3D Environment Arts Track

David Mooy

Senior Modeler

A longtime veteran of the industry, David began his career illustrating car accidents for the courtroom, which led to illustrating the gruesome injuries caused, which led to illustrating surgical procedures, which led to working on the VFX for dozens of fancy car commercials! This led to VFX work on a wide variety of films, ride films, TV series, and more commercials--which then led to modeling for five Disney animated features and four Disney “apps.” All of this led to his current career as a freelance consultant, modeler, and technical artist for companies working in advertising, design, VFX, games, VR, and big oil. And now all of that has led to doing one of the things he enjoys doing most: teaching.

Martin Teichmann

Senior Artist

Martin Teichmann started his environment art career in Germany 2007. He has worked at AAA Games since 2010 for Crytek on Crysis 2 and 3, Rocksteady on Batman Arkham Knight, Naughty Dog on Uncharted 4, Uncharted Lost Legacy and Last of Us Part 2 and is currently working for Blizzard on Diablo 4.

Minyu Chang

Senior Modeler

Min-Yu Chang is currently a senior Modeler at Pixar Animation Studios since 2020 with credits include "Lightyear" (2022), "Luca"(2021). Previous to working at Pixar, Min-Yu started his career at Tippett Studio making CG animals and digital doubles for live-action films before he spent almost 15 years at DreamWorks Animation as a senior Modeler, worked on both characters and environment assets for franchise such as "Shrek", "Madagascar", "Trolls", "Kung Fu Panda", "How to train your Dragon", "The Croods" etc. Min-Yu also like to learn and write new tools to import the workflow and he is looking forward to share his production experience with young artists.

Albert Hernandez

Lead Environment Modeler

Alberto Hernandez is a CG artist and environment modeler with over 15 years of industry experience. He earned his bachelor of science in Media Arts and Animation from the Art Institute of Los Angeles in 2004 and has been working in the industry since 2005. He started his career in the architectural visualization industry working on various projects that consisted of modeling, lighting, and rendering different projects for architectural developers such as Toll Bros, Caruso Affiliated, Hilton Hotels, and Brookfield Partners. He moved on to working for Sprite Animation as a junior environment modeler, working his way to senior modeler and generalist. While at Sprite animation he worked as a modeler for many different projects including Pac Man and the Ghostly Adventures(Disney XD), Kong King of the Apes(Netflix), Rudolph the Black Cat(Japan Feature Animation), “Snack World” feature and feature short, and prop models for Square Enix and Konami.

After spending 8 years at Sprite Animation Alberto moved on to working at Dreamworks TV as a CG generalist for The Boss Baby: Back in Business Netflix series Season 2 & 3. He also briefly worked on the Dreamworks HUB team as a CG Generalist for projects such as Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and Kung Fu Panda. He currently works at Netflix Animation as a Environment modeler/Designer for the upcoming Netflix Series Blue Eye Samurai slated for a 2023 release.

Jon Krummel

CG Environment Artist

With over 20 years in the animation industry, Jon has worked on a wide variety of projects, including architectural visualizations , television motion graphics, commercials, feature films, shorts, and theme park rides. Jon found that working in environments is an amazing challenge. Whether it was setting up procedurals for a huge cityscape, building a vegetation library for a show, or modeling a single prop, it's all problem solving. Jon is always amazed that from a single polygonal cube, you can create an entire universe. All you need is patience and a sense of wonder. "It's like a giant puzzle that changes every day and I love it." - Jon

Michael Pavlovich

3D Concept Artist

Michael Pavlovich graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2005 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Animation. He started at Electronic Arts creating environment art on Madden NFL and NCAA Football and then brought comic books characters to life in DC Universe Online at Sony Online Entertainment.

Ashley Adams

Character Artist

Ashley Adams graduated from Sheridan College in 2015 with a BA of Animation and a strong foundation in traditional art before moving into the 3D animation industry. One of her first character driven experiences being in-studio at Arc Productions working on Disney's Elena of Avalor which led to working at Tangent on the Netflix film Next Gen. Since then she has had experience in freelance concept sculpting work for projects such as A Tale Dark and Grimm, Magic the Gathering, and is currently working with Spinmasters R&D team.

Alexandru Voinea

Senior Hard Surface / Weapon Artist

Alexandru Voinea is a Senior Hard Surface / Weapon Artist with over 8 years of game-industry experience. Having worked on multiple AAA titles such as “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint”, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered” and “Mafia III”, he is currently part of Reikon Games, where he helps oversee the Weapon Assets Department. Previously he worked for studios such as Creative Assembly, Ubisoft and AMC RO Studio. His academic experience includes teaching 3D Art at the National University of Arts in Bucharest, Romania.

