Bio & Resume
Ian McDonell
Environment Artist
Fresno, CA, United States
I have an extensive background in traditional and digital 2D and 3D art techniques with a focus on the 3D game art pipeline for environments and props.
Resume PDF
Skills
Software proficiency
Blender
Maya
ZBrush
RizomUV
Marmoset Toolbag
Substance 3D Painter
Photoshop
Quixel Mixer
Unreal Engine
Experience
- September 2022 - May 2023Associate Environment Artist at Lost Boys InteractiveRemote, United States of America
Authored and maintained modular building kits for several different building types, authored and applied PBR textures, set dressed gameplay areas, and researched pipeline tools.
- December 2019 - September 2022Remote - Los Angeles Area at Freelance 3D ArtistUnited States of America
Author high and low poly models, unwrap UVs, bake textures and lightmaps, and create PBR textures for game ready models. Texture meshes from other artists. Author modular environment assets. Clients include Switchboard Studios and Roborace.
- August 2019 - November 2019Environment Art Intern at GoDemics, LLC
Interned for GoDemics on two occasions:
Worked on pipeline, asset, and material projects in late 2019.
Worked on high/low poly asset creation and optimization, UV unwrapping, lightmapping, and texturing in early 2018.