San Francisco, CA
hadidjah@gmail.com
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My focus is on 3D environment art, but I enjoy and dabble in all aspects of game development. My primary goal is to create rich environments which blend seamlessly with the gameplay, allowing the player to put fun first at all times and never have to grapple with lengthy cutscenes or exposition to connect with the game's world.
Skills
- Proficient in Maya, Photoshop, Zbrush, UDK, Illustrator, Flash, xNormal, Crazybump
- Comfortable with Unity, Nex, Actionscript, Python, HTML, CSS
- Fast, clean high- and low-poly modeling
- Effective optimization of models, UVs and textures for in-game use
- Adaptable to wide range of styles in 3D, vector, raster and traditional art
- Background in traditional arts, including painting, sculpture and life drawing
- Quick and eager learner.
Present Creative, San Francisco, CA
January 2011 - Present
3D/Technical Artist (Contract Artist January 2011-May 2011) - Big Boat Bingo, Nightclub Story, Farmville,
Edgeworld, Cityville, 9 others
- Prep and export artwork for in-game use using pipelines and tools unique to each client.
- Debug and program for games and prototypes in multiple languages.
- Create and modify both 2D and 3D game assets in a variety of styles and program
Paperchild Studios, Orlando, FL
August 2010 - December 2010
2D Contract Artist - Purify Puzzle
- Create and modify art for special effects and improved gameplay (e.g. making color-matching game playable for colorblind).
Sudoscape LLC, Santa Barbara, CA
November 2009 - April 2010
3D Art Intern - Totemica: The Esper Chronicles (open alpha)
- Modeled and textured costumes, creatures and monsters for conversion to 2D sprites.
- Followed specific style and technical constraints for custom Flash-based engine.
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"Can spreadsheet like a motherfucker." -Shon Mitchell, game artist
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