Mahreen Fatima

Senior Environment Artist

Mehreen Bazm is an independent contractor. She has been working as a Creative Director/Consultant in the field of motion graphics animation and design for 8+ years. She graduated with an undergrad in Graphic Design and a Master’s Degree in Motion Media Design from Savannah College of Art & Design. After graduating, Mehreen started her career in Manhattan & Brooklyn, NY where she was given the opportunity to work with well-reputed companies such as Motion Picture Company-NY, Vice Media HBO, NBC Universal, Hogarth Worldwide, Ogilvy & Mather, Loyal Kaspar, Click 3x, Spontaneous, Sirius XM, Transistors Studios, Animated Storyboards, Starz Entertainment, Motive Design Studio, Spillt Agency, Evoque data center solutions and many more! Some of the clients that she has worked with include MoMA, Adobe, Facebook, Ford, Charter Support, CMT ID Logos, The Profit, SharkTank, VICE HBO, Comedy Central, New York City Opera LED screen projection-Moses in Egypt, GE, Harley Davidson, La Soiree-Theater New York, CNBC Networks and the list goes on. For a full list please view website here: www.mebazm.com

She also taught Motion Graphics at Art Institute of Colorado and re-wrote the motion graphics online course for Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver Colorado. She now successfully teaches 2D animation online program at RMCAD as well. When she is not working she is hiking the Colorado mountains, soaking up the sun, traveling, drawing, painting, making music, dancing, or simply being a curious nerd!

Chris Flynn

Senior 3D Lead Artist

After working across all aspects in the 3D Industry for many years, Chris now happily resides with Dekogon Studios as a Senior 3D Lead Artist. Chris has been in the 3D industry for 12 years working on films, games, vr and mobile. Initially Chris was a business major ... however, during his schooling Chris had the very fortunate opportunity to work at SquareUSA where he was introduced to the incredibly captivating 3D film and animation industry. Chris quickly pivoted his education goals and switched to studying 3D Digital Animation and Gaming. After graduating from the University of Hawaii, Chris worked as a 3D Modeler/compositor on the hit tv series "Lost". Chris then pursued mobile gaming and VR simulations in Canada. Shortly after Chris decided to join Dekogon, one of the gaming industries top outsource company. Most recently Chris won the Platinum MarCom 2020 Awards with a real-time marketing VR Tour for Eavor Solutions (Business on Camera). Some of Chris's work includes working and leading on large scale AAA titles such as Scavengers, Crayta, Werewolf the Apocalypse, Enemy on Board, Remnant 2, Sierra 7, Empire of Sin and many more!

Ben Keeling

Senior Environment Artist

Ben is currently working as a Senior Environment Artist at Rocksteady Studios in London, UK. He has worked on numerous environments on various AAA productions and projects for over 6-years. He's worked on titles such as EA's Need for Speed franchise, Sony's VR worlds with PlayStation VR, and on Halo Wars 2. His work has been featured on the Algorithmic homepage, Polycount, and CryEngine forums.

Jared Sobotta

Principal Environment Texture Artist

Jared Sobotta is an Principal Environment Texture Artist at Naughty Dog. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Game Art from Fullsail University. After graduating early in 2012 he moved around the US working full time and contract as an environment artist and lighting/TD at studios including Bio Ware, Digital Domain, Whitemoon Dreams and Bertone Visuals. Since 2015 he's worked at Naughty Dog. His credits include “The Last of Us: Part 2”, "Uncharted Lost Legacy", "Uncharted 4," "Star Wars: the Old Republic," and "War Machine: Tactics", "Batman Arkham Origins" and "The Bureau: Xcom Declassified".

Peyton Varney

Environment Texture Artist

Peyton Varney is an Environment Texture Artist from South Alabama, currently working at Naughty Dog on The Last of Us Part 2. Previously, he worked on Marvel's Spiderman PS4 at Insomniac Games. Peyton received his BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design, and also taught prospective students 3D fundamentals and game design. He was featured as the "Rookie of the Year" for Game Development in 2018.

Ashleigh Warner

Senior Environment Artist

Ashleigh is a Senior Environment Artist working in the game industry since 2013 making stylized 3D art. She is currently at Riot Games working on an unannounced R&D project. Prior to Riot she worked on the World of Warcraft team at Blizzard Entertainment, and has worked on six expansions: Mists of Pandaria, Warlords of Draenor, Legion, Battle for Azeroth, Shadowlands, and Dragonflight. Her expertise is in hand-painting low poly game art, focusing on creating cultures and storytelling through the environment. Ashleigh got her start with a traditional art education—a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Arts (Illustration) from Virginia Commonwealth University—and then moved into game art with a Master of Interactive Technology from The Guildhall at SMU.

