3D Artist

3D Artist — Ironclad Games

Atlanta, GA | November 2023 – Present

• Sculpted and textured over 85 stylized environmental assets and hero props using ZBrush and Maya, keeping all models within tight 15,000-polygon limits.
• Created 40 custom tileable materials and smart materials in Substance 3D Painter, reducing texturing workflow cycles across 3 external art teams by 25%.
• Integrated 3D assets into Unreal Engine 5, configuring LOD systems and collision volumes to increase overall gameplay frame rate performance by 15%.
• Collaborated with 6 environment artists to build a modular kitbash asset library, saving 120 hours of background art production time on a major game level expansion.

Associate 3D Artist — Skyline Visualization

Savannah, GA | June 2021 – October 2023

• Modeled and optimized 110 interior and exterior architectural models in Autodesk 3ds Max, reducing scene rendering times by 30% without quality loss.
• Unwrapped and packed UV layouts for 200+ furniture models using Blender, improving texture resolution efficiency by 18% and saving graphics memory.
• Authored photorealistic materials using Adobe Photoshop and Substance Designer, resolving 45 texture alignment errors across complex CAD model imports.
• Maintained the studio asset database of 1,200 models using Perforce, increasing file retrieval speed and streamlining weekly delivery schedules by 20%.

Autodesk Maya, ZBrush, Substance 3D Painter, Substance 3D Designer, Unreal Engine 5, Unity, Blender, Autodesk 3ds Max, PBR texturing, Hard surface modeling, UV unwrapping, High-to-low poly baking, Modular environment design, Perforce

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Project: Lost Temple Game Environment

Role: Environment 3D Artist

Tools: Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine 5

Constructed a fully modular environment consisting of 30 assets, improving texture memory utilization by 35% using trim sheets and parent-child shaders.

Project: Sci-Fi Rover Vehicle

Role: Hard Surface Artist

Tools: Blender, Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Marmoset Toolbag

Sculpted and baked a complex mechanical vehicle prop, reducing polycount by 40% while preserving high-resolution surface details for cinematic close-ups.

• Autodesk Certified Professional: 3ds Max for Design (2022)
• Unity Certified Professional: 3D Artist (2021)
• Substance Certified Creator (2023)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Contributed custom 3D models to open-source educational history projects (2022–Present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice