Experience

• Senior 3D Character Artist at Studio Drydock

  October 2024 - Present

  Create stylized 3D characters for Wylde Society.

• 3D Artist at Freelance - various clients

  remote

  August 2009 - Present

  Select projects:

  Model, texture, rig, animate, export glTF of creatures, props, and environments for asynchronous AR & VR game.
  
  •Title: BeeQuest. Client: Niantic. Platform: Web-based VR and AR.

  Model and texture stylized characters, environments, and props for Pre-K educational game.
  
  •Title: Nunaka. Client: FableVision Studios. Platform: iPad, Android.

  Stylized handpainted character models/textures for educational game to teach computer programming to kids
  
  •Title: May’s Journey. Client: Chaima Jemmali, Northeastern University, & UC Santa Cruz. Platform: PC, Web

  Model and texture characters, props, and vehicles; assistance with tech art & art direction.
  
  • Title: various. Client: SuperScience LLC. Platform: VR & PC.

• Technical Art Manager at Visible Body

  Boston, MA, United States of America

  January 2021 - December 2022

  • Standardize, document, & teach 3D art practices.
  
  • Streamline pipeline of 3D assets going from art team to software development team.
  
  • Work with Product Owners, Senior Artists, & Art Director to align improvement initiatives with company priorities.

• 3D Character Artist at Poorly Timed Games

  Remote

  July 2020 - May 2021

  Model & texture 3D characters for debut title Grim Tranquility. Collaborate with Concept Artists & Art Director.

• 3D Art Manager at Wayfair

  Boston, MA, United States of America

  February 2016 - July 2020

  3D Art Manager, 3D Model Operations (Mar 2018 – Jul 2020)
  
  • Identify pipeline needs; propose/lead/execute cross-team processes, measure business impact & iterate
  
  • Lead a team of artists who ensure that external contract modelers hit target 3D model quality, by creating reusable model and material resources and defining and communicating technical standards

  Senior 3D Artist, 3D Visualization (Dec 2016 – Mar 2018)
  
  • Lead a team of artists creating models, materials, lighting, & renders for photoreal images in 3ds Max and V-Ray
  
  • Work with Seniors to document/teach best practices, organize projects, grow the team (from 5-60 artists in 1 yr)

  Technical Artist, Wayfair Next team (Feb 2016 – Dec 2016)
  
  • Develop 3D workflows. Create models, materials, textures. Work with engineering, creative, & copywriting teams
  
  • VR & AR apps on desktop & mobile – optimize performance, create & iterate on UX & UI

• Adjunct Instructor at Mount Ida College

  Newton, MA, United States of America

  September 2015 - May 2017

  Teach 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, & rendering to Game Art and Animation Bachelor’s students

• 3D Artist, Technical Artist at VivEd Learning (formerly Cyber Science 3D)

  Iowa City, IA, United States of America

  June 2008 - July 2014

  • Create dissectable models for educational apps on PC, mobile, web, and VR platforms for K-12, colleges, & med schools
  
  • Models, UVs, textures, materials of human & animal anatomy, spaceships, microbiology, environments, & props
  
  • Create textures for 3D version of Atlas of Human Anatomy, based on Frank Netter MD’s medical illustrations
  
  • Custom shaders via node-based editor, Unity art asset optimization, lighting, particle FX, maintain material & texture library

• 3D Modeler & Texturer at Liquid Development

  Portland, OR, United States of America

  October 2006 - April 2008

  Organic & hard-surface models, textures, UVs, LODs, collision meshes for AAA clients
  
  • Title: Rockband. Client: Harmonix. Platform: Playstation 3 & Xbox 360
  
  • Title: Warhawk, including Operation: Omega Dawn expansion. Client: Incognito. Platform: Playstation 3
  
  • Title: Killzone 2. Client: Guerilla Games. Platform: Playstation 3