Experience

• Hard Surface Artist — Destiny 2 at Bungie

  Seattle, WA

  October 2021 - July 2026

  • Created and shipped Exotic and Legendary weapon content across five major Destiny 2 expansions: Renegades, The Edge of Fate, The Final Shape, Lightfall, and The Witch Queen
  
  • Executed a high-to-low poly pipeline with a focused emphasis on preserving established art direction and the defined artistic style throughout all stages of asset production
  
  • Designed and implemented shader effects and animations to enhance weapon presentation and create engaging gameplay experiences
  
  • Partnered with the Rewards team to establish 3D content standards, define quality expectations, and develop pipeline improvements that increased production efficiency
  
  • Collaborated with Art Leads, Concept Artists, FX Artists, Animators, and Programmers to translate concepts into production-ready assets while aligning with design intent and gameplay requirements
  
  • Optimized weapon assets to meet in-engine performance and memory constraints, including geometry budgets, texture layouts, and shader graph implementation

• 3D Artist at Amazon

  Seattle, WA

  December 2020 - October 2021

  • Created and retouched 3D assets and materials for use in web-based, real-time applications, and photo realistic product renderings
  
  • Maintained quality bar for accuracy, aesthetics, and productivity while continuously improving workflows and processes to establish a more efficient pipeline
  
  • Worked closely with the Art team to compile data points and analyze incoming assets to sustain growing inventory

• Environment Artist — Meta Quest VR at Valkyrie Entertainment

  Seattle, WA

  September 2019 - February 2020

  • Created and optimized a diverse range of environments for Meta Quest VR, balancing visual fidelity with platform performance requirements
  
  • Collaborated with clients and cross-functional teams to refine workflows, develop new techniques, and deliver environments through final production
  
  • Modeled and sculpted production-ready environment assets that supported each project's visual style and atmosphere while incorporating interactive elements to enhance player engagement

• 3D Artist/Art Manager at Lowe's Innovation Labs

  Seattle, WA

  April 2018 - August 2019

  • Managed a team of 10+ outsource artists, coordinating deliverables, maintaining production schedules, and ensuring assets met established quality and technical standards
  
  • Reviewed and approved 20+ daily incoming assets, providing feedback and implementing improvements to align with technical constraints and established art direction
  
  • Prototyped and optimized content creation workflows for implementation in real-time engines, identifying opportunities to improve production efficiency
  
  • Organized and maintained asset databases using Jira, Perforce, and proprietary in-house tools to support efficient asset tracking and production management
  
  • Collaborated with internal teams to establish strategic direction for content tools and plan milestone delivery across asset production
  
  • Developed outsourcing documentation, production guidelines, and tutorials to establish consistent workflows and enable external partners to efficiently deliver production-ready assets leading to a reduction in revision time

• Vehicle Artist — Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation at Exis Interactive

  Seattle, WA

  March 2016 - December 2017

  • Prepared and optimized assets from provided base meshes for real-time applications, ensuring efficient geometry and material usage
  
  • Translated concept art into production-ready models and textures while meeting established schedules, budgets, and technical requirements
  
  • Modeled and textured a fully detailed sports car interior and exterior optimized for VR viewing, using extensive real-world references to capture accurate materials, proportions, and environmental details; showcased at GDC alongside SprintR VR technology

• Weapons Artist — Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire at ArenaNet

  Seattle, WA

  September 2016 - September 2017

  • Developed original 3D designs using proportion, color theory, and visual design principles to establish distinctive silhouettes and cohesive visual identities
  
  • Translated approved concept art into production-ready models through a high-to-low poly pipeline, maintaining established art direction and visual style
  
  • Prepared assets for real-time implementation by balancing geometry, texture resolution, LODs, shaders, animation, and visual effects within engine performance and memory budgets
  
  • Created LODs for props across varying levels of complexity, developing optimization solutions for both static assets and assets incorporating animation and visual effects
  
  • Collaborated with Art Leads, Concept Artists, FX Artists, Animators, and Programmers to resolve production challenges and integrate assets effectively within the development pipeline
  
  • Expanded responsibilities across modeling, texturing, optimization, and real-time implementation, adapting to evolving production needs throughout development