- CV

Technical/VFX Artist

(Fusion Interactive)

The Netherlands (05/2024 - Current)

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

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Performance Analysis

Conducted in-depth performance analysis for the game, identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement

GPU Profiling

Dug deep into the GPU profiling to find and report performance issues

Performance Optimization

Optimized many aspects of the game to run smoothly on a variety of hardware configurations

Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights

Support Team

Joined the support squad, tackling everything from UI magic to VFX wizardry to vehicle tuning

Gameplay VFX

Crafted epic car shield VFX, car destruction and other 'wow' effects

Automation

Automated the creation of fancy vehicle customization images for the game shop, making shopping time a delight

Asset Structure

Supercharged game assets with organization and structure

Niagara VFX

Crafted all the frying, bubbling, chopping, grilling and other cooking tools effects using the Niagara particle system

Blueprints & C++

Brought gameplay to flavour with a mix of Blueprint seasoning and a little bit of C++ ingredients, making every bite of interaction a delight

Game Sequences

Spiced up the game with cinematic sequences and smooth level transitions

VR Performance Analysis

Poped the bottlnecks via conducting performance analysis for VR-specific cousene

Performance Reports & Optimization

Wrote detailed receipts about performance and shared those with other co-chefs

Technical Artist/Lead 3D Artist

(Team6 Game Studios)

The Netherlands (09/2017 - 05/2024)

Niagara VFX

Dipped my toes into Niagara and brought the race to life with stylish VFX

Crowd System Enhancement

Revved up the crowd system, tuning animations and behaviors to run smoother. Consolidated crowd actors into a single one, reducing draw calls and making user-experience sleek

Vehicle Team Support

Maintained tech art for the cars created by the in-house vehicle team

Optimization

Turbocharged game performance by fine-tuning assets and systems

Vehicle customization feature support

Upshifted scripting tools and fine-tuning materials for vehicle customization

Placement Tools

Smoothed out development with a Blueprint/C++ tool that accelerated track-side object placement

Decal Customization System

Rolled out a custom decal system, letting cars hit the track with eye-catching designs

Car Shaders & Materials

Polished Car Shaders & Materials, so the cars can shine on the track

Vehicle Team Lead & Support

Steered the vehicle team across the finish line

Street Outlaws 2: Winner Takes All

Vehicle Team Lead

Champed the vehicle team, managed the asset pipeline, and even got my hands dirty creating a few 'beasts' myself

Outsource Team Management

Kept the external vehicle art teams on track, ensuring they hit the deadlines and our quality standards

Shaders and Materials

Build and maintained vehicle shaders materials systems which made cars show-room ready

Building Generation (Houdini)

It was a first ride with procedural building generation system using Houdini, which was a great learning experience for us

Materials & Shaders

Developed flexible materials for procedutral buildings. This reduced the 'fee' of creating textures for buildings and gave us more flexibility in changing the look of the town

Vertex Animation Effects

Learned how to bake simulations to textures (VAT) in Houdini

Performance Optimization

Optimized game performance to make it happen on Nintendo Switch

Outsource Team Supervision

Steered external art teams and asset delivery, ensuring quality and deadlines were met

Street Outlaws: The List

Vehicle Team Management

For the first time supervised internal and external vehicle development teams

Unity HDRP Shaders

Created and maintained shaders using Unity's HDRP (cutting edge Unity technology at the time)

Performance Optimization, Profiling

First time digged into world of performance optimization and profiling for Unity

Vehicle Modeling

Concepted, modeled and implemented in game a few drag racing vehicles

Super Street: The Game

UE4 Shader and Materials

First time where I was focusing on various materials car paint materials. Reveresed engineered car paint shaders from Unreal Automotive examples and optimzied those for the game needs

Performance Optimization

The game has to run well on all major platforms, so that we did

DLC Vehicle Creation

Graduation Poject. Designed and modeled sponsor vehicles for DLC content. During this project full pipeline of complex asset creation was covered from concept to in-game implementation.