Josh Herring
London
Summary
Versatile 3D Artist, with a specialty for creating immersive and visually rich environments within Unreal Engine. Over 4 years experience on a AAA-title with leadership experience, managing a small team of artists, overseeing level creation from pre-planning, task delegation and time budgeting, delivering for game release and further updates.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Environment Artist
Codemasters, Electronic Arts
Remote
03.2021 - Current
- Releasing EA Sports WRC. While working fully remote I helped release the AAA-title, which I am now creating future DLC for.
- Leading a team of artists. Managed and lead a team of artists, creating extensive pre-planning documentation to ensure that the team shared the same art vision. I organised, delegated and tracked tasks that we were responsible for, while giving regular feedback sessions with the team and to our outsourcing studio, ensuring asset quality and timely completion.
- Creating realistic environments. Using footage from real world locations, I have created over 100 kilometres of rally tracks within Unreal Engine for players to experience while hitting strict performance targets for console and PC.
- Improving pipeline workflow. Working alongside Technical Artists, I designed and improved custom in-house tools for the environment art team and created detailed tool manuals for other artists to use.
- Extensive problem solving. Devised new pipeline workflows and techniques to increase quality and speed of levels. Identified bugs and created solutions to solve them as they appear. Meticulously tracked each issue using Jira to keep the team informed of solutions and progress.
Unreal Engine Artist, Freelance
Switchboard Studios
05.2023 - 09.2023
- Virtual Production - Assisted the team at Switchboard Studios to create photoreal Unreal Engine environments used for virtual production.
3D Artist
Neutral Digital
London
01.2019 - 03.2021
- Realistic VR Experiences. Crafted innovative VR Experiences that were used to display future products and services from out clients.
- Photogrammetry. My knowledge of photogrammetry and optimisation allowed our team to create realistic looking models while keeping them within tight performance budgets.
- Unreal Engine Generalist. Working within a smaller team, I took on more technical responsibilities like; material shaders, blueprints, animations, real-time VFX, movie render queue and sequencer movie tool.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - 3D Games Art & Design
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield 09.2015 - 06.2018
BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma - 3D Games Art & Design
Leamington College
Warwickshire 08.2013 - 06.2015
Skills
- 3D Modelling - Maya, 3DS Max, Zbrush, Marvellous Designer
- Texturing - Substance Painter/Designer, Photoshop
- Unreal Engine - World Building, Shader Creation, Blueprints
- Photogrammetry - Reality Capture
- Unity
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Unreal Engine Artist, Freelance
Switchboard Studios
05.2023 - 09.2023
Environment Artist
Codemasters, Electronic Arts
03.2021 - Current
3D Artist
Neutral Digital
01.2019 - 03.2021
Bachelor of Arts - 3D Games Art & Design
University of Hertfordshire
09.2015 - 06.2018
BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma - 3D Games Art & Design
Leamington College
08.2013 - 06.2015
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