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CHRISTIAN WHELAN
Lead Artist
"A multi-skilled, hardworking 3D artist with over 8 years industry experience working on mobile and VR projects."
WORK EXPERIENCE
MARCH 2022 - PRESENT
My role as the Lead Artist at Puddle Kraken Games is to mentor and lead a team of 9 artists internationally to produce environments for VR games.
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Alongside creating the environments and props to establish art styles, I take lead on planning the art teams workload both internally and for outsourced teams, ensuring that deliveries are met for key milestones.
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LEAD ARTIST
DECEMBER 2020 - FEBRUARY 2022
SENIOR ARTIST
My role at Mesmerise was to mentor and work alongside a team of 8 artists to produce environments and props for VR and XR products.
Other primary responsibilities include planning agile sprints, ensuring consistent delivery towards project deadlines. Establishing technical and aesthetic guidelines / pipelines in collaboration with other departments.​
LEAD ARTIST
MARCH 2020 - NOVEMBER 2020
During my time at 360 Studios, I experienced all elements of mobile game development / art production.
My roles included modelling low poly environments as well as creating assets and hand painted textures. I also worked on the promotional material and produced pitch documents / artwork for projects.
TRAINEE ARTIST
JUNE 2015 - JULY 2016
SEPTEMBER 2016 - MARCH 2020
3D ART GENERALIST
My role involved working with programmers, artists and designers to create and optimise realistic 3D assets, environments and textures for use in VR environments (Rift and Vive).
I’m was also tasked with producing promo material, taking part in design discussions for VR projects, and regularly testing for feedback and bugs.
SKILLS
3D (High / Low Poly)
UV / Texturing
2D Art Generation
Graphic Design (Promotion)
Mobile Optimisation
PBR Workflow
Modular Modelling
Games Design
Unity Lighting
Agile Workflow
JIRA
Source Control
PACKAGES
3Ds Max
3D Coat
Substance Painter
Substance Designer
Photoshop
ZBrush
Unity 3D
EDUCATION
IT PRACTITIONER
WIGAN AND LEIGH COLLEGE
GRADE: Triple Distinction*
GRADE: 1:1 (Hons)
FUTUREWORKS: SCHOOL OF MEDIA
GAMES DESIGN
GRADE: Distinction*
TRAIN2GAME (DIP)
GAMES DESIGNER