Thomas Stubbs
www.vecster.com
Education:
Columbus College of Art & Design
BFA Illustration / Industrial Design
Graduate May '96
Specifics:
Extensive studies in color theory, structural drawing, figure
drawing, composition, industrial design, 2D design and 3D design. Additional
studies in lettering, advertising, retail advertising, painting and traditional
animation.
Experience:
Microsoft / 343 Industries
From: February, 21th 2011
To: Current
Title: Halo 4
Position: Environment and Technical
Artist
Responsibilities:
Executed Environmental and object modeling. Regular work with
Maya, Zbrush, X-Normal and proprietary software tools. Endeavored in structure
art defining BSP playable volumes, portaling for performance, setting LOD's
and Collision.
Electronic Arts / Danger Close Studios
Contracted Service
From: January, 6th 2010
To: July 31st, 2010
Title: Medal of Honor - Anaconda
Position: Senior Artist
Responsibilities:
Duties included conversion of designer BSP concept terrain
to finalized static meshes for a drivable physics vehicle model. Process
utilized Unreal editor, Maya, Mud Box and Z-brush. Extensive terrain sculpting,
terrain masking, texturing, set dressing, asset generation, coordination
with design elements and motion capture.
Maxis - Electronic Arts
Contracted Service
From: January, 3rd 2008
To: June, 3rd 2008
Title: Sims 3
Position: Senior Artist
Responsibilities:
I endeavored in creation of original and updating of existing
props from Sims 2. Updating and maintaining scripts. Created career structures.
Researched new technologies. Extremely technical pipeline with specific
attention paid to performance limitations, LOD’s, vert counts, proprietary
shaders and materials. Evaluation of coworker assets prior to game implementation.
Sega - Secret Level:
From: December, 4th 2006
To: June, 1st 2007
Title: Golden Axe - Riders
Position: Senior Environment Artist
Responsibilities:
Executed environmental modeling, texturing. developed dynamic
terrain with height bitmaps and in game structures. Developed Havok
aggregate meshes. Current-gen material shaders: Normal, Diffuse & Speculars.
Heavy utilization of proprietary tool chain setup. Xbox 360 Development.
The Collective Studios:
From: July, 24 2006
To: November, 10th 2006
Title: Silent Hill V
Position: Senior Environment Artist
Responsibilities:
Executed environmental modeling, texturing, collision, lighting
and animation. Models developed from initial design layout, to finished
in-game environments. Current-gen material shaders: Normal, Diffuse &
Speculars. Lighting: Vertex, Dynamic & Dynamic Projectors. Exterior
conceptual work. Xbox 360 Development.
Capcom Studio 8:
From: December, 15th 2003
To: March, 20th 2006
Title: Final Fight Streetwise
Position: Senior Environment Artist
Responsibilities:
Executed environmental modeling, texturing, collision,
lighting and animation. Models developed from intial design layout, to
finished in-game environments. Level design consultant from art perspectives.
Coordinated design requests and modifications.
Sony Computer Entertainment America SCEA:
Contracted Service
From: March, 1st 2003
To: December, 12th 2003
Title: Rise To Honor
Position: Interactive Props &
FX
Responsibilities:
Performed alterations in Modeling, texturing and dynamics of
existing props for in-game usage. Assigned physics properties to specific
interactive items. Regular work with updating, and maintaining scripts.
Midway Games West:
From: June, 1st 1998
To: February, 7th 2003
Title: Gladiator The Crimson
Reign
Position: Senior Artist / Concept
Artist
Responsibilities:
Endeavored in villain design, thumbnails, comps, finished 2D
art. Modeler, UV coordinates, texturing, animation setup and deformation.
Title: RUSH 2049 Tournament
Edition
Position: Senior Artist
Responsibilities:
Track refit from internal consumer team. Completely responsible
for Track six. Geometry cleanup for three levels of detail including collision
database. Re-textured world, provided new externally referenced objects
and sound calls.
Title: San Francisco RUSH
2049
Position: Artist
Responsibilities:
Participated in creation of four new tracks for the coin operated
arcade machine. Specific attention paid to poly counts, levels of detail,
texture space and collision. Conceptualized, authored and maintained original
official website reposted at: http://atarian.dyndns.org/rush2049/
Acclaim Coin Operated Entertainment:
From: June, 15th 1996
To: February, 23th 1998
Title: Bad Assassins
Position: Artist / Animator
Responsibilities:
Conceptuals, modeling, texturing, animation for backgrounds
and characters. Level design, selection screens. Authored internal website.
Software:
Maya 2009
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Z-Brush 2
Mudbox 2
Unreal Editor 3
References available at your request.
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