Experience

• Principal Modeler at Cloud Chamber

  Seattle, WA (remote), US

  October 2024 - Present

  As a Principal Modeler at Cloud Chamber, I am working on the next chapter of the Bioshock franchise focusing on organic and vegetation modeling in Unreal Engine 5.

• Art Lead (Palette) at Bungie

  Seattle, US

  February 2023 - August 2024

  As Palette Team lead during The Final Shape development, I was responsible for overseeing the creation of all environment and design assets. This included management of asset tracking and feedback. For many assets I was the shader architect myself, as well as led the effort to interpret art direction and concept for a team of 7 artists. I also was the people manager of 5 artists as well as art manager of 2 co-dev artists, and assisted in the hiring process for the team.

• Staff Artist at Bungie

  Seattle, US

  May 2021 - February 2023

  My role as a Staff Artist at Bungie included setting the natural palette art bar and best practices for the studio at-large, based on my years of uniquely qualified experience. Notable contributions include all natural assets for the Throneworld expansion, including Lucent Hive and swamp biome assets. By working closely with design, VFX, and engineering, I regularly drove new tech efforts such as deformable surfaces and multi-stage destructibles.

• Senior Artist at Bungie, Inc.

  Seattle, Washington

  October 2014 - May 2021

  For Destiny 2 and beyond, I worked as a natural palette and world artist. For Destiny 2 I worked on extensive natural palettes for EDZ, Nessus, TItan, and Leviathan, including driving the rework of the Hive environmental palette. As a world artist I worked on both the architecting and finishing teams for EDZ, Nessus, Io and TItan. I also worked on the technical tools for decorator and vegetation studio workflows over the development of the title.
  
  Currently working on world domination beyond Destiny 2.

• Technical Artist at Bungie, Inc.

  Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  February 2013 - October 2014

  On Destiny 1 I helped develop natural palettes for the four game worlds and the Tower. My responsibilities included modeling and texturing of most organic objects, ambient shader animation and technical setup, and art finishing for decorators/terrain, as well as decorator/foliage pipeline design and implementation.

• Environment Artist / TD at Digital Domain

  Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America

  April 2012 - September 2012

  At Digital Domain I worked on the environment team where I modeled a variety of assets including props, terrains, vegetation, and ambient life for the animated feature “The Legend of Tembo” (Cancelled). I also helped develop the pipeline for vegetation rendering at Digital Domain's Tradition Studios in Florida.

• Art Director at IDV Inc.

  Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America

  June 2005 - April 2012

  As Art Director at IDV, I was responsible for the SpeedTree product line brand ID, asset library, and 3D demos. I also worked directly on the SpeedTree software itself and authored 3rd party plug-ins for 3ds Max, Maya, and Houdini.
  
  I regularly worked directly with clients by creating custom art assets for games and films including Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, and Gears of War.

• Lead Graphic Artist at IDV, Inc.

  Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

  June 2003 - June 2005

  For two years at IDV I worked as the lead artist for SpeedTree. My main tasks were developing textures and 3D models as part of the SpeedTree Model LIbrary. I was also responsible for all art in interactive SpeedTree demo scenes.