Personal and contact details

• Currently seeking employment
• Available for freelance
• Location – Middlesbrough UK (willing to relocate)
• Mobile – 07984471852
• Email – richard@rcraig-design.co.uk 
• Portfolio – http://www.rcraig-design.co.uk
• LinkedIn Profile
  
  

Dedicated, passionate artist with a degree in Computer Games Art: I am looking to use my full range of skills
in a studio environment and meet any new challenges along the way. I am good at working with others
as required in my past jobs, degree and personal projects, and very self-motivated to improve myself as an artist.

Academic Qualifications

University attended                    Subject/Grade                   Dates          
Teesside University          BA Computer Games Art          2006 - 2009
Middlesbrough                         2/1
UK

College attended                        Subject/Grade                  Dates          
Causeway institute              BTEC ND in E-media            2004 - 2006
Ballymoney                              Triple Distinctions
Northern Ireland

Software experience and knowledge

• 3D MAX
• Photoshop
• Mudbox
• Crazy Bump
• Unreal 3 Editor
• Valve hammer/source engine
  
  
  
• Wide range of modelling/texturing experience from characters to environment props
• Good with both solid and organic forms, although preference is organic
• Can work in both low and high poly, good with normalmap extraction processes
• Strong knowledge of multiplayer level design
  
  
  
  

Employment

Amazing Interactives - 3D Artist
July 2010 - March 2011

• was employed as a 3D artist
• Designed & created content to be used within educational software, including full environments and animated sequences
• Tools used: Max, Photoshop, orgre + xml scripting

Teesside University - 3D Artist
July 2009 - January 2010

• Was hired on a 6 month contract to produce character models and basic props
  for one of the university's research & development teams
• Created 4 character models (low/high/textured & rigged) as well as various props
• Tools used: Max, mudbox, photoshop, UT3 engine

 

 

Personal Projects

Amber Cage – source engine (uni project)

• Designed and developed two character models, made to fit existing rigs in hl2. Successfully got the characters functioning in-game.
• Helped teach team-mates the workflow involved with getting content in-game. 
  
  
  

Age of Chivalry – source engine

• Designed, constructed and contributed a map called aoc_sorrow which got added to the mod in an official update via Steam. The map
  was full of custom props and materials made by myself.
• Worked as a play-tester before the first public release, finding bugs and offering constructive criticism on the games balance.

Insects-infestation – source engine

• Designed and constructed 5 official maps for the mod, as well as creating most of the custom content used within them.
• Produced special plant models, view-models and reworked existing content by other team   members to make them function properly in-game.
• Did most of the PR work towards the mod’s release, including creating the promotional screenshots, accompanying text information, and
  contacting various half-life2 and modding websites to get the news updates out to as many people as possible. 
  
  
  

Oblivion weapons – Elder scrolls Oblivion engine

• Produced various weapons and put them in-game
• Released a pack of 5 unique weapons for other oblivion modders to use as they please in their own projects.