Speed (console game)

Electronic Arts

Lead artist, providing art direction and 3D modeling for the original release of this ground breaking franchise

Modelled all the vehicles in the game.

AAA hit title on 3DO, ported to PC, Playstation, Saturn

Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (PC game)

Inlight Entertainment / Disney Interactive

Created multiple assets for the creation of a PC game

Rigged and textured models of Arnold and Juni characters for use by Inlight animation team

Created isometric game sprite animations.

Bridge Command Simulation (realtime 3D training sim)

Xform

Created ship's bridge and crew for real-time 3D training simulation of an oil tanker

Formatted models and artwork for the Unity engine.

Finding Nemo Underwater Adventure (PC game)

THQ Interactive

Created rigging and texture maps for Angler model

Animated Nemo, Marlin and Dory for game hub sequences

Developed moonfish school animation techniques to rapidly animate hundreds of fish swimming in a variety of shapes

Zoog Genius (PC game)

Disney Interactive

Character modeling and rigging

Character animation for cut scenes and intro sequence

Anastasia: Adventures with Pooka & Bartok (PC game)

Fox Interactive

Production management, 3D artwork, game design

Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover (PC game)

SegaSoft

Production management and creative support

Created for PC and Mac platforms

Bloodrayne 3 (movie)

Tinderbox

Created ash and smoke particle effects for dying Nazi vampires

Combined hand tracking with captured motion tracks

Postal (movie)

Technicolor

Modeled, rigged and animated a lifelike character for a stunt scene

Scene can be viewed on YouTube, search: girl gets hit by 3 cars

Ultimate Engineering (documentary)

Parallax Films

CG art for 3 documentary television shows

Illustrated the sinking of the USS Oriskany aircraft carrier

Created undersea pipeline and equipment for Ormen Lange Super Pipeline

Modelled vehicles and guiderails illustrating magnetic levitation trains

Cleaner (movie)

Technicolor

Modeled, rigged and animated a virtual copy of Cedric The Entertainer for a dream/fight shot

The Muppets Wizard of Oz (movie)

Technicolor

Lead 3D Artist for movie

Created shaders and lighting effects for Wizard CG characters

Integrated puppeteer mocap data with CG characters

GI Joe: Valor vs. Venom (movie)

Reel FX

Character animation and scene layout for movie

EDUCATION

Capilano University, North Vancouver, B.C.

Media Resources Program

Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario

Computer Graphics and Animation

University of British Columbia

Computer Graphics

ANNUAL CONFERENCES

Regularly attend:

Siggraph, E3, Gamedev, Gamescon, Unite

Presenter at:

GameRome 2016, White Nights(Prague) 2017, QuoVadis(Berlin) 2017