Summary
I am a 3D Artist with over ten years working experience in video game development. I have worked as an Environment Artist, Character Artist, and Animator. Most recently I have been working as an Environment Artist but my character art experience is useful when modeling statues and character props that projects often require. My skill set includes hard surface modeling, organic modeling, texturing, digital sculpting, and building optimized environments and levels in a game engine.
Feel free to contact me with work opportunities at jlauer22@gmail.com
Skills
Software proficiency
Productions
- Video GameThe Expanse: A Telltale Series
- Year2023
- RoleEnvironment Artist
- CompanyDeck Nine Games
- Video GameLife is Strange: True Colors
- Year2021
- RoleEnvironment Artist
- CompanyDeck Nine Games
- Video GameLife is Strange: Before The Storm
- Year2017
- RoleEnvironment Artist
- CompanyDeck Nine Games
- Mobile GameQube Kingdom
- Year2014
- RoleCharacter Artist
- CompanyIdol Minds
- Mobile GameTales of Honor The Secret Fleet
- Year2014
- RoleCharacter Artist
- CompanyIdol Minds
- Video GameMagic: The Gathering - Tactics
- Year2011
- RoleCharacter Animator
- CompanySony Online Entertainment
Experience
- Environment Artist at Deck Nine GamesWestminster, United States of AmericaSeptember 2016 - Present
Model, texture, and implement environment assets and levels for story driven games including Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Life is Strange: True Colors, and The Expanse: A Telletale Series.
- Character Artist at Idol MindsLouisville CO, United States of AmericaOctober 2012 - July 2015
Responsible for high-poly and low-poly character modeling, texturing, animation, some rigging and rendering for multiple mobile video game titles as well as helping out the environment team when needed
- Character Art Assistant at Idol MindsLouisville CO, United States of AmericaJuly 2011 - March 2012
Responsibilities included character animation, modeling, texturing, weighting, and digital painting for the video game "Warrior’s Lair" for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
- Animator at Sony Online EntertainmentDenver, United States of AmericaJuly 2010 - May 2011
Created character animation for the "Magic: The Gathering Tactics" video game for PC
Other responsibilities included re-targeting and cleaning up animation that was shared between characters and rendering - Education - BA Media Arts and Animation at Art Institute of ColoradoDenver, United States of AmericaJuly 2007 - December 2010
Here I learned the skills and software necessary to work as an Animator, 3D Artist, and Graphic Designer.