Experience

• Principle Character Artist at Azra Games

  Remote

  December 2024 - March 2025

  ▪ Established the art style and technical approach for a stylized creature collection game, defining sculpting language, shape design, and shader solutions.

  ▪ Collaborated with concept artists to refine visual fidelity, documenting best practices and evaluating AI tools to enhance efficiency in a Unity-based pipeline.

• Senior Advance Character Artist at Jackalope Games

  Remote

  December 2022 - December 2024

  ▪ Developed and maintained the hard surface character pipeline for the Warhammer IP in Unreal Engine 5, setting artistic standards and documentation from project inception.

  ▪ Designed and tested customization workflows for modular assets, proposing solutions for scalable content creation.

• Senior Character Artist at Mutant Arm

  Remote

  August 2022 - December 2022

  ▪ Reworked existing character models for artistic and technical fidelity, delivering solutions for real-time performance constraints.

  ▪ Led shader prototyping efforts and authored R&D documentation for internal teams.

• Senior Character/Creature Artist at Aspyr Media

  Austin

  December 2019 - July 2022

  ▪ Led creature development for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake, establishing visual and technical standards, delivering high-fidelity boss-tier assets, and designing proxies for outsourcing that reduced feedback cycles by ~20%.

  ▪ Supported early facial modeling tasks using a FACS-based facial system, refining shapes for high-quality in-game facial rigs.

  ▪ Authored internal documentation and shared resources for the creature pipeline, presenting workflows and best practices to the broader character team.

• Senior Character Artist at Rooster Teeth Games

  Austin

  May 2018 - September 2019

  ▪ Created all character proxies for Vicious Circle, enabling early problem-solving in animation, design, and silhouette before final modeling began.

  ▪ Proposed and visualized a new stylized art direction by presenting 3D sketches and concept targets, which directly led to a team-wide pivot from realism to a more cohesive stylized aesthetic.

  ▪ Delivered 6 final characters, including sculpting, texturing, shading, and exposing animation-driven parameters for use in engine.

  ▪ Developed FX-focused shaders such as holograms and scrolling textures to support gameplay clarity and style.

  ▪ Collaborated with the environment team to produce organic assets, including tiling texture maps and modular "tumor" props, with matching shader support.

  ▪ Authored technical documentation and visual guides for outsourcing partners and internal onboarding.

  ▪ Partnered with design to implement a dynamic dye system supporting 40+ color variants across multiple mesh configurations.

• Character Artist at QC Games

  Austin

  March 2016 - May 2018

  ▪ Led R&D for character asset workflows, identifying and proposing scalable solutions to improve performance, customization, and production speed.

  ▪ Designed and implemented a modular layered material system, reducing texture memory usage and enabling broad character variation through parameterized material blending.

  ▪ Authored 30+ core materials and shader functions forming the foundation of the character pipeline, adopted and extended by multiple departments.

  ▪ Created detailed documentation and onboarding guides to support internal adoption, new hires, and external vendors.

  ▪ Modeled weapons, outfits, and major boss characters, often owning high-visibility content and setting benchmarks for asset quality and technical implementation.

• Character Artist at Carbine Studios

  Aliso Viejo

  August 2012 - March 2016

  ▪ Modeled and implemented creatures, weapons, and mounts for WildStar, with a focus on visual clarity and modularity.

  ▪ Led the integration of armor across 7 player races, ensuring consistency in deformation and texture fidelity.

• Character Artist at 38 Studios

  Providence

  May 2011 - May 2012

  ▪ Owned the optimization and finalization of 120+ player hair assets, refining the baking and texturing pipeline to improve quality and significantly reduce turnaround time; consistently delivered ahead of schedule on a complex, high-volume task.

  ▪ Assisted with modeling and texturing of creature and weapon assets during production pushes, helping the team stay on schedule.