AARON DODD Vancouver B.C. [email protected] 778.908.6870 SENIOR ENVIRONMENT ARTIST www.artstation.com/aarondodd Highlights___________________________________________________________________________ • 11+ years of experience in AAA development • Proactive in learning new skills, software and workflows • Versatile skill set including the execution and integration of art outsourcing • Background in lighting with experience in lighting for cinematics • Active in interviewing, training and mentoring team members • Strong cross-discipline collaborator Professional Experience______________________________________________________________ Senior Environment Artist Feb 2012-Sept 2018 Capcom Vancouver • Dead Rising 4 o Created material sets and texture standards for PBR workflow o Worked with Tech Art to optimize and create best practices o Layout and art production for multiple areas • Dead Rising 3 o World building, set dressing and prop creation o Performance optimizations with Tech Art • Unannounced Project o Responsible for look development, texturing and modelling of key gameplay feature Mentor Apr 2011- Feb 2012 Think Tank Training Center • Coached and trained multiple artists working on their demo reels in their final semester at the Think Tank Training Center Environment Artist Apr 2011- Feb 2012 EA Black Box • Need for Speed: The Run o Responsible for level construction and balancing performance for multiple tracks o Road textures for numerous levels based on specific art direction and style guides Environment Artist/Lighting Artist Apr 2007 - Oct 2010 Propaganda Games • Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned – Environment Artist o Key texture artist: visual development and main library creation o Outsourcing and integrating building block libraries o Block-out, world map design, construction of ocean levels and sailing experience • Turok – Lighting Artist o Lighting artist responsible for multiple levels and cinematics using Unreal o Created multiple high-resolution shots of characters for strategy guide publication 3D Artist Nov 2006 - Apr 2007 GDI Software • Concept and production of 3D interior and exterior environments for online gaming AARON DODD Vancouver B.C. [email protected] 778.908.6870 SENIOR ENVIRONMENT ARTIST www.artstation.com/aarondodd Software Fluency_____________________________________________________________ • Zbrush • Substance Painter • Unreal Engine • World Machine • Maya • Photoshop • Substance Designer • Quixel Suite Education Art Institute of Vancouver Burnaby 2004 – 2006 Diploma, Game Art & Design • Graduated with honors • Chosen Specialization – Modeling and Environments • Activities and Societies: Lead Artist - Unreal Game Modification .