Experience

• Freelance Environment Artist at Reflect Studios

  US

  April 2025 - December 2025

  Welcome to the Game III (TBA)

  • Managed the entire environment art pipeline; including blockouts, modeling, texturing, material creation, lighting and visual effects.
  
  • Worked independently and self-managed to meet deadlines while working fully remote.
  
  • Coordinated with client about the goals and requirements of the project.
  
  • Utilized 3DS Max, Maya, Photoshop, Substance Painter and Unreal Engine 5.

• Senior Environment Artist at Deck Nine Games

  US

  June 2020 - December 2024

  Life is Strange: True Colors (2021), Life is Strange: Double Exposure (2024), Life Is Strange: Reunion (2026)

  • Managed the creation of environment assets by modeling, unwrapping and texturing props, structures, and set dressing elements.
  
  • Supported team with environmental tech art such as Unreal materials, blueprints and PCG research and development.
  
  • Self managed and met deadlines while working fully remote; experience with Zoom, Slack, Confluence and Jira.
  
  • Wrote and maintained Confluence documentation for environment workflows and procedures.
  
  • Utilized 3DS Max, Zbrush, Photoshop, Substance Painter, Substance Designer and Unreal Engine 5.

• Environment Artist at Deck Nine Games

  US

  November 2016 - June 2020

  Life is Strange: Before the Storm (2017)

  • Managed the creation of environment assets by modeling, unwrapping and texturing props, structures, and set dressing elements.
  
  • Took charge of Unreal shader and material development for the environment team.
  
  • Improved the asset pipeline by creating mask textures and procedural tools in Painter and assessing mid poly modeling workflows.
  
  • Utilized Maya, Zbrush, 3DCoat, Photoshop, xNormal, Toolbag 3 and Unity.

• Hard Surface Artist at Razor Edge Games

  US

  May 2016 - October 2016

  Eden Falling (TBA)

  • Managed the creation of hard surface assets by modeling high and low-poly weapons, props and hero assets.
  
  • Worked independently and self-managed to meet deadlines on remote contract assignments.
  
  • Communicated and organized with the team and leads through online conference calls.
  
  • Utilized 3DS Max, xNormal and Unity.

• Environment Artist at Arizona State University

  US

  March 2014 - September 2014

  M2D2: Merging 2 Discover 2morrow

  • Contract environment work for “M2D2: Merging 2 Discover 2morrow,” an educational game for special needs students and juvenile detention facilities in Arizona.
  
  • Utilized 3DS Max, Photoshop, xNormal and Unity.

• Environment Artist at The Art Institute of Phoenix

  US

  July 2013 - March 2014

  Vermin! Radiation Roundup

  • Student development team working on “Vermin! Radiation Roundup,” a tower defense game created in a competitive environment.
  
  • Utilized 3DS Max, Photoshop, xNormal and Unity.