Experience

• Senior 3D Artist at Level Ex

  Chicago, United States

  January 2018 - Present

• Character Art Lead at Phosphor Studios

  Chicago, IL, Afghanistan

  September 2017 - January 2018

• Lead 3D Artist at WMS Gaming

  Chicago

  November 2015 - September 2017

• Senior 3D Artist at WMS Gaming

  Chicago, United States of America

  April 2010 - November 2015

  As Senior Artist, take the reigns in the development process of bonus games and 3D art development. Primary
  
  responsibilities include initial concept and pre-visualization of slot bonus games, carried throughout the production
  
  process. Design characters, props and environments, then take those designs through to complete, game-ready
  
  assets for in-house engines and Unity 3D.
  
  Highlights of 3D Projects:
  
  ● Reel 'Em In: Supercast​slot machine. Modeled, textured and animated the four pickable real-time
  
  characters, as well as various props and other assets.
  
  ● Wizard of Oz: Haunted Forest Gamefield XD​slot machine. Responsibilities included animation, camera
  
  direction, lighting effects, compositing for the Haunted Forest pick bonus game.
  
  ● Wizard of Oz: Ruby Slippers 2​slot machine. Redesigned Flying Monkey character models for modern
  
  engines and resolutions; rigged, and animated said model. Designed and choreographed Flying Monkey
  
  bonus feature, from pre-visualization to animation, then final render and compositing.
  
  ● Hasbro's Clue​slot machine. Concept development for many of the bonus games, creative design, character
  
  design, development, and animation. Scripting design concurrently with engineers to develop character
  
  "investigations" and interactions throughout environment during game-play.
  
  ● Warner Brother's Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King​slot machine. Pre-viz development for major bonus
  
  game aspect of the slot machine. Design, modeling, texturing, and animation for various assets throughout
  
  the game.
  

• Freelance Artist at Freelance

  Chicago, Afghanistan

  May 2008 - January 2018

  Covered various roles as a freelance artist, from children's book illustrator to art lead on volunteer game projects, to
  
  design consultant and character artist on mobile platforms.
  
  ● Developed character and prop assets for Rocketcat Games' “Dad By The Sword”​, coming soon to PC.
  
  ● Designed and developed art style and assets for Bouncy Drop​, a mobile game for iOS by Important Little
  
  Games
  
  ● Designed & animated graphic animations for team strategies for Third Pillar Racing​, a cycling team based
  
  out of San Francisco, CA.
  
  ● Designed game-play and art styles for various mod projects. Maintained art style and developed pipelines for
  
  asset design and development.
  
  ● Illustrated children's book based on the Irish mythological deity Manannan mac Lir, coming soon.
  
  ● Design Consultant for Pipeline, developed for Windows 7 phones by Evil Button Games.