Experience

• Lead Character Artist, Pipeline Guru, Mentor at Wildlife Studios

  Sao Paulo, Brazil

  January 2022 - December 2022

  • Created character art, character skins and props for mobile games
  
  • Cleaned up existing art pipelines
  
  • Created new pipelines for new projects
  
  • Mentored junior artists

• Senior Character & Environment Artist at Boss Fight Entertainment

  Allen, TX, United States of America

  March 2020 - December 2021

• Senior Character, Environment & Lighting Artist at Playful Corp

  McKinney, TX, United States of America

  February 2017 - January 2020

  Worked on 5 IP projects as a character, environment & lighting artist and level builder in Unity & UE4.
  
  • Served as an integral part of a team in establishing the art style for the Lucky’s Tale franchise.
  
  • Tasked with redesigning player characters and setting up a character customization system for Creativerse.
  
  • Key part of a team responsible for establishing the character art style for an ambitious Unannounced AAA Multiplayer Title.

• "Top Row" Selection at ZbrushCentral.com

  United States of America

  May 2018 - May 2018

  http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?212381-Model-Showcase-20-Characters-Disney-Infinity

• 2018 Family Choice Award - Super Lucky's Tale at Family Choice Awards

  United States

  May 2018 - May 2018

• Senior Character Artist at castAR

  Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

  July 2016 - January 2017

  3D Artist for augmented reality company, CastAR.

• Senior Character Artist / Toy Sculptor at Disney Interactive Studios / Avalanche Software

  Salt Lake City, UT

  May 2004 - July 2016

  • As part of a team tasked with creating a unified toy design for Disney Infinity, played an integral part in establishing the look and feel of the toys.

  • Helped create and establish toy development pipeline.

  • Character Lead on 2 projects.

  • As Character Lead on Cars 2 produced and oversaw the production of 50+ playable avatars
  
  and ensured all met the high quality standards of Pixar.

  • Experience includes low and high resolution modeling, digital sculpting, rigging, animation, lighting, rendering and 3d printing.

  •Worked on 13 video game titles

• Featured Artist at Kotaku.com

  September 2015 - September 2015

  http://kotaku.com/disney-infinitys-toys-are-just-the-best-1732464094

• E-Connected Toy of the Year - Disney Infinity 3.0 at Toy Industry Association

  January 2016 - January 2016

• Toy of the Year Nominee for Boys - Disney Infinity at Toy Industry Association

  January 2014 - January 2014

• 3D Artist at Sandman Studios

  Pleasant Grove, UT

  October 2003 - April 2004

• Graphic Artist at BYU Broadcasting (KBYU, BYUTV)

  Provo, UT

  January 2001 - January 2004

  Given creative license to design various graphics for television productions such as sports broadcasts, documentaries, holiday specials, and studio shows.

• Student Emmy Winner - "Noggin", Senior Project at Brigham Young University

  January 2005 - January 2005

• ACM Siggraph - "Noggin", Senior Project at Brigham Young University

  January 2005 - January 2005

  Accepted into Electronic Theater

• Annecy: International Animated Film Festival - "Noggin", Senior Project at Brigham Young University

  January 2005 - January 2005