Karl Kent

Resume

Experience

2023 - Present
Unity

Staff Technical Artist

2020 - 2023
Unity

Senior Technical Artist

2018 - 2020
Blackbird Interactive

Senior Technical Artist

2016 - 2018
Bandai Namco

Senior Technical Artist

2015 - 2016
Gameloft

Lead Technical Artist

2011 - 2015
Gameloft

Technical Artist

2009 - 2011
Ganz

Technical Artist

2009 - 2010
Hatch Studios

Freelance 3D Artist

2008 - 2009
Bullseye

3D Generalist

2008 - 2008
IMAX

DMR Artist

Education

2007 - 2008
Seneca College

Post Grad - Digital Animation

2001 - 2004
Sheridan College

Classical Animation

2000-2001
Sheridan College

Art Fundamentals

Graduated Top of class with direct entry into animation program.

Technical Skills

  • C#
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Unity / Proprietary / UE4
  • Graphics
  • Shaders (HLSL / GLSL)
  • Scripting
  • Creating, Expanding and Maintaining Pipelines
  • Tool Development
  • PC Game Development
  • Mobile Game Development
  • RenderDoc
  • Debugging and Optimization
  • Proceduralism
  • Game Programming

Art Skills

  • Custom Lighting Models
  • Rigging
  • Modeling Character and Game Models
  • Surfacing - Texturing
  • Look Dev
  • Lighting
  • Visual Effects
  • Sculpting
  • Animation
  • Substance Suite
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Autodesk Maya and 3DSMax
  • Attention To Detail

Production Skills

  • Task Delineation
  • Task Management - JIRA
  • Project Management
  • Leadership / Mentoring
  • Time Management
  • Interviewing Candidates
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Mentoring

Core Competencies

  • Problem Solving
  • Creativity
  • Critical Thinking
  • Leadership
  • Goal Driven
  • Equity & Inclusion
  • Strong Communication
  • Prioritization
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Self Starter
  • Developing Others