Hugh Trombley

Material Prop Artist

Hugh is currently working as a Material Prop Artist at Sanzaru Games a Facebook/Oculus VR Studio in the California Bay Area, USA. He has worked on numerous environments on various AAA productions and projects for over 5-years. He's worked on titles such as Infinity Ward's Call of Duty Infinite Warfare and two VR titles for Sanzaru Games; Marvel: Powers United and Asgard's Wrath. His work has been featured on the 80.lv homepage & Polycount.

Adriano Grasso

Senior Lighting Artist

Adriano Grasso is a Senior Lighting Artist with over 6 years of professional experience in the game industry. He has worked at several studios, including Behaviour Interactive, MoGi Group, and Intergalactic Agency. Currently, Adriano is working at Ubisoft Toronto, where he is responsible for creating and implementing high-quality lighting solutions for AAA games currently in the Far Cry franchise. Throughout his career, Adriano has gained expertise in a range of lighting software, including Unreal Engine, Dunia & Snowdrop, and has contributed to the development of numerous successful titles.

Clinton Crumpler

Art Director / Studio Head

Clinton is the founder, studio head and creative director of Dekogon Studios, an artist collaborative art OS studio. Formerly a senior look development artist at Microsoft Studios: The Coalition located in Vancouver, BC, working on the Gears of War franchise. He has also previously work an artist at Bethesda Game Studios Austin, KIXEYE, Army Game Studio, and various other contract projects with independent studios. Clinton’s primary focuses are art direction, environment art, shaders, and visual development. His experiences range from AAA, Indie, and mobile development. In 2016 he released a textbook with Sam's Publishing with a focus on game art development for Unreal engine.

Anthony Vaccaro

Senior Environment Artist

Anthony Vaccaro is currently an environment artist working at Naughty Dog in Southern California. He started his career at Bungie working on Halo Reach after graduating and obtaining his bachelor degree in Video Game Art & Design. After leaving Bungie he joined the team at Naughty Dog where he has been for the last 7 years working on critically acclaimed titles such as: Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception, The Last of Us, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and most recently, Uncharted: Lost Legacy. While at Naughty Dog Anthony has specialized in creating the largest and most open organic levels from the ground up done by the studio.

Sean McEwan

Senior Houdini TD & Technical Trainer

Sean McEwan is a Senior Houdini Artist and Trainer, currently working at Pixar Animation Studios as a Senior Technical Trainer. With over a decade of industry experience, his career has spanned both animation and live action visual effects, with work in both feature film and television. Over the years he has worked in a variety of disciplines, such as Environments, Modeling, FX, and Technical Direction, but throughout this his focus and passion has always been on the power of Houdini's proceduralism. He is a VES nominated artist who has helped provide work for clients such as Marvel, Disney, and Netflix. Sean is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design

Sean Ian Runnels

Lead Prop Artist

Sean Ian is currently the Lead Prop Artist with Turtle Rock Studios in Irvine, CA. He started his career in 2012 and has developed for a variety of titles such as Back 4 Blood, Days Gone, Lone Echo, Armored Warfare, Star Citizen and many more. He has developed for both PC and console titles, and has extensive knowledge of the Unreal Engine and modern game art pipelines. He also takes pride in learning new software and adapting his workflow towards the latest industry practices. His primary focus has been on content creation for gameplay props, cinematics, and environment art.

Alejandro Rodriguez

Principal Recruiter

Alejandro is an experienced full cycle Recruiter with demonstrated history of working in the computer games industry. He uses his hands on game development experience, in-depth AAA industry training, and holistic approach in developing and executing hiring strategies to build world class teams.

Shane Canning

Senior Level Designer

Shane Canning is a Senior Level Designers and has been working in the AAA Game industry for 14 years. He spent 8 years at Disney Interactive, where he had the opportunity to help create Disney Infinity and shipped 7 titles there. Afterwards, he spent over 3 years working at Insomniac Games where he shipped Marvel's Spider-Man and worked on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. After Insomniac Games Shane spent two years at Square Enix Japan working on an unannounced title. Shane is currently creating a new IP with Ikumi Nakamura at her new studio UNSEEN

Max Pears

Level Designer

Max Pears is a Senior Level Designer who has worked on a range of titles over the years, from mobile to augmented reality and now AAA where he currently resides. Max has worked in some of the biggest studios from around the world from Ubisoft to currently CD PROJEKT RED. With over eight years of experience, he is most known for his work on the Tom Clancy's The Division franchise, where he worked on multiple titles in the franchise as well as now currently releasing Cyberpunk 2077. Max also has a passion for helping others and making sure the level design community grows.