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JUSTIN EXPERIENCE Freelance character artist 2019 - Current KIRKWOOD Creating high-quality real time characters for such clients as: CHARACTER ARTIST - Next-Gen Dreams - Studio Mayday - Samurai Punk Big Ant Studios - Character Artist 2018 - 2019 Production of player heads including photogrammetry processing, sculpting, wrapping & texturing. Creation of hair assets. Wymac Gaming Solutions - Lead Artist / Lead Character Artist 2016 - 2018 Managing an art team of 6, inclulding work overview / approvals, ticket creation, and hiring. Creating workflows and art pipelines for multiple projects. Development and production of game characters, including Hi-res sculpting, Retopology, UV Mapping and Texturing. Wicked Witch Software - 3D Artist 2014 - 2016 3D generalist on various mobile / console titles. Work included creation of in-game sports stadiums, player likenesses, clothing and other game development for console and hand painted assets for mobile titles. CONTACT SHIPPED TITLES [email protected] www.artbyjustink.com Cricket 19 - The official game of the ashes - Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC. Melbourne, Australia Big Bash Boom - Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC. +61 406 971 615 Fortunes of the brave - Custom hardware, Gambling Machine. AFL Evolution - Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC. Rugby Challenge 3 - Playstation 4, Playstation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC. - iOS, Android. SOFTWARE Warhammer: Snotling Fling Maya Z Brush EDUCATION Photoshop Substance Painter Marvelous Designer Computer Graphics Masters Academy - CGMA 2018 - 2018 3D Coat Hair creation for games by Johan Lithvall Quixel Suite Knald / xNormal Academy of Interactive Entertainment Melbourne 2012 - 2013 Marmoset Toolbag Advance Diploma of Professional Game Design - Game Art X-Gen Lilydale High School 2006 - 2008 Unity 3D Certificate II - Information Technology Agisoft Photoscan Certificate II & III - Digital Multimedia Wrap 3 Year 12 HSC SVN/GIT Version Control REFERENCES SKILLS Benjamin Ee Digital Sculpting Worked as my art director at Wymac Gaming Solutions High and low poly modeling [email protected] Texture map baking 0468 903 818 UV unwrapping Realistic and stylized texturing PBR and legacy texture workflows More references upon request Photogrammetry Basic rigging and skinning.

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