Peter Needham
Freelance Artist (3D and Traditional)
Skills
Technical
High & Low Poly 3D Modeling
Creation of Texture Maps
Physical Based Rendering
Character Design
Animation
Concept Art
Story Boards
Engine Implementation
Compositing
Software
Maya
Zbrush
3DS Max
Substance Designer
Substance Painter
Bitmap2Material
Unity
Renderman
Mental Ray
Photoshop
Unreal
Character Creator
Ndo & Ddo Painter
Education
Academy of Interactive Entertainment, Seattle Campus
Aug. 2015 to July 2017
Advanced Diploma in Professional Game Development, Game Art, and Animation 2017
University of Idaho
Aug. 2013 to June 2015
Majored in Virtual Technology & Design
Employment
Halcyon Winds
Character Modeler
Sept. 2018 to Nov. 2019

Builds, Re-topologizes , Uv's and textures all character and creature related assets (body, clothes, equipment ect)

Charlie Comstock
Freelance 3D Artist
July 2018 to Nov. 2018

Contracted to create a set of prehistoric assets for a museum AR application

Roblox
Accessory Modeler
Nov. 2017 to Mar. 2018

Contracted to create accessories for player avatars

Whole Earth
Seattle, Washington
Character Lead
2017 to 2018

Designed various & diverse staff for Medical Trauma VR Demo

Created poly efficient Models for VR

Crafted efficient UVS for textures

A.I.E Intership
Academy of Interactive Entertainment
Intern
2016 to 2016

Worked closely with the art director as a generalist

Held responsibility for Uvs, Environment Textures & Minor Assets

Projects
Cephues Protocal
Sept. 2018 to Nov. 2019

Character Artist at Halcyon Winds. 

Whole Earth Internship
Fall 2017 to Feb. 2018

Character Lead

  • Design & Model of all character related assets
  • Texture & Optimization of characters for engine implementation

Project Phoenix Core (V.R. Project)
Apr. 2017 to June 2017

Art Director

  • Design of project's Art Bible
  • Design & Creation of game weapons and enemies
  • Supervision of the design process to ensure Artistic Unity among the project as a whole

Awards
Grand Master Clint Robinson · First Degree Black Belt
2012

First Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo

Activities
Dungeons and Dragons · Dungeon Master
2018 to Current
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